By Kris Gonzo | Senior West Ham Columnist (Follow on X)
Former West Ham chairman David Sullivan has spoken publicly for the second time in a matter of days to reject suggestions that he still has any significant involvement in running the football club.
According to Hammers News, Sullivan gave a blunt response when asked by chief sports writer Damien Lucas about the current state of affairs at West Ham.
“I’m not involved so I do not know. Call them (Daniel Křetínský and Vanessa Gold) up and ask them.”
It’s About The Price, Not The Timing
Sullivan, who remains West Ham’s largest individual shareholder with a 38% stake, said only last week that he was stepping back and would now follow the club purely as a supporter. He also indicated he was prepared to wait until the Hammers returned to the Premier League before considering selling his shares.
Personally, I’m not convinced that’s really what this is about.
I suspect it has far more to do with the price Sullivan wants for his stake than any burning desire to hang around a football club where it’s pretty clear he is no longer wanted by either the current board or a large section of the fanbase.
His latest comments only reinforce the impression that the day-to-day running of the club now sits firmly with Daniel Křetínský, Vanessa Gold and the current ownership group.
Whether the former boss wishes he had more influence is uncertain, but Sullivan’s message couldn’t have been much clearer.
He’s out, and if anyone wants answers about West Ham’s future, they’re going to have to ask somebody else.
Let sleeping dogs lie. Why keep poking the guy?
He is busy enough with other things. Naturally, he is still a supporter. Always has been and so he will be interested in our progress but it doesn’t need a weekly interrogation to follow West Ham United.
COYI
Hopefully that will be the end of this slug on your blog
Still a club with no direction and no plan. Here we are 2 weeks until new season starts struggling to find a single new player that wants ro.join the circus. Meanwhile over at spurs ….
Sullivan not controlling the club is good.
I would not sell an asset at Championship rates when Premier League rates are likely in the not too distant future either, I don’t blame him for that.
I appreciate we are currently in a news blackout regarding West Ham transfers etc…However this is quite positive..He is clearly handing the hot potato to DK…No love lost there methinks.
When will he learn he is not wanted in any shape or manor at the club
I’m sick of the sight of this vulgar vertically-challenged narcissistic cheapskate moron, and the same for his spoilt brat kids.
If he had the club’s interests at heart as a ‘supporter’ he’d do the right thing and make his shares available, so that the club can consign him to the history books.
He’s not, he’s hanging on like the proverbial albatross prepared to stifle it’s progress in his own parasitic interests.
The bloke is the lowest of the low, but I suppose we all knew that anyway.
I think you’ll find he simply responded to a question.
Far from ‘craving attention’, he appears to be doing exactly what he said he would when he stepped down.
Will you stop giving this parasite news . He craves it and your feeding him
Is anybody interested in what he’s got to say.
More interested what press says about him.