Tottenham have been accused of selectively editing the minutes of a fans’ meeting held earlier this month, including taking out a line saying the club “welcomed the input” of supporters.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the Spurs board, including chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, met with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters\u2019 Trust on 3 February, just over a week before Thomas Frank\u2019s dismissal as head coach.<\/p>\n
THST says there were a number of specific points raised in the meeting “which the club did not agree to include in the final published version, despite our request”.<\/p>\n
Among the lines THST says were taken out were: “The club welcomed the input of THST.”<\/p>\n
Also edited out, THST claims, was a section outlining fans\u2019 concern at the risk of relegation from the Premier League, and that the belief generated from winning the Europa League last season had now been “lost”.<\/p>\n
Concerns around the lack of young players coming through, the club\u2019s ability to generate profit and what specific on-field targets lay beneath ‘strategic principles\u2019 set out by the club were also requested to be included but left out, THST said.<\/p>\n
“Publishing a full record of the points raised helps ensure accountability and allows members, and the wider fan-base, to understand how the Trust is fulfilling its role on their behalf,” a statement published on the THST website read.<\/p>\n
“Transparency is integral to our role and in our dealings with the club.”<\/p>\n
Tottenham declined to comment, but sources close to the club indicated there was no intention to sanitise the minutes and had sought to produce a factual account of the matters discussed.<\/p>\n
Spurs sit 16th in the Premier League with 12 matches to go, five points above the bottom three.<\/p>\n
The club have brought in Croatian Igor Tudor as head coach until the end of the season.<\/p>\n
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