Spurs admit 'football success was not driving decisions'

Tottenham accidental "football occurrence had not been driving our decisions" arsenic non-executive president Peter Charrington admitted failings and vowed to rebuild successful an unfastened missive to the club's supporters.

Spurs narrowly avoided relegation with a 1-0 triumph against Everton connected the last time of the Premier League season, finishing 17th for the 2nd play successful a enactment aft a hard run that Charrington said fell "well short" of expectations.

"Last September, we recognised that thing seismic had to alteration astatine Spurs," wrote Charrington, who was appointed to the Spurs committee successful March 2025.

"The Lewis household stepped successful and authorised a afloat reset. That determination was not taken lightly, and it came aboriginal than it should have."

That reset coincided with Daniel Levy stepping down aft astir 25 years arsenic enforcement chairman, with sources indicating the determination was taken to amended sporting performance.

"As portion of that process, we discovered immoderate uncomfortable truths," Charrington added.

"The qualities that marque Spurs distinct, our football, our ambition, the transportation betwixt the squad and its supporters, had been allowed to fade. Football occurrence had not been driving our decisions.

"We did not person the close expertise successful cardinal roles. We did not physique squads bully capable to vie successful the astir demanding league successful the world."

Charrington was successful attendance astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Sunday's play finale on with Vivienne Lewis, representing the household who ain Spurs, her son-in-law Nick Beucher and the club's concern serviceman Matthew Collecott.

Now nether manager Roberto de Zerbi, Spurs needed a constituent connected the last time to debar their archetypal relegation from the apical formation since 1977 - and lone a 3rd location league triumph of the play ensured they sent West Ham down instead.

Charrington added that Spurs person since restructured their shot operations, with refreshed enforcement and shot teams, arsenic good further appointments expected successful the coming weeks.

The president besides backed De Zerbi, who signed a five-year declaration when joining successful March, "to physique backmost to wherever we request to be", saying the Italian "represents the benignant of shot and ambition that Tottenham should basal for."

It comes aft Spurs midfielders James Maddison and Conor Gallagher credited De Zerbi, who became the club's 3rd manager this play aft Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor, with redeeming the nine from relegation.

"Without that appointment, catastrophe could person possibly struck, but it didn't and helium takes a batch of recognition for that due to the fact that of the enactment he's done down the scenes and connected the grooming pitch," Maddison said.

Gallagher added: "From the archetypal time oregon 2 helium had everyone nether his wing. Everyone trusted him instantly and everything helium was doing - it was similar 'thank God he's travel in' consecutive away."