After 24 years at Spurs, Daniel Levy left the role earlier this month and has since been given the same treatment Harry Kane received upon agreeing a move to Bayern.
It really felt as though Daniel Levy would be at Spurs forever. Certainly, after a summer of changes and a steady budget increase in recent seasons, the job looked more attractive than ever.
But Levy wouldn’t be kept around to reap the rewards, with the club deciding to continue without him on the path he spent over two decades carving out.
Gratitude for Levy’s work was all you would hear and see in the days following the announcement, but in a surprise turn of events, he has been told the same thing Harry Kane was told when he decided to go.
Daniel Levy given a Kane-like goodbye
The news of Levy’s sacking came as a shock to all of us, but also to the man himself.
As The Athletic reports, Levy was unaware of what was about to happen in that fateful meeting: “Levy’s downfall was so sudden that even he had no idea on that Thursday morning that his tenure at the club was about to end.”
But end it did. And what came next can only be described as a sort of karmic justice.
The report continues: “When Levy was sacked on September 4, he wasn’t even allowed into the training centre to retrieve his possessions.
“Nor was his wife Tracey, who worked at the club until the day Levy was sacked. Their belongings were eventually returned by van.”
You might recall a similar situation with Kane when his move to Bayern was announced. He was blocked from returning to the training facility, unable to say his goodbyes or even collect his things.
That would have been Levy’s call. You see the irony.
Spurs will decentralise power after Levy
Spurs CEO Vinai Venkatesham is now the most powerful person at the club, but he doesn’t intend for that to be the case for long.
The club are looking to decentralise the power Levy had over the entire operation, instead opting for a corporate structure that will be eight senior executives sharing responsibilities.
Levy has been the face of Spurs for most of this century, and his departure is going to be felt no matter what.
We thought a new manager and loads of new players were change enough, but this power shift at the very top of the club could be even more impactful.
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