What we know as Amanda Staveley makes offer to David Sullivan in West Ham ownership update

West Ham United's ownership battle will have plenty of twists and turns, with Amanda Staveley still trying to take control.

Staveley, 53, is known to be keen to get back into football since relinquishing her stake in Newcastle United back in 2024.

The Hammers became a club of interest for the Yorkshire-born businesswoman.

However, the moving parts are extremely difficult to navigate given the complexity of the ownership model at West Ham.

Daniel Kretinsky has been making moves to ensure that he is the man in a position of power at West Ham.

Now, it appears Staveley has taken more moves than it first appeared to ensure she is on the winning side.

What new information have we learnt about Amanda Staveley's West Ham pursuit?

Earlier on Tuesday, it was reported that Kretinsky was making moves to block Staveley's attempt at taking over at West Ham.

Kretinsky has had to carefully negotiate his own position, as a clause in 2021 states that should be acquire over 50 per cent of the club he would automatically have to buy David Sullivan's shares at an inflated price.

That is why as yet he had been relucant to complete a deal to secure the 25.1 per cent owned by the Gold family.

However, Kretinsky is said to have now sold two per cent of his own 27 per cent stake in order to position himself to purchase the Gold family stake.

Staveley herself was said to have agreed to purchase the full 25.1 per cent stake from the Gold family in a deal worth £150million, but shareholders at West Ham have first refusal so the deal has not yet gone through.

Now, prominent journalist Henry Winter has taken to X to report that Staveley's firm has made an offer to Sullivan, who stepped away earlier this year amid historical allegations made against him, claims that he denies.

Winter wrote: "Amanda Staveley’s firm PCP made the same offer to Sullivan as they made to the Gold family - to buy his entire 38% stake at a share valuation of £600m (for 100%)."

For now, it looks as though the battle for the boardroom is going to continue, which is not ideal for West Ham.

Off-field noise does West Ham no favours

West Ham could really do without all the external noise right now.

Relegation last season really hit the Hammers hard, and their focus has to be on an immediate return to the Premier League.

But the power struggle off the pitch is bound to be affecting what's happening in the transfer market.

At a time when everyone needs to be pulling the same direction to get West Ham back on an upward trajectory there is a lot of distractions going on.

There needs to be a resolution found as soon as possible to give Nuno Espirito Santo the best chance of success.