Austin row: Sullivan staying ‘schtuum’ after fallout

David Sullivan has declared he will “stay schtuum” for the rest of the season after his war of words with Charlie Austin.

According to London Evening Standard, the Irons co-chairman won’t be talking to the media again once he has fulfilled  pre-existing commitments over the course of the next week.

The 66-year-old made the vow after his comments about Austin on a West Ham fans’ podcast made the headlines and were met with a furious response from the QPR forward.

West Ham have been constantly linked to the striker since QPR’s relegation from the top-flight – even though this site has consistently maintained a deal will never happen and citing a failed medical and further alleged injury problems as major stumbling blocks.

Austin hit back saying: “I feel I have no option but to address the inaccurate, misleading and uninformed innuendo.”