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Sugar defends Tottenham chairman Levy

Former Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar has jumped to the defence of Daniel Levy.

Supporters are aiming a lot of ire in Levy's direction but former Tottenham chairman Sugar believes that anger is misdirected.

"All you can expect from a chairman is the following: to provide the money for your football staff to do what they want to do, negotiate hard and bitterly if one of your best players has got a death wish to want to leave, and to provide an environment like a new stadium or training ground and all that kind of stuff," he told talkSPORT. "That is all the chairman can do.

"People saying 'Levy out, Levy out', they don't know what they are talking about. If Spurs are going to progress, he is their best ally. All he can do is listen to the managers that he appoints.

"They got £100million a year ago for the sale of Gareth Bale. They went out and spent it on seven players. Baldini, or whatever his name is, and Andre Villas-Boas must have had some input into that and therein lies the problem, in my opinion.

"If we have bought the wrong players and the money has been used irresponsibly, you have got to look at the person that guided you in that direction."

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