The Football Reporters: The inside story of Daniel Levy’s Spurs exit
ESPN FC
ESPN
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Here's the truth about AI. AI is only as powerful as the platform it's built into. |
| 0:05.7 | ServiceNow puts AI to work for people across your business, removing friction and frustration |
| 0:11.2 | for your employees, supercharging productivity for your developers, providing intelligent tools |
| 0:16.9 | for your service agents to make customers happier, all built into a single platform you can |
| 0:21.9 | use right now. That's why the world works with ServiceNow. Visit ServiceNow.com |
| 0:27.8 | slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to the Football Reporters. |
| 0:39.4 | We have an emergency episode today because we've got big news from Tottenham. |
| 0:42.8 | Daniel Levy has stepped down after 25 years as executive chairman. |
| 0:47.1 | It's massive news of the world of football. |
| 0:48.4 | Daniel Leavis being such a huge figure at Tottenham, a huge figure in the Premier League. |
| 0:52.0 | So James has always been reporting on what's happened, why it's happened, how it happened. |
| 0:55.9 | James, what's the story? |
| 0:59.8 | Well, I think everybody always thought that Daniel Levy would determine the timing of his |
| 1:05.0 | own departure from Tottenham. |
| 1:06.9 | He's in his early 60s. |
| 1:08.3 | He's been in the role since March 2001 and has established himself |
| 1:12.4 | in that time as one of the world's most respected administrators. Whether you like him or not, |
| 1:18.6 | the legacy is there for all to see. The new stadium was masterminded by Daniel Levy, the state of |
| 1:23.8 | the art training ground too. But the issue has always been with Spurs is how many |
| 1:29.2 | trophies come along with it. And of course, he's only masterminded or overseen two trophies in |
| 1:34.5 | those 24 years, the most recent of which came this summer with the Europa League. But it's really not |
| 1:41.8 | quelled the frustrations, both in terms of within the fan base but also behind |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

