A dejected Tottenham Hotspur fan alone after his team's home defeat against fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest in London on March 22.
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Tottenham Hotspur Ownership Feud Magnifies Season of Disaster
As well as battling relegation from the Premier League, the club’s owners are also embroiled in a bitter fight.
Over 25 years, Tottenham Hotspur owners Daniel Levy and Joe Lewis turned a mid-table team into a European heavyweight with a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) stadium. Behind the scenes, though, one of English football’s most enduring partnerships collapsed into a legal and financial feud.
Over the weekend, Tottenham fired its third manager in a year as the team’s struggles get worse on the pitch, and is set to hire maverick Roberto De Zerbi in a last ditch attempt to avoid relegation. Away from it, Levy has considered suing his former business partner after being unceremoniously thrown out of the club he ran, according to people familiar with the matter.