by The crossing of the gap between Nordlondon is always controversial, albeit less than players or coaches for managers.
Nevertheless, Vinai Venkatesham’s appointment as the new managing director of Tottenham is fascinating and raises questions about the balance of the meeting room in the club.
Venkatesham, who was in various roles for 14 years, including CEO, will join Spurs in the summer, according to reports with responsibility for all operational affairs on and off the field.
While it is unlikely that his appointment will have an impact on the stranger of the chairman Daniel Levy on the club, it may be the chief football officer Scott Munn, who joined Spurs on Spurs in April 2023 to take over all football departments.
Munn worked behind the scenes with a limited public profile, but he made a number of significant changes at Spurs, including overhauling the departments for medical and sports science last summer.
Posetecoglous squad suffered an unprecedented injury crisis this season, which was examined for these changes.
In the past seasons there was a high turnover of spurs leaders. Fabio Paratici joined the club as director of football in June 2021 to withdraw two years later after a 30-month worldwide ban on football.
The Italian is influential and close to Levy and continues to advise the chairman on consulting companies, but the emptiness he left in the club was effectively filled by Munn and Johan Lange, who took the position of the technical director in October 2023 after leaving Aston Villa.
At the same time as Paratici as Chief Commercial Officer, Todd Kline entered the club to secure a name right -wing partner for the stadium, but drove to Chelsea in February last year after he had not done this. KLINE was replaced by his No. 2, Ryan Norys, although in a role that has been left behind.
Venkatesham spent more than a decade in Arsenal in six different roles and took over the position of CEO in 2020.
His progress by the managers collided with a time of rejuvenation in the club and with the appointment of some key personnel such as Edu, Richard Garlick and Mikel Areta.
Venkatesham, who was then the managing director, was mapped shortly before the Spaniard was appointed head coach in December 2019 outside the appointment of the Spaniard in Manchester in Manchester.
He is seen as a highly competent manager, which is expected to work closely with Levy and is involved in stakeholder management with bodies such as the Premier League and the European Club Association (ECA), where he set up relationships during his time.
Postecoglou recently spoke frustrated about the lack of voices, defending the spores in and outside the club, and there is also an opportunity that Venkatesham could be a public figure that takes part of the responsibility for communication from the Australian or his successor. Levy likes to pay attention and very rarely performs interviews.
The appointment of Venkatesham comes at an important time for Spurs, with Levy facing protests from supporters, of which hundreds marched into the stadium that stood after this year’s home games against Manchester United and Southampton.
Levy continues to seek external investments in Spurs, probably in the form of a minority stake, and there were connections to potential bidders from the Middle East.
