Sullivan “I don’t get any money out of football”

West Ham Joint Chairman David Sullivan has been speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the release of  the second Krays film he financed as executive producer. Sullivan insists he makes no money out of football so needs to earn money from somewhere to pay footballers although he did have a smile on his face as he said it.

“It’s like my hobby really, just like a little vanity project but I also have to make a living because I don’t get any money out of football so somewhere I have to try to earn some money to pay the footballers.” said Sullivan on producing the second Krays film.

Asked why he chose the subject of the Krays for his first film project Sullivan replied:

“I was around when they were around or just after them, they are East End boys, they not saints, this is the real story of the Krays. They were nasty, horrible, violent people and both the rise of the Krays and the fall which comes out in a couple of days says exactly the kind of people they were” 

David Sullivan was speaking at an event to publicise the release of a film he has produced called ‘The Fall of the Krays’. The follow-up to ‘The Rise of the Krays’ is released in cinemas and for download on 1 January.