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Tottenham delay repaying taxpayer-backed loan of £175m for another year despite Spurs owner Joe Lewis being worth £3.6bn... as Arsenal vow to repay similar £120m loan this month

Tottenham rolled over a taxpayer-backed loan worth £175million weeks before joining the botched European Super League.

Arsenal also borrowed £120m from the Bank of England but insist they will repay the money in full this month.

Spurs owner Joe Lewis is estimated to be worth £3.6billion but chairman Daniel Levy announced the loan last June amid fears the coronavirus pandemic could cost the club up to £200m in lost revenue.

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Tottenham have rolled over a taxpayer-backed loan £175million for another year

Spurs' fierce rivals Arsenal also took a similar loan worth u00a3120m but will pay it back this month

Spurs, like Arsenal, asked for help from the Government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility.