West Ham’s new owner could ‘fix’ London Stadium with £600m move – Keith Wyness
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has insisted any new West Ham owner would have to commit to “fixing” the London Stadium.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed the project could cost between “£500-600million”.
Wyness has previously told Football Insider (21 November) that West Ham are “available” to bidders and he expects takeover movement in the new year.
The club is presently owned by four major investors – Daniel Kretinsky, David Sullivan, the Gold Family and Albert ‘Tripp’ Smith.
Sullivan, Gold and Smith oversaw the move from Upton Park to the London Stadium in 2016 but the ground has faced criticism for its configuration.
It was initially built for the London 2012 Olympics and was later redeveloped to be more suitable for football.
New West Ham owner must ‘fix’ London Stadium, says Wyness
Wyness insisted more can be done “architecturally” to make football fans happer at the stadium.
He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “I think any investor would have to come in with a significant amount of money to fix the stadium.
“They’ve got to try and make it a football stadium. Architecturally it can be done, but it’s not going to be cheap.
“You’re probably looking at another £500-600million on top of buying the club.
“That’s the sort of number I think you’re looking at.”
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