[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"football-site-config":3,"world-cup-status-en":27,"news-detail-levy-why-i-m-optimistic-tottenham-will-avoid-relegation":61,"news-related-levy-why-i-m-optimistic-tottenham-will-avoid-relegation-en":95,"news-related-match-levy-why-i-m-optimistic-tottenham-will-avoid-relegation-en":26},{"adSlots":4,"affiliateMode":5,"brandName":6,"contentStrategy":7,"currency":8,"friendLinks":9,"homepageLayoutKey":10,"leagueFocus":11,"locale":12,"planVisibility":13,"seoDescription":14,"seoTitleTemplate":15,"siteCode":10,"siteName":6,"siteType":10,"subscriptionMode":5,"timezone":16,"id":17,"tenantID":18,"primaryDomain":19,"countryCode":20,"logoUrl":21,"faviconUrl":21,"theme":22,"seoKeywords":24,"status":25,"ads":4,"focusLeagues":26,"affiliatePolicies":26},[],"shared","Football Prediction Platform","scores_predictions","USD",[],"main",[],"en-US",[],"Football fixtures, results, free predictions, subscriptions, and clearly labeled partner links.","{page} | Football Prediction Platform","America\u002FNew_York",323900000000000000,1,"football.easytestdev.online","US","",{"primaryColor":23},"#1677ff","football predictions, football fixtures, football results","active",null,{"active":28,"leagueId":29,"leagueName":30,"leagueImagePath":31,"seasonId":32,"seasonName":33,"startingAt":34,"endingAt":35,"daysToStart":36,"daysToEnd":37,"phase":38,"includeQualifying":39,"hostCities":40},true,"326135624916537344","World Cup","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.api-sports.io\u002Ffootball\u002Fleagues\u002F1.png","326255613308833792","2026\u002F2027","2026-06-11","2026-06-28",-37,-20,"finished_recent",false,[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60],"Atlanta","Boston","Dallas","East Rutherford","Guadalajara","Houston","Kansas City","Los Angeles","Mexico City","Miami","Monterrey","New-York","New York New Jersey","Philadelphia","San-Francisco","San Francisco Bay Area","Seattle","Toronto","Vancouver","Zapopan",{"article":62},{"awayTeamId":-1,"awayTeamName":-1,"body":63,"category":64,"excerpt":65,"homeTeamId":-1,"homeTeamName":-1,"id":66,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":69,"matchName":21,"publishedAt":70,"slug":71,"sourceName":72,"sourceURL":73,"teamId":74,"teamName":75,"teamIds":76,"teamNames":85,"title":94},"Former Tottenham Hotspur executive chairman Daniel Levy has expressed firm belief that the club will pull clear of Premier League relegation danger, speaking after being named a CBE for his extensive charity and community contributions.\n\nLevy, who departed the north London club in September 2025 following a transformative 25-year tenure, made the comments while reflecting on both his personal honour and the ongoing struggles of his boyhood team. “I am optimistic that the club will avoid relegation,” he said, in a rare public statement since handing over the reins.\n\nThe statement jars with the grim reality currently facing Tottenham, a club that has been a permanent fixture in the Premier League since its inception in 1992 and had grown accustomed to challenging for European places under Levy’s leadership. To find them in the drop zone conversation is a stark departure from the consistent top-six finishes and Champions League final appearance that defined much of his era.\n\nLevy’s confidence might seem surprising given the club’s on-pitch turmoil this season. Spurs have laboured under a series of disappointing results, managerial instability, and a squad that has failed to recapture the verve of previous campaigns. Yet the former chairman, known for his steely resolve and calculated business mind, will have his reasons—likely rooted in the underlying talent within the squad and a fixture list that offers opportunities for survival.\n\nThe award of a CBE for services to charity and the community stands as a testament to Levy’s wider impact beyond the boardroom. During his tenure, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation flourished, engaging thousands of local residents through education, employment, and health programmes. His philanthropic footprint, often overshadowed by transfer sagas and stadium delays, now earns formal recognition at a poignant moment in the club’s history.\n\nRelegation would be catastrophic for any club of Spurs’ magnitude, but the financial implications would be particularly acute given the debt taken on to build the state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. A drop to the Championship would decimate matchday and broadcast revenues, potentially forcing a fire sale of prized assets and plunging the club’s finances into crisis. Levy, who masterminded that stadium project, is acutely aware of the stakes.\n\nYet there are glimmers of hope. Tottenham’s squad, on paper, boasts enough quality to climb the table. The experience of senior internationals, combined with promising academy graduates, provides a foundation that many relegation-threatened sides lack. The club’s infrastructure—the world-class training centre and stadium—remains the envy of most. Levy’s optimism may well be anchored in the belief that the structural advantages he helped build will ultimately tell.\n\nAvoiding the drop would offer the new leadership team the breathing room to reset and chart a sustainable path forward. It would preserve the top-flight status essential to attracting investment, retaining talent, and eventually returning to the upper echelons of English football. For Levy, seeing the club survive would also safeguard the legacy of his quarter-century at the helm.\n\nCritics will argue that the very predicament calls into question Levy’s recruitment strategies and managerial appointments in his final years. The club’s inability to adequately replace key departures and the lack of a coherent footballing identity have been laid bare. Nonetheless, his belief in the club’s short-term future is unwavering—a sentiment that supporters, desperate for any reassurance, will cling to.\n\nWhether that optimism proves justified will be determined on the pitch in the coming weeks. The Premier League’s unforgiving nature means sentiment counts for little; points are the only currency. Tottenham’s fate rests in the hands of the current squad and management, but Levy’s words echo as a vote of confidence from a figure who knows the club’s DNA better than most.\n\nBased on reporting from BBC Sport.","news","Former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy expresses confidence that Spurs will survive in the Premier League as he receives a CBE for charity and community","330043097947836417","326135625054949376","Premier League","0","2026-05-13T15:52:30Z","levy-why-i-m-optimistic-tottenham-will-avoid-relegation","BBC Sport","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fsport\u002Ffootball\u002Fvideos\u002Fc78km95ey1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","326257546094448640","Tottenham",[74,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84],"326222707169431552","326222713142120448","326257545754710016","326257546392244224","326257554411753472","326257556324356096","326257615103332352","326257613643714560",[75,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93],"Anderlecht","Canada","Newcastle","Nottingham Forest","Newcastle Jets","Newells Old Boys","BSC Young Boys","Hassania Agadir","Levy: Why I'm Optimistic Tottenham Will Avoid Relegation",[96,126,154,177],{"awayTeamId":-1,"awayTeamName":-1,"body":-1,"category":64,"excerpt":97,"homeTeamId":-1,"homeTeamName":-1,"id":98,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":69,"matchName":21,"publishedAt":99,"slug":100,"sourceName":101,"sourceURL":102,"teamId":103,"teamName":104,"teamIds":105,"teamNames":115,"title":125},"Pierre Sage is set to join Crystal Palace after leading Lens to Coupe de France glory. 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