An expression of interest to buy Tottenham by a consortium led by Brooklyn Earick has been "unequivocally rejected" by owners ENIC.

A report in The Sun on Thursday night stated American tech entrepreneur Earick was ready to launch an overall £4.5 billion ($6bn) takeover bid for the Premier League club.

Spurs' majority owners ENIC, which is run by the Lewis family trust, earlier this month rejected expressions of interest from Amanda Staveley's PCP International Finance and a consortium of investors led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng through Firehawk Holdings Limited.

A club statement at the time insisted "Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale" and a source close to the Lewis family reiterated that message on Thursday night to the PA news agency.

ENIC owns 87% of Spurs, but due t

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