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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: The Athletic journalist makes ‘£2.3 billion’ claim involving Spurs"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Tottenham Hotspur News"
published: "2022-03-03T15:10:36Z"
modified: "2022-03-03T15:10:36Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: The Athletic journalist makes ‘£2.3 billion’ claim involving Spurs

**Taking to[Twitter](https://twitter.com/jackpittbrooke/status/1499056098229329930?s=21), journalist Jack Pitt-Brooke of The Athletic has dropped a Tottenham Hotspur revelation as he makes a ‘£2.3 billion’ claim.**

### The Lowdown: ENIC protests…

Tottenham fans and the club’s board have endured a turbulent relationship with [protests having been held](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/12306946/tottenham-supporters-hold-protest-against-club-owners-enic-and-chairman-daniel-levy-as-super-league-fallout-continues) over the Lilywhites’ ownership in recent times.

[Tottenham latest developments!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-latest-news-copy/)

This has lead to rumours of potential buyers and questions surrounding whether chairman Daniel Levy or the ENIC Group would even consider selling the club ([The Athletic)](https://theathletic.com/3108037/2022/02/04/enic-and-the-long-term-future-of-tottenham-hotspur/?source=user_shared_article).

Levy has played host to potential investors over this past year, including Singaporean entrepreneur Forrest Li [back in December,](https://theathletic.com/3108037/2022/02/04/enic-and-the-long-term-future-of-tottenham-hotspur/?source=user_shared_article) who was an esteemed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium guest.

While a potential takeover doesn’t appear close for the time being, Pitt-Brooke has now claimed one American tycoon in Todd Boehly came pretty close in 2019.

### The Latest: Pitt-Brooke makes claim…

Pitt-Brooke, making an interesting claim on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/jackpittbrooke/status/1499056098229329930?s=21), says Chelsea’s prospective buyer was actually nearing a purchase of Spurs for around ‘£2.3 billion’ at the time.

“Todd Boehly got close to buying Tottenham for roughly £2.3bn in 2019,” he explained.

The Athletic reporter also goes on to reveal ‘more on that’ offer in a [recent article.](https://twitter.com/jackpittbrooke/status/1499056098229329930?s=21)

### The Verdict: Interesting claim…

As Boehly joins the list of parties interested in buying Chelsea, with Roman Abramovich having put the club up for sale, his background comes as a mixed bag.

Owning 20 per cent of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Eldridge Industries’ CEO has come under scrutiny for some of his dealings, with his business model even[likened to The Glazers of Man United.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/todd-boehly-chelsea-roman-abramovich-26371314)

Though his personal net worth stands at around [£4 billion](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/17819721/chelsea-next-owner-roman-abramovich/), it is heavily debatable whether he would’ve backed Tottenham enough financially on the field.

***In other news: ‘I’m told’…Journalist makes exciting Spurs transfer claim involving £50m star, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-journalist-drops-big-joao-palhinha-transfer-claim/)***