Sporting Director

6 Jun 2005 09:53

Tottenham Hotspur PLC06 June 2005 6 June 2005 Tottenham Hotspur plc RE: Sporting Director The following announcement was made on Saturday, 4 June 2005 by TottenhamHotspur Football Club ("the Club"), a wholly owned subsidiary of TottenhamHotspur plc. "Chelsea Football Club has made an approach to Sporting Director, Frank Arnesen,in direct breach of FAPL rules. This approach was made both prior to requestingpermission and without permission from the Club. Tottenham Hotspur Football Clubrefused permission for any discussions to take place. Notwithstanding that he is subject to contract and holds wide-rangingresponsibilities and commitments to all parties at Tottenham Hotspur FootballClub, Frank has indicated that he wishes to move to Chelsea Football Club.Accordingly, the Board of Tottenham Hotspur plc has suspended Frank Arnesen withimmediate effect." Ends Enquiries: John Bick, Holborn tel: 020 7929 5599 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange