Daniel Levy makes major NFL prediction with Tottenham role and stadium update

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has revealed that it is out of the club's control to have an NFL franchise in London as talks remain ongoing over strategic ways to agree on a naming rights deal for the stadium. It comes one week after Spurs agreed an extension of their partnership with the American football league over hosting matches in England.

Spurs are already the official 'Home of the NFL' in the UK and host a minimum of two games per season at the impressive Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. That will now continue until the 2029/30 season as a method of maintaining positive relationships with the league as well as bringing in more fans and revenue.

However, despite some calls for an NFL franchise to be made in London, Levy remained pretty coy on the idea. Speaking at a two-hour meeting with the Tottenham Hotspur Fan Advisory Board the English businessman fielded questions from a select group including one relating to the potential NFL future.

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Although a full transcript is not available, the minutes of the meeting state that Levy 'agreed this was a logical next step but explained that it is not in the club's control.' It comes after the league's head of Europe and UK, Brett Gosper, revealed earlier this year that there are constant talks over the possibility of creating a team in the English capital.

“That would be the next phase of the strategy is to have a franchise here,” he said, speaking at SportsPro Live in April. “It’s a discussion point within the NFL on a pretty constant basis. Nothing is imminent here and I always say that.”

He added: