‘Beyonce cannot play upfront – Daniel Levy is shamelessly turning blind eye at Tottenham’

Some people reckon Daniel Levy has skin like a rhinoceros.

The master of refusing to be upset, because he doesn’t care what people say about him. And some people who follow Tottenham wish he would become extinct from their club, just like the rhino is in danger of becoming in life.

But the chances of the weekend protest from Tottenham supporters having penetrated Levy’s conscience are somewhere between slim and zero. A slight chink in his formidable armour did emerge when Levy addressed criticism he doesn’t spend enough as Spurs chairman, in a statement accompanying the club’s latest financial results.

Levy stressed Spurs had invested over £700m in signings since opening the club’s new stadium in 2019. Which begs the question – what has he and Spurs got to show for an outlay lurching towards a billion quid?

There are some other numbers Levy should be more concerned with. Like 17, which is the number of years since Spurs last won something.

Or 16, which is where Spurs were in the Premier League table ahead of the visit of Southampton.

How about 1978, which was the last time Spurs finished outside the top 15 of English football. Or 1961, the last time Spurs were English champions.

While zero is the number of trophies Spurs will finish with (again), unless Ange Postecoglou’s team can somehow claim the Europa League. If this fails to happen, Spurs will have another campaign without European football to look forward to come August.

Barring a few months, the Enic Group have been in charge of Spurs for the entirety of this century. And have presided over nothing more significant, in terms of success, than a League Cup win back in 2008, and a run to the final of the Champions League in 2019, which owed more to good fortune than good management.

Levy will point to having overseen the building of the finest football stadium in the United Kingdom.

One so good, in fact, that it attracts superstars like Beyonce, Guns ‘n’ Roses and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Not to mention hosting huge boxing bouts and NFL games.

Which is all well and good when it comes to boosting the coffers, to help maintain Spurs’ proud place in the top 10 richest clubs in the world.

What a shame then, that Levy cannot put together a team of rock star footballers, capable of winning something, or even being good enough to help a manager last more than two minutes in the job.

And this is the crux of Levy’s leadership. Because the 63-year-old runs Spurs like a business, instead of a football club.

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Beyonce cannot play up front, but she can pack the place out, at great profit to Spurs, while adding huge kudos to the reputation of the stadium. And this will feel priceless to Levy.

But what the businessman is shamelessly turning a blind eye to is the fact that supporters want to see their team win something. Even West Ham have won more silverware than Spurs in the last decade.

While Levy should be grateful Arsenal haven’t gone on to win the Premier League title in the last couple of seasons. Otherwise the hatred for him from his own supporters would be unbearable.

Yet if one club needed new ownership it remains Spurs. The time for significant change is long, long overdue.