Spurs fans have been reacting to an article from Football.London journalist Alasdair Gold, which discusses some of the finances at the North London club.
The journalist tweeted out a link to his article, which has attracted a lot of Lilywhites supporters on Twitter, a lot of whom shared their frustrations with club chairman Daniel Levy. His article includes some of the published financial details from last week, which suggest that:
“The total aggregate remuneration of directors, who are deemed to represent key management personnel, for the year ended June 30 2019 was £6.4m,” per Football.London.
“The highest-paid director received remuneration of £4m for the year in addition to the bonus deferred from the prior year of £3m as explained above.”
Gold then offers his own opinion on how the financial details being published recently is bad timing for Levy, after it was announced that the club’s non-playing staff would receive 80% of their usual wage through the government’s furlough scheme earlier this week.
He writes: “Levy’s pay packet was earned a year ago but it will not escape scrutiny from the fans and the public due to the proximity of its reveal with the decision made by the club to cut wages for two months, including the chairman’s.” per Football.London
Have recent events made you dislike Levy?
Yes
No, I disliked him before
Reaction from Spurs fans to Gold’s article can be seen in the tweets below.
Maybe people will *finally* see Levy and ENIC for what they are…Vile, greedy, soulless parasites, intent on draining every last ounce from this once great football club #THFC #LevyOut #ENICOut
— AstroMcFly (@Astromcfly_82) April 1, 2020
Levy has lost all credibility now. He asks his staff to take a pay cut but he pays himself a massive bonus. I thought Sidney Wale was tight as a chairman but Levy has topped that and I am horrified. It would have made sense if he had paid his bonus to the NHS.
— Richard Porter (@lubimets) March 31, 2020
Been embarrassed by this club over recent months but now I am ashamed. For the first time I have lost faith and trust in this club. It will be a long time if ever that I spend my money to a club that doesnt look after its staff
— Lee Lawrence (@LeeLawrence1989) March 31, 2020
How can people keeping supporting this vile man
— Nafa Brown (@nafabrown1212) March 31, 2020
That’s Kane off then..
— SXY’ (@paulsoxy) March 31, 2020
The disease tht is enic n levy at spurs @AlasdairGold people seein him now for what he is nt about glory just is an enics money making
— Brett Scott (@BrettSc73750226) March 31, 2020
I’m feeling that way too!! Something is not right!! COYS
— Nick matthews (@Nickmat79111082) March 31, 2020
These Spurs fans are clearly fuming with Levy after his decision earlier this week, combined with his reported earnings from last season.
What do we think?
It seems crazy that someone with so much money is willing to cut the wages of his non-playing staff, whilst his millionaire footballers remain on their full wages. Hopefully, the club will change their mind and try and look out for the more vulnerable during this current viral outbreak.