Tottenham Hotspur -owner rejects the acquisition -interest, it insists that club is not for sale

Tottenham Hotspur said that the majority shareholder has received and rejected two provisional interest in a possible takeover and insisted that the Premier League club is not for sale.

Speculation about a possible change of ownership has increased since executive chairman Daniel Levy had been abandoned on Thursday after almost 25 years.

A club statement said on Sunday that ENIC Sports & Developments Holdings LTD unambiguously rejected two separate preliminary expressions about interest, one of the former Newcastle United shareholder Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance Limited and another of a consortium led by Dr. Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai NG by Firehawk Holdings Limited.

Enic owns 86.5% of the club shares.

«As a result of the majority interest of Enic’s majority in Tottenham Hotspur, if each offer was made to acquire and complete, a compulsory offer would be required under line 9 of the (British takeover) code to acquire the shares of Tottenham Hotspur that are not already kept by Enic,» the statement said.

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“The board of the club and Enic confirm that Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale and Enic is not planning to accept such an offer to acquire its interest in the club.

“In accordance with Rule 2.6 (a) of the code, each of PCP and the consortium is required separately on 5 October 2025 to announce a solid intention to make an offer for the company in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the code or the code of the code.

The majority of Enic is owned by the British businessman Joe Lewis and his family, who are also the owners of the Tavistock Group, a private equity company.

In April, Tottenham Vinai Venkatesham mentioned their new chief executive, while Peter Charrington became the non-executive chairman, a newly formed role, after the exit of Levy.

Tottenham announced the Exit of Levy and said that there would be «no changes to the structure of the property or the shareholder».

Published on September 8, 2025