Tottenham takeover news latest: QSI 'monitoring situation' amid Joe Lewis charges
Tottenham Hotspur have been the subject of takeover talk since the turn of the year.
Daniel Levy and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi reportedly met and on the agenda was potential investment from the French club's owners, Qatar Sports Investments. Meanwhile, it was claimed that the prospective buyers of Manchester United could turn to Spurs if they fail to take control at Old Trafford.
The Qatari businessman Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani wants to buy United through his Nine Two Foundation company while billionaire INEOS owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is also keen on purchasing the club. The protracted nature of the takeover has dragged on for so long that Red Devils supporters are fearful that they may not see their club taken out of the hands of the Glazers, its owners since 2005 and deeply unpopular custodians.
Elsewhere, supporters will be on alert following comments made by CEO of Formula One owners Liberty Media, Gregg Maffei. The billionaire has hinted that his next big investment could come in the Premier League.
It has also emerged that Levy and Al-Khelaifi still maintain 'regular exchanges' with PSG keen on signing Spurs striker Harry Kane.
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Abdellah Boulma, a reporter and journalist based in France, reports that insider trading charges against Joe Lewis could 'speed up' a sale of the club.
Lewis controls ENIC, which controls Spurs, but as Companies House documents showed in October last year is no longer a 'person with significant control' of Tottenham Hotspur Limited.
QSI are said to be 'monitoring' the situation and keeping a close eye on events.
Lewis, who denies the charges, was accused by US attorney Damian Williams overnight of 'orchestrating a a brazen insider trading
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