Daniel Kretinsky unwilling to leave Czech Republic for West Ham board meeting
Daniel Kretinsky is reportedly unhappy to leave his hometown in the Czech Republic to fly to London for the West Ham board meeting.
According to Claret and Hugh, the club are still to hold their first boardroom discussion since Kretinsky bought a minority stake in the club.
There were plans to conduct one by now, but due to the Omicron variant, things have got delayed.
The report reads, “Daniel Kretinsky is unhappy about leaving his homeland at the moment given the circumstances and a Zoom meeting is more a possibility.
“There is no big rush, however, as the first meeting is expected to cover transfer targets and with David Moyes still to make his targets clear any urgency is on hold.”
Speed things up
These delays behind the scenes at West Ham have caused plenty of problems in the past.
It has affected recruitment a great deal and has seen the club fail to get their primary transfer targets.
The same report mentions that James Tarkowski and Nat Phillips are Moyes’ preferred targets, so it’s time they speed things up and sign one of them.
Liverpool and Burnley are both willing to let go of the players at that right price and West Ham must negotiate their rates and come to a conclusion before January.
The earlier Moyes gets a centre-back the better his chances are to finish in the top four, so we cannot understand what is taking so long.
In other West Ham news, the club have made an approach to sign a ‘Terrific’ international ace and a January move is on the cards
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