Daniel Levy pocketed whopping £27MILLION after being ousted from Tottenham… but he still lags behind ex-Chelsea chief

DANIEL LEVY pocketed a massive £27million when Spurs ousted him as chairman. Tottenham forced the long-serving supremo out in September 2025. Daniel Levy was forced out of Spurs in September 2025 Credit: Alamy Live News. Marina Granovskaia with David Luiz, one of many players she helped sign for Chelsea Credit: Chelsea FC via Getty Images It ended a near quarter of a decade for Levy at the North London club. And it has now emerged the eye-watering compensation paid to move on the 64-year-old. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! His £27m package is the second highest pay-off in Premier League history. It is only beaten by the £35m paid by Chelsea to director Marina Granovskaia following the Clearlake takeover in 2022. According to figures published by Spurs on Companies House, Levy earned roughly £61m in wages, bonuses and other remuneration during his time at Spurs. With his £27m golden handshake, that figure is around £88m which is similar to the figure Tottenham received from Bayern Munich for the sale of Harry Kane in 2023. Spurs’ owners parted ways with Levy because they felt results on the pitch were not good enough and that football had fallen down the priority list during his tenure. Tottenham won just two trophies under the Levy – the League Cup in 2008 and the Europa League in 2025 – but did evolve into one of the powerhouses of English football while he was at the helm. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Levy also oversaw their move into their state-of-the-art new stadium in 2019. Results have been disastrous since he left, with the club avoiding relegation on the final day of the season last term. They are bottom of the league having failed to win any of their opening five league games this term and are already out of the Carabao Cup. That is despite spending more than £300million on new players in the summer. The Lewis Family, who run the club’s majority shareholders ENIC, recently pumped another £120m into the club. Comment now