BBC Apprentice star Tomas Skinner has published a video on social media backing the PAI Capital consortium.
The former market trader now the owner of Bosh beds said he has first-hand knowledge about the buyout of West Ham claiming he knows the group personally and speaks to them all the time.
He repeats the claim that PAI Capital have a deal on the table to buy West Ham and to buy the London Stadium saying the consortium has serious money. Skinner says the bid was £500m and not the £400m being reported but does not go detail.
The video, doesn’t explain who he knows and what the plans are but not everyone is buying into the West Ham fan’s enthusiastic social media message which claims the Hammers are guaranteed Champions League and will become the top club in the country under new ownership.
The London Stadium is owned by E20 Stadium and the London Legacy Development Corporation and cost £760m to build. Llast year it lost £29m so any suggestion that the deal to buy the club includes the stadium seems bizarre..
Founder of KUMB Graeme Howlett wrote on Twitter “Ex-Apprentice contestant and MD of The Fluffy Pillow Company, Thomas Skinner, is fully on board with the consortium attempting to wrestle control of West Ham from its current owners. If this is part of PAI’s strategy to get the fanbase onside, they may have to reconsider…”
Howlett received a torrent of abuse of social media following his tweet from anti board protesters who want appear ready to accept any group to replace the current owners .
PAI front man Phillip Beard’s statement claimed the approach to takeover West Ham is backed by sports personalities and two former West Ham “legends.”
Claret and Hugh are aware of the names of the two former West Ham players who are prepared to back PAI Capital but will leave it to them to publicly declare their allegiance to the consortium.
⚒️West Ham News⚒️ I know the guys at PAI Capital first hand. The deal to buy West Ham is 100% real and the offers on the table. We need to get all the fans behind the deal. We need Sullivan to sell! We will own our stadium & have unbelievable investment #Westham @SkySportsPL pic.twitter.com/BGAaUGveLs
— Thomas Skinner ⚒ (@iamtomskinner) July 28, 2021
Whether these claims have any foundation or not, you have to be a bit of a **** to come out publicly with this stuff, he needs a long lie down on one of his beds.
As far as new owners are concerned, the search continues…………..
Wow, so full of facts and evidence, how could you not believe him……?!
We all have our own opinion,,and I respect everyone’s..nothing against Sullivan, but let’s be honest i think they have taken us a far as they can ….its a risk for sure with new owners, but I for one would be happy to go for it….im not gsb out , but I don’t think there interested in making us a seriously top side …money dosnt always get great playersas we already know, but if someone wants to buy us and plough moneyin like City or Chelsea then that’s fine by me ,because beforeI die i would like to see 1 piece of silverware in our cabinet….IMO
I would have thought that until last season, Childish, when we finished with a record points tally. Up until now we have hardly had a run of decent managers to take us up to that next level and if Sullivan and Co. are guilty of anything, above and beyond the rest of their shortcomings, in my eyes it’s unwise recruitment in that area. But now we have a proper manager in place (one i was opposed to at first i must admit) and hopefully soon a new structure above him, i can see us being closer to the European places than relegation. Stability, after years of the opposite, is what we need right now, in my humble opinion.
I think better the devil you know in this instance… remember the icelandic bank money? That’s why we’re where we are today!! And a tip from a (failed) reality TV star for the takeover bid ain’t exactly a glowing recommendation…
For a start its up to the London Development Corporation whether to sell ground or not and current owners may want to buy as it dramatically increases the value of club. Of course this depends on whether the LDC place covenants on sale re retaining athletics track.
All in all I prefer GSB to the suggested foreign dodgy money characters and as for Del boy apprentice you must be having a giraffe!
Money Talks……..B******t Walks….. as the saying goes.
At my age, I don’t believe in fairy tales anymore, and we need to beware of takeover talk via social media. It seems that this lot are relying on supporter frustration to push this over the line which has the look of “Disaster” written all over it.
If it was truly about West Ham and they truly had the money required to wave that magic wand, we wouldn’t be guessing about what they can do from what they can’t as it would be ALL over the back pages and internet about the serious nature of this takeover.
Not for me ta, it’ll end in tears!
My position on the current ownership is clear and well known. However there is nothing in this buyout that makes my heart sing.
As already we know from the current incumbents talk is cheap so I’d like to know how much money is available after any buyout to undertake the enormous amount of work needed to make just the stadium fit for football, let alone building a “next level” squad.
Ownership by an investment company is something no supporter should want; the win for the investors is cash; the win for the fans is trophies and entertaining football. The two objectives are incompatible.
We are currently owned by an investment company. The Sullivan-Gold deal to buy West Ham was a property deal designed to make the balance sheet of the Club more attractive to future buyers at a higher price: if they could prove over time that they could sustain EPL football with a balance sheet that had no stadium on it. They also earn a return on their investment in the form of interest. They just happen to be fans. But they’re not involved with West Ham as a charitable interest, let’s be honest.
Are any owners and why should they be?
I’m not suggesting they (GSB), or any owners of other football clubs, should under current rules and regs be in it out of the goodness of their hearts. I was just pointing out to Legin, Hugh, that we are already owned by an “investment company”; albeit one owned by fans.
Rather keep GSB than this lot. Dont get the right feel.