{"id":52300,"date":"2025-09-07T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tottenham-hotspur-amanda-staveley-to-make-statement-that-she-does-not-intend-to-bid-for-spurs-football-news\/07\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T16:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T20:40:51","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-amanda-staveley-to-make-statement-that-she-does-not-intend-to-bid-for-spurs-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tottenham-hotspur-amanda-staveley-to-make-statement-that-she-does-not-intend-to-bid-for-spurs-football-news\/07\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur: Amanda Staveley to make statement that she does not intend to bid for Spurs | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Former Newcastle United joint-owner Amanda Staveley is expected to make a statement on Monday saying that she does not intend to take over Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n

Sky News<\/em> has learnt that PCP International Finance, a vehicle controlled by Staveley, will be forced to clarify its interest in bidding for Spurs, following discussions with the UK takeover watchdog, after chairman Daniel Levy unexpectedly stepped down.<\/p>\n

People close to the situation said on Sunday that Staveley had been in discussions with prospective backers of a bid for the club in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Levy reportedly owns a stake of almost 30 per cent in ENIC, while Joe Lewis, ENIC’s majority-owner, transferred control of his stake in Spurs to his family trust in 2022. A source close to the Lewis family said on Sunday evening: “The club is not for sale.”<\/p>\n

ENIC owns a stake of nearly 87 per cent in the club, with the remaining shares owned by a group of minority investors.<\/p>\n

Spurs’ ownership is complicated by the fact that it is subject to the UK Takeover Code – governed by the Takeover Panel.<\/p>\n

Under the provisions in the Code, PCP could yet return with a formal takeover bid for Spurs if invited to do so by the board of ENIC, or if a rival bidder announces its intention to make a firm offer for last season’s Europa League winners.<\/p>\n

City sources pointed to these caveats as being particularly relevant to Staveley’s potential ongoing interest in Spurs.<\/p>\n

Levy’s exit last week after nearly 25 years as Tottenham chairman was apparently driven by a desire to inject fresh momentum into the leadership of the club.<\/p>\n

In a statement last week, it said: “Tottenham Hotspur has been transformed over the last quarter of a century.<\/p>\n

“It has played in European competitions in the last 18 of 20 seasons, becoming one of the world’s most recognised football clubs, consistently investing in its academy, players and facilities, including a new, world-class stadium and state-of-the-art training centre.”<\/p>\n

Rothschild, the investment bank, had previously been engaged by Levy to raise hundreds of millions of capital to invest in Spurs. Those discussions are understood to have involved a range of parties in the past year.<\/p>\n

Any takeover bid for Spurs, regardless of the identity of the bidder, would be likely to be valued at well in excess of \u00a33.5bn for it to be deemed acceptable.<\/p>\n

Staveley and her husband, Mehrdad Ghodoussi, left Newcastle last summer after becoming directors and minority co-owners of the club in October 2021.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Staveley declined to comment on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Former Newcastle United joint-owner Amanda Staveley is expected to make a statement on Monday saying that she does not intend to take