Tottenham Hotspur wise to not sell the club right now

Tottenham Hotspur are understandably a coveted commodity, but those running the club are wise to not sell as of the summer of 2017.

Tottenham Hotspur may be the most fascinating club in all of world football at the moment. Spurs feature a squad filled with young talent capable of winning the Premier League and possibly finding success in Europe.

Mauricio Pochettino has risen among the ranks of managers to the point that he is routinely linked with massive clubs such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Tottenham are also (hopefully) roughly 13 months away from moving into a brand new world-class stadium that should be the best in the country.

It, thus, makes sense an entity such as one backed by Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg would allegedly be intrigued with taking a shot at buying Tottenham. For what it’s worth, Spurs announced via the team’s official website the board “is not in any discussions relating to a takeover offer for the Club.” Assuming they’re not lying, it appears Tottenham supporters are stuck with Enic International, chairman Daniel Levy and everybody else calling shots for the club.

At least some smoke always accompanies fire, and it makes sense Tottenham would have a “For Sale” sign resting where the old White Hart Lane used to exist. Per Forbes, Spurs currently hold a value of roughly $1.06 billion, meaning rumors Zuckerberg and company bid $1 billion for the club are probably inaccurate. In reality, Tottenham are more valuable today than ever before, and the club could be the second-most valuable Premier League side behind only Manchester United.

Spurs’ floating valuation is the biggest reason the club shouldn’t be sold anytime soon. Levy has been clear Tottenham’s goals include becoming one of the biggest clubs in the world capable of contending for multiple titles and doing more than just earning Champions League football.

Spurs have done well to grow “the right way” via financial stability and now is not the time to thrust the club into economic uncertainty regardless of who would be making the footballing decisions following a sale.

Tottenham, like every club, are a business concerned about dollars and cents, and there’s never been a better time to be invested in the team. Spurs currently feature a squad worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the very best of the starting XI should only get better with age, and Pochettino has proven himself to be a gem as it pertains to getting the best out of young stars. It’s not a stretch to say the Tottenham team from the 2016-17 is better than any from the past 50 years.

Yes, playing home matches at Wembley Stadium rather than at the more intimate White Hart Lane could be problematic, but Tottenham supporters have real reasons to remain optimistic that a squad that hasn’t yet peaked but still finished second behind champions Chelsea this past May could win several trophies between this coming August and the end of the decade.

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Remember, also, that Tottenham are currently in the middle of an agreement with the National Football League that hasn’t really begun to play out outside of a check that was cashed to help with the payment of the new stadium. In short, the plan probably isn’t for Tottenham to host only a pair of NFL games each season over the next decade or so before the two shake figurative hands and part ways.

Whispers of the NFL being interested in planting a franchise in London have hardly been quiet over the past decade, and there will be no better landing spot for that team than the new Tottenham stadium. Unlike the old Lane, the currently unnamed arena is being constructed to be a multi-purpose venue capable of hosting no fewer than four American Football games per season. Any future partnership or extension of the current agreement between the NFL and Spurs will only increase Tottenham’s overall value.

Just as with footballers, every club carries a price tag. Say, for example, some company placed a bit of $2 billion for the club with the hopes Tottenham will be worth well over that come 2030. In such a scenario, the wise move would be to take the money and run. Outside of that, however, now is the time to buy into Tottenham Hotspur and let that investment grow.

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