Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Levy was somewhat tempted. His feelings were complicated. On the one hand, he felt that Chen Yiran was likely a better boss, at least in terms of financial resources, and that Tottenham would truly become a top team in the Premier League.

Moreover, given the precedent set by the McLaren F1 team, Chen Yiran will not give blind instructions; he will only help the club achieve better results in his area of ​​expertise.

On the other hand, if Chen Yiran successfully buys the team, it is almost impossible for him to stay at Tottenham. Although he has been the chairman for many years, his reputation is actually quite average, and Chen Yiran has no reason to keep him.

But now his hope has been rekindled, and it seems he still has a chance to stay at Tottenham.

Levy said very seriously, "Boss, my whole family are Tottenham fans. I've been coming to White Hart Lane to watch games with my father since I was ten years old. I will do my best to help facilitate the acquisition. Lewis told me that he is prepared to try to bid one billion next year."

However, I think we might be able to negotiate a deal for 8 million this year. If you are really prepared to acquire it, and I already have shares in the ENIC Group, I can also use those shares to exchange for some Tottenham Hotspur shares.

I also oversaw the financing for the stadium, and I will ensure that the design and construction of the new stadium begins as soon as possible.

Chen Yiran glanced at the time; there were still ten minutes left in the match. He stood up immediately: "My target price is anything under $9 million. It's not that I'm short of money; it's that I've spent too much and feel like a sucker. If I want to hold Tottenham shares, I can let you have 10%."

You should talk to Lewis's side as soon as possible and get it done quickly. Also, hearing about all that financing and other progress, I'm already here; do I really need to go out and borrow money to build a stadium? Who do you think you are?

After leaving the stadium through the VIP entrance, Olsen leaned over and asked, "Didn't you rant about Levy at home? You said some really nasty things. Why are you planning to keep him here?"

"He may lack ability, but he is dedicated to the team, and he actually has some skills when it comes to certain business matters."

Levy's end at Tottenham was tragic; in 2025, he was ousted by the Lewis family, ending his 24-year tenure as Tottenham chairman.

In many ways, Levy wasn't wronged. The teams he led had a poor competitive record, winning only two titles in 25 years. The 2008 League Cup was a meaningless cup competition, far less important than the FA Cup.

In the 2025 Europa League, although Tottenham Hotspur ultimately won the title, the cost was a 17th-place finish in the Premier League, their worst ever finish in the club's history. To prepare for the Europa League, they only managed two wins in their final ten matches. Fans continued to protest, repeatedly displaying banners demanding Tottenham's removal from the team at home stadiums.

But none of this is the core reason. The core reason is that Joe Lewis's daughter, Vivian, has begun to take the lead in decision-making.

As the saying goes, "A new emperor brings a new court," and Levy's fate was sealed after Joe Lewis retired.

Even the most vehemently opposed to Levy would find the team somewhat cold-blooded. Levy was abruptly dismissed without any notice period, and wasn't even allowed to return to the club to retrieve his personal belongings. The new management hired a truck to clean up and remove all traces of his time at Tottenham.

Levy was shocked. He had a meeting scheduled for that afternoon and was completely unprepared, but he still issued a statement thanking Tottenham and wishing the team well.

In the following season, when Levy actually left, and when Tottenham, with the seventh-highest salary in the Premier League, fell into the relegation zone and began fighting to avoid relegation, fans began to miss Levy again.

Levy, widely regarded as the most disliked and heartless club chairman in the Premier League, is undeniably passionate about Tottenham Hotspur.

A week before he was dismissed, he also secured a nuclear weapons-proof clause that shocked the Premier League.

He forcefully pushed for the addition of a relegation and pay cut clause to the contracts of all first-team players, meaning that the salaries of the vast majority of players would be cut by 50% if they were relegated to the Championship.

Everyone assumed he was provoked by the 17th-place finish and wanted to intimidate Qiu Yuan. After all, Tottenham is one of only six teams in the Premier League's history that has never been relegated, and nobody thought they would be. Teams of this caliber have never had such aggressive relegation rules implemented before.

However, the following year, everyone realized that Levy was wise. He had indeed astutely discovered a huge crisis in the team as a whole. This was his last resort, and these contingency plans may have been the last guarantee to ensure that the team would not go bankrupt after Tottenham's relegation.

Fortunately, this clause was not triggered, and Tottenham managed to avoid relegation in the final round.

However, this incident also highlights that Levy still has some merits in many aspects. In any case, he managed Tottenham for twenty years, turning the team from a mediocre club into one of the highest-earning clubs in Europe, which shows that he has some business acumen.

Therefore, Chen Yiran felt that it was still possible to let him stay in his post and see if Levy would behave differently now that he had money.

Levy worked incredibly hard for his future position, flying to the Bahamas that very night. Joe Lewis had been living there for ten years, enjoying the Caribbean sun, of course, to avoid taxes—it's one of the world's most notorious tax havens.

Joe Lewis wasn't surprised by Levy's arrival; Chen Yiran's attendance at the game in London had already made headlines and garnered significant attention from fans on Twitter. Tottenham fans generally approve of Chen Yiran, primarily because of his wealth.

Many fans have already started discussing the possibility of Chen Yiran buying the team. Some are even fantasizing that Tottenham could become like Chelsea or Manchester City, never having to worry about money again.

Levy and Chen Yiran's whispered conversation has begun to be interpreted, with many people believing that Tottenham may soon change hands.

So Lewis went straight for the jackpot, asking for an astronomical price: "One billion pounds!"

Levi was stunned, and said with a wry smile, "Boss, I haven't even said what I'm here for yet."

Lewis curled his lip: "We've known each other for so long, do you think I don't know what you're up to? You want to sell the team to that brat? Fine, a billion pounds, we'll buy it right away."

"Boss, can you be reasonable? Manchester United is only worth $28 billion, which is only £17 billion. At the beginning of the year, Forbes valued us at only around £3 million."

"If Forbes were reliable, they would have made that kid the world's richest person this year. So you can imagine that Forbes' valuation can only be used as a reference. At the beginning of the year, we hadn't sold Bale yet, nor had we confirmed the status of the new stadium. Now that we've gone through all the paperwork for the new stadium, it's not unreasonable to raise the price a little."

"But it can't be more than tripled."

Lewis looked at Levy, who was covered in sweat, and scoffed softly, "Hmph, you traitor."

"Boss, I can't help it. I still want to stay at Tottenham, and you really do want to sell the team."

"Hmph, the reason I sold the team isn't because you keep telling me it's good to sell it."

"Boss, if you leave the team to Charlie, I won't say anything, but Vivian has always looked down on me. If she comes in, I might be kicked out very soon."

Charlie is Lewis's youngest son and the heir to most of his businesses, making him the winner of the succession battle. However, specifically regarding Tottenham, Vivian is the victor, as Lewis couldn't possibly leave nothing to his daughter.

Lewis frowned, then finally sighed and asked, "How much is he prepared to offer?"

"$9 million is quite reasonable, considering that according to Forbes' valuation, it's almost double the original price."

"Can you stay there?"

"I want to take out a portion of my ENIC Group shares in exchange for a 10% stake in Tottenham. He promised to let me stay at Tottenham, but I can tell that he's just giving me a few years to see how things go."

"Have you already told him about the debt and such?"

"He mentioned it briefly, and I felt he knew us very well, like he knew everything. It's not surprising, though. He's a veteran fan. We only recently went private, and our old accounts were very transparent; they're all on the fan forums."

He told me that as long as the price was right, we could sign a purchase agreement immediately, go through due diligence procedures, and check the debts, contracts, stadium plans, and transfer clauses.

"Then let's sign it. When we acquired it, it didn't cost a hundred million US dollars. Now, ten years later, it's increased tenfold. That's good enough."

"Thank you, boss. I'll contact them and sign the contract as soon as possible."

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When both the buyer and seller have no objections, especially when the buyer has a thorough understanding of the seller's situation, any acquisition, no matter how large, will proceed very quickly.

Just one week after Tottenham's 3-0 defeat, the club announced on its official website that the two sides had signed a transfer agreement and had begun submitting it to the Premier League for approval.

That same day, Chen Yiran directly started a question thread on Twitter, asking Tottenham fans: Who do you want? Just name your name! We have plenty of money! Buy them directly!