There has now been a big development which comes proof that Tottenham Hotspur have already appointed a new chief commercial officer to take the place of the departing Todd Kline.

Photo by SpursWeb Todd Kline's short Spurs tenure Kline was appointed as the North London club's chief commercial officer back in March of 2021 and one of his remits was to source a naming rights partner for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He never managed to achieve that and it emerged earlier this year that Kline had vacated his position at Spurs to take over at Chelsea.

The American executive is currently on gardening leave at Tottenham but it looks like the Lilywhites have already secured his replacement.

Photo by SpursWeb Kline has been replaced TBR Football claim that although Tottenham have not officially announced Kline's successor, the club already have someone working in that position on an informal basis.

The outlet points out that in the recently held Leaders Week, which is the biggest annual conference for sport business professionals, one of the attendees listed was the 'chief commercial officer for Tottenham Hotspur'.

The conference took place in London last week, which means that the executives who attended the function will be aware of who Kline's successor is, although it is yet to be officially confirmed by the club.

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The state of the naming rights deal It was previously reported that Spurs had held talks with the likes of Google, Uber, FedEx and Amazon about potentially being the naming rights partner (The Times).

However, those talks seemingly did not progress and it does not appear as if the club are particularly close to striking a deal with anyone at the moment.

Football Finance expert Kieran Maguire told Football Insider earlier this year that Daniel Levy is looking for a long-term deal and remains confident that he can find the right partner for the club.

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