Daniel Kretinsky considering purchasing minority stake in West Ham
Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is considering purchasing a minority stake in West Ham United, according to The Athletic.
The online outlet have reported that the Czech businessman is expected to purchase an initial 27% stake at the London Stadium.
Kretinsky is then suggested to be later considering a full purchase of the club later down the line.
The billionaire is known as the “Czech Sphinx” due to his inscrutable investment style and is adding to the influence at the club.
The deal has already been months in the making at the London Stadium, and could spell the start of the end of the GSB era.
Any staged nature of the deal is suggested to be because of the payments for the London Stadium currently involved with the club.
Kretinsky is expected to value the club at up to £600million, much more than PAI Captial were ready to pay.
Czech Dreamland.
Tomas Soucek, Vladimir Coufal and Alex Kral have all arrived in recent years, with two of those already making a huge impact.
Not only will we be celebrating the arrival of another Czech, but we can slowly start waving goodbye to GSB.
They have helped our success in recent years, but it is time for them to realise they are slowly reaching the end of the line.
Kretinsky’s interest makes perfect sense, three of his countries best players are at the London Stadium, and that influence could grow even bigger in years to come.
Given that his investment could be double that of PAI Capital too, there is nothing that should stop this from going through.
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