Libero 055: Arsenal, Tottenham, Succession And Serious People

<p>Two of the biggest Premier League stories in September came away from the pitch, and specifically in the boardrooms of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. First was the sacking of Daniel Levy, Tottenham’s seemingly all-powerful chairman, after 24 years running Spurs in his own unique way. Then, one week later, came the removal of Tim Lewis, Arsenal’s executive vice-chair, who had run Arsenal for the last few years.</p><br><p>On today’s Libero, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Miguel Delaney and Tariq Panja look at these moves and explain why exactly Levy and Tim Lewis were fired. Was it because of performance? Or was it because a new generation of owners want to operate their clubs differently?</p><br><p>These two stories have been compared to ‘Succession’, and both point to the tension between the ultra-wealthy owners of these generational assets and the executive class who run them. So is this the central tension that defines modern clubs? And are we - as Miguel suggests - now in ‘the age of the owner’?</p><br><p>P1: (09:48)</p><p>P2: (36:34)</p><br><p>Produced by: Tom Bassam</p><br><p>Email in via <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@liberopod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liberopod</a></p><p>Follow us on X <a href="https://x.com/podcast_libero" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@podcast_libero</a></p><p>Follow us on Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/liberopodcast.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liberopodcast.bsky.social</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/liberopod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liberopod</a></p><p>Follow us on TikTok <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@liberopod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liberopod</a></p><p>Follow us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/liberopod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liberopod</a></p><br><p>The Sam Wallace column mentioned in the podcast <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/09/21/arsenal-spurs-succession-moment-new-regimes-face-real-test/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">can be found here</a>, you will need to get past The Telegraph paywall. </p><br><p>Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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