Transforming Tottenham: How owners and hierarchy are reshaping Spurs

Despite Tottenham's Premier League survival on the final day, this will go down as probably their worst season in modern history. Not only on the pitch have they struggled. Off the pitch, it has been a tumultuous year across the entire club, with fundamental changes from top to bottom.

No one at Spurs would deny that this inner turmoil has affected things on the pitch, but what has happened this season is the result of long-term decline beneath the gloss of their state-of-the-art stadium and training ground. Decisions at football clubs rarely have immediate impact, and so those that have been made - or not made - over several years have resulted in where they are now; fighting relegation, financial difficulty, a severe disconnect with fans, and a poor reputation in the game. Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone 📱 Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton However, likewise, the opposite is also true; while there have been obvious blunders this season (Igor Tudor being one), any positive shoots from the seeds of change sown by the hierarchy are unlikely to appear straight away. What will not be obvious yet is that an internal transformation has begun at the behest of club owners the Lewis family and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, and they intend to see it through for the betterment of Tottenham's long-term future. Changes are happening regardless of which league they are in next season and Sky Sports News has been given some insight into what's been going on. What seems clear is that there will be total focus on successful football. Since 2022, when Joe Lewis put his stake in ENIC into a family trust, it has been two of his children - Vivienne and Charles Lewis - as well as his grandson-in-law Nick Beucher, who have been overseeing Tottenham Hotspur. As the first team increasingly underperformed in relation to increased revenue in recent seasons, and as fan protests intensified against their ownership and now former chairman Daniel Levy, the Lewises took an ever-keener eye on the management of the club. Gary Neville delivers a damning verdict on Tottenham Hotspur's season, describing Spurs’ underachievement as “another level” after they avoided relegation on the final day Increasingly they did not like what they found, and it was ultimately decided that Levy should leave in September last year, just a few games into the season and days after a troubled transfer window in which they missed out on top targets like Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze. There was some deep soul-searching going on by this point and chief executive Venkatesham was tasked with conducting a considerable internal review into how the club had ended up at this juncture; rising revenue but rising debt, an uncompetitive team and bad internal morale.

Key points

• No one at Spurs would deny that this inner turmoil has affected things on the pitch, but what has happened this season is the result of long-term decline beneath the gloss of their state-of-the-art…
• Decisions at football clubs rarely have immediate impact, and so those that have been made - or not made - over several years have resulted in where they are now; fighting relegation, financial dif…
• Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights Got Sky?
• Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone 📱 Not got Sky?
• Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton Howev…