Tottenham told they miss Daniel Levy as new CEO is ‘not the personality to lead’
Former Everton and Aston Villa CEO Keith Wyness has not been impressed with the senior figures at Tottenham this season.
Spurs find themselves in a battle for Premier League survival, and if they do manage to stay up, one would expect the club to undertake a serious evaluation of the mistakes that got them here in the first place.
Reports indicate that the Lewis family are prepared to remove Tottenham’s restrictive wage bill this summer, if the club do manage to avoid relegation.
However, one expert has now suggested that there is a serious issue with those calling the shots at Spurs.
Vinai Venkatesham deemed not the right personality to lead Tottenham
Vinai Venkatesham has not had a positive first season as Tottenham’s CEO. In fact, a survey conducted by the Spurs supporters’ trust found that the popularity of the club’s leadership is at an all-time low.
Wyness believes that Ventatesham has not been able to step up and perform the duties expected of him at N17.
The former Everton chief told Football Insider: “I think the problems go a lot deeper than Thomas Frank or Tudor. I’m afraid so. I think this is really something that’s stemming from the top.
“There’s a lack of leadership at the top. They’ve got the new CEO, Vinai, who came from Arsenal, and I’m afraid he is not the personality to lead. And he’s been very absent from all I can see in terms of leading the club. And he is supposed to be the guy on the ground.
“Now we’ve got, you know, of course, the Lewis family, and it does seem the guy called Nick Butcher, seems to be the son-in-law, I think, of the Lewis family who’s taking a leading role in this sort of area. Again, he’s been quiet, but there seems to be just this vacuum at the top and that’s the real problem that Spurs have got.”
Daniel Levy’s departure deemed to have left a leadership vacuum at Spurs
Wyness is confident that Tottenham’s current malaise goes all the way to the top, claiming that there is a leadership vacuum at the club.
He believes that the Lilywhites are missing a strong decision-maker at the top since Daniel Levy’s exit last summer.
He added: “Believe me, from experience, I know this trickles all the way down from the top when there is no leadership and no clear leadership. I’ve mentioned many times how you need as few people as possible to be making decisions, and to have strong decisions from the top.
“Spurs are an absolute example of how they’ve got this wrong right now. And actually missing Daniel Levy, I think, who was a strong decision maker at the top. He had a lot of critics, but actually it’s got worse. So I don’t blame the manager as such. I think the problems go a lot deeper.”
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