Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has plunged himself into more hot water after sensational comments lobbying for a closed Women’s Super League emerged over the weekend.
The future of the English women’s top-flight is at a crossroads, with the FA’s jurisdiction over the elite competition set to be replaced by an independently-run company after the next year. Two separate reviews of the sport – spurred on by the Lionesses’ triumphant Euro2022 campaign and a steep wave of enthusiasm around the sport – are being conducted by the Government and other clubs respectively.
And Levy has expressed his support for the scrapping of promotion and relegation from the women’s top-flight in a bid to encourage more clubs to invest in their women’s teams. The chairman’s argument hinges on the idea that investment in players and infrastructure would increase if club hierarchies were not concerned by the threat of relegation.
