Expert drops verdict on Amanda Staveley agreeing Tottenham takeover - 'I'd always heard'

Amanda Staveley does not have the financial strength to buy Tottenham Hotspur and fulfil the club’s potential.

That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes Staveley’s hopes of buying the club won’t progress any further.

Staveley, who was co-owner of Newcastle between 2021 and 2024, has funding of over £3billion in place to buy Spurs.

The Lewis Family Trust have no intentions of a full sale of Tottenham, but could look to agree a deal to sell a minority share in the club instead.

Amanda Staveley deal ‘stalled’ over financial concerns

Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – states that further development could be on the cards at Spurs in the future.

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness believes the Lewis Family would not sell Spurs at £3bn.

He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “I’d always heard, and I haven’t had it verified, but I believe there’s a lot of other land that is still owned there by Spurs around the stadium that could lead to further development, hotels and different things as well, so there could well be potential to go further.

“So I don’t think that Amanda and her husband, great people, and they did a great job at Newcastle, we know, PIF, et cetera. But I don’t think they’re quite strong enough financially for what the Lewis family would like as a partner.

“And I don’t think that the Lewis family would sell at certainly at that sort of level. So I don’t see it going that much further. I think it’s going to be stalled at the moment. It’s all in the hands of the Lewis family and deciding what they’re going to do.”

Tottenham could save £90m on relegation

Sources have told Football Insider that Spurs could save £90million in wages if they suffer relegation to the Championship this season.

Spurs players have relegation salary reduction clauses of up to 50% in their contracts, which would be triggered if the club loses their top flight status.

Igor Tudor lost his third straight game in interim charge against Crystal Palace last time out, leaving Spurs just a point above the relegation zone.

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