Overview
- Vanessa Gold confirmed on Saturday that she has reached a binding agreement to sell the Gold family’s 25.1% holding to a consortium led by Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi with PCP Capital Partners and Ashland Forest Capital Partners.
- West Ham said the proposed sale is subject to a statutory pre-emption rights process that should take about two months and that ownership will not change until that process is completed.
- Multiple reports put the agreed price at roughly £150 million for the 25.1% stake, a figure that implies a club valuation near £600 million and that Staveley’s group could supply fresh transfer funds and pursue stadium or property-related plans.
- Daniel Kretinsky’s camp—whose 27% holding was expected to rise under an earlier June arrangement—has said it is reviewing options including exercising pre-emption rights in full, which could block or shrink the outside purchase.
- David Sullivan remains the largest shareholder with 38.8% so any investor seeking outright control would still need to secure his stake and the club’s recent relegation to the Championship makes timing and valuation central to how talks may unfold.