Spurs Say They Have Rejected Two Takeover Approaches And Club ‘not For Sale’

The Tottenham committee says it has “unequivocally rejected” 2 expressions of liking successful acquiring nan nine and that nan Premier League nine is “not for sale”.

Daniel Levy stepped down from his role arsenic Spurs chair past Thursday, aft being invited to time off nan position he had held since 2001 by nan mostly owner, Enic, which is owned by nan Lewis family trust.

It led to speculation of a takeover bid for Tottenham, pinch nan erstwhile Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley many times linked pinch a move to bargain nan nine done PCP International Finance during nan past 12 months.

In a connection Tottenham’s committee confirmed it had “received, and unequivocally rejected, abstracted preliminary expressions of liking successful narration to proposals to get nan full issued, and to beryllium issued, stock superior of Enic from (i) PCP International Finance … and (ii) a consortium of investors led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng done Firehawk Holdings Limited”.

The connection said: “The committee of nan nine and Enic corroborate that Tottenham Hotspur is not for waste and Enic has nary volition to judge immoderate specified connection to get its liking successful nan club.”

It was earlier reported that Staveley would rumor a connection connected Monday via PCP that would explain her intentions and authorities she does not scheme to put together a bid for Spurs.

Enic, which is tally by nan Lewis family Trust, owns almost 87% of Spurs, but owed to nan remaining shares being publically traded, nan nine is taxable to UK takeover code. Former Spurs president Levy said past twelvemonth that nan nine were successful talks pinch “prospective investors” complete trading a number share, though discussions involving Qatar Sports Investments were denied. The Lewis family spot is understood to beryllium unfastened to outer investment.