Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has defended his management in a detailed public statement.
The Spurs owner and his ENIC group was the subject of intense protesting by Tottenham supporters in the final weeks of the season, but Levy insists he is not going anywhere nor is prepared to change his ways.
He said: "I get lots of personal criticism and I'm the type of person who likes to do things in private. I don't like to criticise other people in a public way.
"I want to protect the club. I want to behave with dignity. At this moment in time, I'm not going to change the way I am and I want to do things in private."
Levy claimed the timing of their new £1billion stadium 'could not have been worse' given the way the world has been since it opened in the 2018-19 season, but once again reiterated his desire to protect the club.
"We have to be realistic where we are," Levy added. "We are still in a pandemic, the consequences for this club have been more severe than any other club in the Premier League over £200m of lost revenue. Revenue we cannot recover.
"The timing of our new stadium could not have been worse. We have the most expensive stadium in Europe, the highest level of debt of any club in Europe.
"Fortunately for us it is long-term and we are in a good financial position in that sense. We have not been getting the revenues we had hoped for from our stadium and as a consequence we have to be careful over the coming years and be prudent.
"Our duty is to protect the club even though we want to win. We will spend but we are a self-sustaining club, we have to be sensible.
"Sometimes the fans think we should be spending but there have been circumstances when the coach hasn't wanted to spend on a player. We will make investments in the squad."
