West Ham: Amanda Staveley role in consortium detailed, ‘cheaper deal’ sought after Premier League relegation
West Ham United’s owners could be open to agreeing a “cheaper deal” to sell the club if they are relegated from the Premier League.
That is according to former Manchester City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider there are question marks around Amanda Staveley’s ability to agree a takeover.
Journalist Alan Nixon reported on 26 April Staveley is putting together a takeover team of US backers, with eyes on her former club Newcastle United alongside West Ham.
It comes after Karren Brady left her role as vice-chair at the London Stadium last month, having previously spent 16 years with the Hammers.
There have been questions raised about West Ham’s ownership in recent months following their struggles on the pitch, with Nuno Espirito Santo’s side sitting third bottom in the Premier League table.
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West Ham have appointed Karim Virani as interim chief executive following the news of Brady’s departure.
Meanwhile, co-owners David Sullivan and Daniel Kretinsky have held talks around purchasing some of Vanessa Gold’s shares to become equal partners at the London Stadium.
| West Ham Board Members | Role |
| David Sullivan | Joint-Chair |
| Daniel Kretinsky | Joint-Chair |
| Vanessa Gold | Joint-Chair |
| Karim Virani | Interim Chief Executive Officer |
| Andy Mollett | Chief Financial Officer (Retiring) |
| Albert “Tripp” Smith | Non-Executive Director |
| Daniel Harris | Non-Executive Director |
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson discussed the possibility of Staveley securing a West Ham takeover deal.
“It's pretty unlikely Staveley will be fronting a consortium,” said Borson.
“It's hard to see who out of the Middle East would be in a position to buy West Ham. Nothing is impossible, but I'd be pretty skeptical about that deal. We'll just have to see, but there's a decent amount of money around the table already at West Ham.
“Certainly, if the club get relegated, in some ways it makes it a cheaper deal and, therefore, perhaps they could be more likely to do a deal, but it also makes it much riskier.”
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Borson insisted more information is required before the reports around Staveley’s potential investment can be taken seriously.
“The question really will be where is Amanda Staveley's consortium coming from, who’s backing it, what their plan is and how real is it,” said Borson.
“I just take it all with a pinch of salt. We've already had it with Spurs and we've already had discussion of it happening with Newcastle again.
“There's been talk about her trying to put something together. We need a bit more before we can start credibly looking at whether that's really going to happen.”