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Tottenham Hotspur Owner Injects $134M Into Club Amid Hot Start to Season

The investment from the Lewis family trust, through majority owner ENIC Sports & Development, comes as the team has rejected three takeover attempts since September.

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Tottenham Hotspur has received a nearly $134 million (£100 million) capital infusion from its majority owner, giving the club financial firepower to invest in players, facilities, and more as it builds on early momentum this season.

The investment from the Lewis family trust, through majority owner ENIC Sports & Development, comes as the team has batted back three takeover attempts since the start of September. The offers came from PCP International Finance, Firehawk Holdings, and a group led by Brooklyn Earick, a U.S. entrepreneur who runs a Singapore-based venture capital firm. 

ENIC—run by London-born billionaire Joe Lewis—has been adamant the team is not for sale. Spurs have an estimated valuation of $3.3 billion, according to Forbes.

The new capital is aimed at shepherding the club to long-term success and i showing the Lewis family’s “ongoing commitment to the club and its future,” according to a Thursday statement.

“As I stated a few weeks ago, our focus is on stability and empowering the management team to deliver on the Club’s ambitions,” Peter Charrington, non-executive chairman for Tottenham said in the statement. 

According to its most recent financial results, Spurs revenue for last year was £528.2 million ($703.9 million), down from £549.6 million ($732.4 million) in 2023, with the team “predominantly” attributing the decrease to the club’s participation in Champions League in 2023 (the club did not qualify for Champions League in 2024). Despite the dip in revenue, the team’s 2024 net loss was £26.2 million ($34.8 million), down from £86.8 million ($115.4 million) in 2023.

Spurs are off to a hot start this year, sitting at third place in the Premier League with a record of  4-2-1. If they keep it up, the team is on track to once again qualify for the Champions League—the highest level of European soccer—which carries significant financial implications (every team gets about $21 million for making the Champions League, and can get even more for winning and drawing big TV audiences). The team already qualified for the 2025-26 Champions League. 

The fresh capital may help Spurs sign and retain talent, something it has had issues with in recent years. This summer, Arsenal reached a deal with midfielder Eberechi Eze worth up to $91 million (£67.5 million), despite Spurs thinking they were close to finalizing a deal of their own. Spurs were also recently unsuccessful in a bid to sign midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, who ultimately chose to stay with Nottingham Forest.

The investment comes not long after longtime Spurs executive Daniel Levy stepped down in early September. The former chairman of the team, who was one of the most influential people at Spurs for nearly 25 years, still owns a stake in the club.

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