Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has confirmed that he would be open to selling a stake in the club should the right offer come along.
Alongside ENIC Group partner Joe Lewis, Levy has been at the helm in North London for 22 years, having succeeded Alan Sugar as chairman in early 2001.
Since Spurs moved into private ownership in 2012, Levy has overseen significant changes on and off the field, culminating in Spurs consistently challenging for the Champions League places.
The 61-year-old also took control of Tottenham's move from White Hart Lane to a new state-of-the-art stadium in 2019, the same year that Mauricio Pochettino led the Lilywhites to the final of the Champions League.
However, the North London club have not won a major piece of silverware since the 2008 EFL Cup and will be guaranteed to go at least 16 years without a trophy following a second-round exit to Fulham in the tournament this year.
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Furthermore, Tottenham were one of 12 clubs to sign up to the doomed European Super League in 2021, only to hastily withdraw from the failed project following incessant backlash.
Majority owner Lewis - who resides in the Bahamas - was also charged with multiple counts of insider trading by US prosecutors towards the end of July, to which the 86-year-old pleaded not guilty.
As such, Levy and Lewis's stewardship has been fiercely protested by the Lilywhites faithful, who have also accused the club's owners of a lack of financial backing in the transfer market.
When asked by Bloomberg whether he would ever give consideration to selling the club, Levy reaffirmed that he has no plans to leave Tottenham, but as chairman, he has a duty to listen to offers that may be in the club's best interests.
"I've got no real interest to leave Tottenham, but I have a duty to consider anything that anyone may want to propose. It's not about me, it's about what's right for the club," Levy said.
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"We run this club as if it's a public company. If anyone wants to make a serious proposition to the board of Tottenham we would consider it, along with our advisers, and if we felt it was in the interests of the club we would be open to anything.
"We're very much a club that believes in the academy producing players that can become hopefully superstars at Tottenham. We're not a club that can buy success. That's the reality and we have to understand that."
Levy also addressed supporters during a recent fans' forum, during which he admitted that the appointments of Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho were "mistakes", but the Lilywhites have hit the ground running under Ange Postecoglou.
The Australian has led Spurs to 13 points from their opening five top-flight games for the first time since the 1965-66 season, and they sit second in the Premier League table as a result.
However, Tottenham's unbeaten record will be put to the test when they meet North London rivals Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon.
Ben Knapton
