West Ham United: Middle East investors can secure decent stake at London Stadium
Dan Plumley has insisted that a 25% stake could be enough to attract Middle East investment to West Ham United.
It comes after the news that Daniel Kretinsky, David Sullivan and the Gold family could sell shares to create an opening for new investment.
The football finance expert admitted that small stakes usually do not attract Middle East attention, but this could be enough to bring them to the table.
“If you look at the narrative with the Middle East and the takeovers we have seen,” he exclusively told West Ham Zone.
“Despite what may or may not happened at Manchester United, there was a similar scenario of them saying they want the whole club, not a part of it and I guess the narrative we have seen is they are not interested in minority stakes.
“Then you are into the realms of what constitutes a decent stake in their mind, that would be an attractive offer, I think that 25% is a decent stake personally, but they may have different motives on that.
“I think you are in that ballpark, it’s not going to be 5% or 10%, we have not seen them behave that way, so if there is a bigger shareholding that opens up, I think that is likely to peak more of an interest in that region, just based on what we have seen over the years.”
Middle East investment at West Ham United?
There has been constant talk of new investment at the London Stadium, even after Kretinsky came to the table with his many millions.
Sullivan is currently busy fighting against the potential new independent regulator in the Premier League, so any new investment may be on the back burner for now.
In other West Ham news, Phil Hay has reacted to footage of Kalvin Phillips he has seen amid talk of a move to Leeds United.
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