{"id":8093,"date":"2026-05-14T00:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8093"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:03:48","slug":"daniel-levy-speaks-out-on-spurs-relegation-battle-with-west-ham-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8093","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Levy speaks out on Spurs relegation battle with West Ham | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Daniel-Levy-edbb.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28354778\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Daniel Levy says he is \u2018feeling the pain\u2019 with Spurs\u2019 relegation battle (Sky Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy admits he \u2018could never have envisaged\u2019 the prospect of Spurs being relegated from the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs currently sit two points ahead of 18th-placed West Ham with two Premier League games remaning.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s side travel to Chelsea next Tuesday but will be in the relegation zone this weekend if West Ham win away to Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Levy, meanwhile, was at Windsor Castle on Wednesday as he was made a CBE by the Prince of Wales for services to charity and the community in Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old had been in charge of Tottenham for nearly 25 years before his shock departure in September.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_296918336-2310.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28354734\" alt=\"WINDSOR, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Daniel Levy after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on May 13, 2026 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - Pool\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Daniel Levy was made a CBE for services to charity and the community in Tottenham (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018All I\u2019m focused on is making sure Tottenham stay in the Premier League,\u2019 Levy told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I could never have envisaged this at the beginning of the season. Obviously incredibly disappointed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_296909723-8e5f.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28354737\" alt=\"Mr. Daniel Levy, from Cuffley, lately Chair, Tottenham Hotspur, is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle. The honour recognises services to charity and the community in Tottenham. Picture date: Wednesday May 13, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady\/PA Wire\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Daniel Levy with the Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on Wednesday (PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018But let\u2019s hope, let\u2019s look forward and very much hope that next season we\u2019re still in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m feeling the pain but I\u2019m optimistic we\u2019ll get through it. It\u2019s been very, very difficult, but Spurs is in my blood and as I said, I\u2019m hopeful we\u2019ll be okay in the end.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the prospect of Spurs\u2019 facing Chelsea in their penultimate game of the season, Levy said: \u2018Always tough, never a good place for us but hopefully this year is going to be different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Danny Murphy predicts Arsenal vs PSG and names ideal Ben White replacement<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Wayne Rooney names Arsenal star who will be \u2018major factor\u2019 in end-of-season run-in<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Man Utd chiefs make final recommendation on next Man Utd manager<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Levy says he is \u2018feeling the pain\u2019 with Spurs\u2019 relegation battle (Sky Sports) Former&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}