Mystery American could buy stake in West Ham claims board confidant

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A mystery American could buy a stake in West Ham United claims a board confidant in a big development overnight.

There have been question marks over what will happen to the Gold family shares in West Ham since the tragic passing of former Hammers co-owner David Gold and his daughter Jacqueline.

But at the end of October, Vanessa Gold – daughter to David and sister to Jacqueline – officially announced she is considering putting a proportion of their West Ham shares up for sale.

David Sullivan is West Ham’s majority stakeholder followed by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.

Given the extensive rumours of potential takeovers at West Ham – involving both Kretinsky and Qatari Sheikh Jassim following the withdrawal of his bid for Man United – the potential availability of shares sparked inevitable speculation.

After the Gold shares became available, Hammers News spoke to the top source inside West Ham about the development and whether Sullivan or Kretinsky were interested.

We were told the duo were ‘undecided’.

Mystery American could buy stake in West Ham

The Times then reported that the shares in West Ham had ‘drawn international interest’. Journalists Martyn Ziegler and Tom Roddy claimed Sheikh Jassim was among those interested.

But there has been a development on the Gold family shares overnight.

Now a mystery American could buy a stake in West Ham claims a board confidant.

Sean Whetstone counts Sullivan and Hammers vice-chair Karren Brady among his contacts inside the club.

And he has claimed that a ‘new name’ has been offered as an investor for the 10% Gold family shareholding.

Board confidant makes claim over Gold shares

“West Ham could soon find itself a new American shareholder after a new name has been offered as an investor for the 10% shareholding that Vanessa Gold and family have put up for sale with Rothschild,” Whetstone states.

“The Hammers already have one American shareholder in the form of Tripp Smith who owns 8% of the West Ham holding company.

“The Premier League is under increasing influence of American investors with Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Burnley, Crystal Palace and Fulham all owned or partially owned by Americans. Everton are also in the process of an American takeover by 777 partners.”

Before taking over Chelsea, Todd Boehly’s US consortium was linked with a potential interest in West Ham.

And Hammers News recently reported on West Ham’s market presence in New York City.

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