It s dawn or dark? ——Written in the 25-year-end chapter of Levi leaving Tottenham

I was stunned for a long time when I heard that Levi was really dismissed.

It's like the father at home who you think he is stingy and ignorant every day, and suddenly says he is leaving home. The first reaction is to breathe a sigh of relief, but the second reaction is a little empty.

Levi = Tottenham's 25 years

It has to be admitted that in the past 25 years, Tottenham's days have been supported by Levi.

From the old White Hart Lane to the new White Hart Lane, from the luxury of Champions League qualification, to the stability of 18-20 in the European Championship, and even the UEFA Cup champions they won - Levi is behind all this.

He is a businessman, so shrewd that it is a headache. When talking about transfers, you can harden your opponents until you doubt your life, and your salary structure is tightly suppressed, so that the club can continue to operate steadily. Some people say he is too smart, even so smart that he offended all his players and agents. But in other words, without Levi, there would be no Tottenham brand and commercial plate today.

Tottenham's Levi paradox

But the problem is that Levi's success model has also become Tottenham's biggest shackle.

Results Ceiling: Two trophies in 25 years, Premier League champion = 0. Everyone in Bailu Lane understands that this is the Levi paradox: making money is stable and operating strongly, but it is just a short time to grab top honors.

Slightly tagged: The summer window was criticized for being stingy again and again, and the fun of the Finance Cup became a joke. Although it has been a bit loose in the past two years and has won the Europa League, everyone knows that this is not the norm.

Emotional tear: Levi is both a savior and a badass. Some people say that he left = it was dawn, and some people say that he left = it was dark.

In fact, this sense of contradiction just shows his unique position in Tottenham's history: love and hate.

Retire after success, is it dawn or dark?

Now, he chose to leave after winning the Europa League, and seemed to have retired after success. It's a bit like the old leader in a martial arts novel, building a mountain gate, establishing a foundation, and then patting his butt and leaving.

But the question is right in front of you:

Without Levi's smart abacus, can Tottenham continue to be competitive?

Can the new team break the Levi paradox and truly strive for the Premier League championship?

Is Tottenham going to take off or turn around and crash?

It's like the light in the sky in the early morning-you don't know if it's dawn or the night is dark.

Written at the end

I am not a fan of Levi. I have called him a miser and laughed at him as just trying to make money. But today I have to say: Thank you, Lao Li.

25 years, you turned Tottenham from a little brother in London to a club that all Europe has to look at.

You are a businessman and a football legend.

But from now on, Bailu Lane has lost a figure hiding in the stands and frowning, and Tottenham has also lost the most stable backbone.

What is the future? The thorns can only look up at the sky and silently say in their hearts:

Is it dawn?