Spurs have kicked off a public relations offensive by casting doubt on the ability of West Ham, their bidding opponents, to fill the 2012 Olympic stadium or produce a robust financial plan.
They propose to tear up the running track installed for the Games and instead turn the Crystal Palace athletics arena into a world-class venue with a new warm-up track. The club believes running tracks spoil the view of the pitch and detract from the atmosphere and said if the track were kept, fans would be three times further from the action in certain seats compared with The Arse's Emirates stadium.
Tottenham's proposals will set them at loggerheads with the Olympic Park Legacy Company, which is handling the sale and its chairburd, who wants the track retained, will have to weigh Spurs's higher financial offer against her desire to keep athletics at the stadium.
Spurs would undertake major building work for a 60 000-seat purpose-built football stadium. It plans eight concerts a year with its bidding partner, O2 Arena operator AEG Europe.
Details of the offers are secret until the bidding process which has two weeks to run.
Perhaps Spurs are a bit more serious about this after all and could well move out of the Lane. Or maybe it's still a bit of cunning from Levi? Either way, it will benefit the club which is all that matters.
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