If the Tottenham, Daniel Levy and a fan were in a family it would look like this: Tottenham would be the girl, the fan would be boy who is in love with that girl. Daniel Levy would be that girl’s Father.

There might be Tottenham hard core fans that feel they love the club more than Daniel Levy, and they might be right, I’ll never know. But they love Tottenham like a wife (if that still exist), Daniel levy loves it as a child. A father knows what is best for his child and makes selfless decisions based on the child’s future. A father wants its child to be the best it can be, the boyfriend has to tolerate this.

We are at a cross-roads in football, Manchester City and Chelsea have shown just what a difference a sugar daddy can make. If Tottenham fans want to keep up with the likes of these clubs, they will see the need for more revenue. The best way to achieve this is through a bigger stadium, the 36,000 capacity of White Hart Lane is not enough.

When the UEFA Fair Play rules come into force in 2015, clubs will be only be able to spend 70 % of what they turn over on their wage bill. This will mean a big Stadium is vital.

But the idea of re-developing the current stadium is not feasible when compared to the Stratford project; the cost would be double. Tottenham could save this money and begin to compete with the mega-money-market signings like Carroll for £35m. The move would allow this money to be spent on players, and Spurs would not be dormant in the window and not have to pick up bargains all the time.

Levy would not have put forward his scheme without doing his research. We can’t think of him as some rich foreign investor he just swans along and makes brash decisions. We are lucky in that we are one of the few clubs left to be run by an Englishman. Think of all the foreign investment in the Premier League. He is Essex, born and bred, and he understands football. The fans might be what makes a club, but he is a fan too.

He knows that if the club is going to grow and become the best club in London, it needs to move Stadium. He has shown this understanding by stating, to his own bid’s detriment, that there will be no running track at Stratford.

Of course, there will always be protests to the move from die-hard Tottenham fans, they as infatuated with White Hart Lane, as they are with the club itself, but there are also many people who want it to move.

I am sure Levy wouldn’t want to move if there was no alternative, but he has the perspective of business. He is interested in the long term ambitions of the club and will allow it to move to aid these ambitions.

The question remains, are Tottenham selling out in pursuit of glory? I can see where people who feel this are coming from, but I don’t agree with them. Manchester City have done it, from Maine Road to Eastlands. Arsenal have done it (although they went back home). Importantly though, it will allow Spurs to be self-sufficient, unlike Cheslsea. If they lose their owner they are doomed, if Tottenham’s move to Stratford goes ahead, they will have the infrastructure to support big spending.

You have to ask yourself the question, do Tottenham belong at White Hart Lane or do they belong at the top of the Premiership? Because sadly both scenarios cannot occur. I trust Levy’s ambition to be the best club possible is the right one.

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