Harry Redknapp has made a seriously exciting claim about a potential West Ham takeover as fans continue to pile pressure on David Sullivan to sell the club.
Nuno Espirito Santo has breathed some new life into West Ham over the last week on and off the pitch.
But make no mistake, Hammers majority owner David Sullivan, vice-chair Karren Brady and the current board are still under huge pressure to exit stage left.
West Ham’s Fan Advisory Board sent shockwaves through the boardroom when they issued a public vote of no confidence in the ownership last month.
Hammers fans have since protested in a show of force with the ultimate aim of Sullivan selling the club or, at the very least, handing the running of the east Londoners to specialist professionals to make wholesale changes from top to bottom.
New life with Nuno but West Ham fans continue campaign against owners
Things turned particularly ugly when a public spat played out between Sullivan’s fiancée and West Ham fans.
West Ham fans have protested against Sullivan and the board before. But this time supporters are vowing not to relent, with a season-long campaign of activism planned until demands are met and changes are forthcoming.
It seems increasingly that the only viable long-term solution to the current ‘civil war’ is a West Ham takeover.
Sullivan isn’t getting any younger at 76 and the Irons have been the target of several bids since moving to the London Stadium in 2016 – as confirmed by the man himself.
West Ham takeover seems the only solution as potential investors given tours
In an official statement five years ago in 2020, Sullivan confirmed he rejected a £650m bid from Red Bull for West Ham.
Last week it was claimed PSG’s Qatari owners saw an offer for West Ham snubbed in 2023.
There were widespread rumours of potential interest in West Ham from US bidders at the end of last season.
More recently a potential foreign investor was given a tour of West Ham’s facilities, including the Rush Green training ground, according to club insider ExWHUEmployee.
The tour, believed to have been conducted by Brady and sporting director Mark Noble, was allegedly for a potential investor interested in buying the Gold family’s stake in the club.
Now Harry Redknapp has made a seriously exciting West Ham takeover claim after potential investors were given tours.
Redknapp makes seriously exciting West Ham takeover claim
And it could be a huge indication of what’s to come in east London.
Many West Ham fans believe Sullivan and co have been putting off potential West Ham takeover suitors with an over-inflated valuation of the club.
There is evidence to back up that theory because, back in 2020, Brady’s personal website listed West Ham as being worth £800m.
At the start of the season Brady suggested West Ham’s owners are going nowhere.
But that was before the latest fan uprising against the board.
Now Redknapp has given West Ham fans real hope a solution could be on the horizon in the not-too-distant future.
The ex Hammers boss knows Sullivan away from football and the pair share a passion for horse racing.
Now in a new interview, Redknapp claims Sullivan will sell West Ham to mega rich new owners.
“West Ham always seem to be in ‘crisis’,” Redknapp told Give Me Sport.
“It goes from one to another. There’s bitterness, which ranges from the chairman being chased down the street by fans or protests or discontent…
“It’s a massive club. They fill a 60,000-seater stadium every week and if the club got to move in the right direction and fulfil its potential it could challenge for titles, no doubt about it.
“One day Sullivan will sell up, he will sell his shares to multi-billionaire Saudi Arabians or multi-billionaire Americans.
“That’s what you need on board now to be able to compete at the very highest level.”
That will be music to the ears of hopeful Hammers fans and would at least salvage some semblance of legacy for Sullivan if he passes the club into the hands of owners capable of elevating West Ham to new heights.
