‘What a silly…’ Simon Jordan reacts to what he’s hearing at Tottenham after Daniel Levy’s actions

Daniel Levy will continue to divide opinion at Tottenham Hotspur, no matter what the situation of the club.

Only last season, fans were calling for the Tottenham chairman to head for the exit door, alongside the ownership group, ENIC.

Those who pay their hard-earned money felt that there was no direction on or off the pitch. The fact that Antonio Conte was mouthing off after their 3-3 draw at Southampton tells you everything.

Fast forward to the present, and put aside the recent loss to Fulham, the enjoyment and thrill has been brought back, thanks to one man – Ange Postecoglou.

Everyone is on a high and then Daniel Levy decides to announce a 6% increase in ticket prices for next season.

To nobody’s surprise, Simon Jordan, who is close friends with Tottenham’s marmite-like figure, defended that call, as he told talkSPORT.

There are some suggestions that international fans have caused the increase in prices, but Simon Jordan slammed that claim and labelled it ‘silly’.

For the past five years, there hasn’t been an increase in ticket pricing and then a sudden upturn.

Whilst many Spurs fans vent their anger at the club’s decision and how they are out of touch, a certain former Crystal Palace owner shared other ideas.

Tottenham increase season ticket prices by 6%

“You have 50,000 season ticket holders at Tottenham Hotspur,” said Jordan. “Then you put in the away allocation, so you are talking about four or five thousand tickets.

“You are suggesting that the nature of an international football club, that has got players playing in it from all over the world, is the reason why prices have gone up by 6%, i.e. the first rise in five years, is because of the global success of the football club brings in a few fans that don’t live in this country?! What a silly argument.

“Daniel Levy put the price up because he can generate 6% more money – why is football immune? Why does every other part of society have a cost-based increase? I am basing my argument upon the commercial reality of life.”

Life under Daniel Levy

After finishing outside of Europe last season, Spurs will return to the big tournaments again, it’s just a case of where will they land.

If it’s the Champions League, then Levy does deserve credit for bringing in a manager like Postecoglou from Celtic.

Added to that, he lost Harry Kane. Spurs couldn’t do much about it because the striker’s mind was already set.

But how the team has reacted should be applauded and that’s where Postecoglou also deserves his flowers.