Spurs deny Hoddle could return
Tottenham have on Sunday hit back at claims by former manager Glenn Hoddle that he could be ready to return if a consortium buys the club.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy made it clear there is no truth in recent speculation suggesting the club is for sale, that Birmingham’s David Sullivan may want to buy it or that Hoddle is part of a consortium to bid for the club.
Levy declared: “Let’s be absolutely clear about this. ENIC owns 51% of Tottenham Hotspur. It’s commitment is evidenced by the fact that during the summer ENIC was wholly prepared to underwrite the full fundraising requirement.
“We have never put up a ‘For Sale’ sign at this club and we are not about to do so. I, personally, have invested time, energy and money in getting this club in the shape it is now financially, both as a ‘player’ in the transfer window and as a club with a future.
“We are a plc – as such we have a duty to our shareholders to consider seriously any approaches for the club from bona fide buyers, but we have not had any such negotiations or discussions and we have no intention of selling.
“And for the hundredth time I want to reiterate that we never received any proposal, let alone offer, from Roman Abramovich.”
Levy was quick to respond after Hoddle was quoted as saying he could return to Spurs if the club was sold, despite having been appointed as new Wolves manager on a six-month contract this week.
