TL;DR
Daniel Levy was paid ÂŁ5.76m in the 2024-25 season, exceeding the combined salaries of Tottenham's entire women's team and staff, which totaled ÂŁ4.3m. Despite a 23% increase in the women's team's wages, they reported a loss after tax of ÂŁ2.83m.
Daniel Levy, the former executive chairman of Tottenham, was paid more during the 2024-25 season than all 64 players and staff at the clubâs womenâs team combined, the publication of their latest financial accounts has shown.
The highest-paid director, widely understood to be Levy, received ÂŁ5.76m in remuneration for the year ending 30 June 2025, a significant uplift of around 54% to what he was paid in 2024 and, according to the football finance expert Kieran Maguire, ensured Levy was the Premier Leagueâs highest-paid director last season. He departed Spurs in September after almost 25 years in charge.
The womenâs teamâs total salaries and bonuses last season totalled ÂŁ3.73m â up 23% since 2024 â with each employee earning around ÂŁ58k per annum on average, and after social security costs and other pension costs were included, Tottenham Womenâs total wage bill stood at ÂŁ4.3m. Despite a notable increase in investment in the womenâs team, that total wage bill figure was lower than several of the other Womenâs Super League clubs who have published their accounts for 2024-25, including Brighton (ÂŁ5m), Manchester United (ÂŁ5.88m) and Arsenal (ÂŁ11.3m), but higher than Liverpoolâs (ÂŁ3.12m).
Tottenhamâs womenâs team made a loss after tax of ÂŁ2.83m, similar to their ÂŁ2.73m loss in 2024. That came despite an impressive increase in the commercial income, which more than doubled, from ÂŁ1.46m up to ÂŁ3.34m, demonstrating improvements off the pitch. Their broadcast revenue of ÂŁ267,414 remained the same as 2024, but there was a decrease in prize money of around ÂŁ600,000.
Tottenham finished 11th in the WSL last season, the campaign these latest financial accounts relate to, but they have displayed major improvements on the pitch this season to sit fifth with three games remaining, and have nearly doubled their tally of league victories from last term. The club are understood to have enhanced their investments in the womenâs team this season, which is likely to be reflected in their 2025-26 accounts, which are released next spring.
It is understood that womenâs football has been repositioned as a strategic priority at Tottenham following an internal review.