No Stadium Expansion Yet

By Jaymes Payten-Marsh

For THBN

Daniel Levy has stated that White Hart Lane will not be redeveloped until the first-team squad has reached its potential, and we have a new and improved training center and academy.

The Spurs chairman has also said that any future development depends solely on the transport authorities upgrading their systems in and around the Tottenham area.

With the likes of Arsenal, who will move into there new 60,000 capacity stadium, Manchester United who will expand Old Trafford so as to seat 75,000, Newcastle's St. James' Park, which currently seats 52,000 and will rise to 70,000, and Chelsea also looking to expand Stamford Bridge into an 80,000 seated mega-stadium, it does look like Tottenham will be left far behind.

Old Trafford has a turnover of around £31 million per season from gate receipts alone. White Hart Lane has a turnover of only £11 million per season.

Unless the board does decide to move the expansion forward, Tottenham Hotspur will not be able to compete with the top group of clubs.

The wage structure is based upon turnover. If Spurs had a larger stadium, they could attract the Scott Parker's of the world. With players demanding more and more per week, Spurs could find themselves out-gunned by clubs that are prepared to pay the players what they want.