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Exclusive: West Ham takeover – The truth

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By Sean Whetstone

Senior club sources have denied that West Ham are in takeover talks insisting that recent reports suggesting the opposite are made up and are unsettling for the club, players and staff.

A weekend story quoting former CEO Keith Wyness on a podcast claimed West Ham were the next Premier League club on the rank for a full takeover suggesting talks were already underway.

The report lacks any substance and are highly speculative but has widely been repeated on social media in West Ham circles.

Daniel Kretinsky, David Sullivan, Tripp Smith, Vanessa Gold, Terry Brown and Daniel Harris all have a ‘put and call’ option on any shares sold by any West Ham shareholder.

This gives them all a first refusal at a price per share set in November 2021 when Daniel Krenitsky bought 27% of West Ham.

A year ago, this month West Ham Vice Chairman Vanessa Gold announced she and her family had appointed Rothschilds to potentially market a portion of their shares but to date this search for a new partial investor has been unsuccessful.

The senior club source speaking exclusively to Claret and Hugh this morning said: “Daniel Krenitsky has no exclusive ‘put and call option’ on other West Ham shares that no other shareholders have access to.

If/when the Gold family sell shares, we all have matching rights pro rata to our existing shareholder structure.

The recent article about a West Ham takeover is made up and quite unsettling for the club, its players and staff. There are no discussions”

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball,

I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh.

Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons!

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4 comments

  • Andy says:

    When ever see a pic of Sullivan or Brady I feel a load of sick come up . Will never forgive em for moving us to the soulless stadium. Let’s hope they move on soon 🤞

  • Pat says:

    Players unsettled lol do me a favour they could care less about any takeover there money is guaranteed and they can always move on with a nice little signing on fee etc. Staff that is a different matter and of course they would worry as they are probably on the lowest basic wage the club can get away with.

  • Morty says:

    So your West Ham source is a board member

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