West Ham United co-owner David Gold says he and David Sullivan would insist on a key condition if they ever sold the club.
Back in December the Telegraph reported that the Hammers had turned down a £650 million takeover from Red Bull.
Supporters were worried the marketing machine would come in and rename the club, change the badge, the kit and all but erase Bobby Moore from the history books.
But a number of Hammers fans want to see new owners come in feeling Sullivan and Gold have taken the club as far as they can and lack the resources to fund the kind of investment needed to truly challenge the top six.
That will not be happening anytime soon according to Gold who told well placed Hammers website Claret and Hugh he is “living a dream” as owner of the club he supported as a boy and would only sell to someone who had the resources to do a better job.
However, Gold told C&H things would not be that straightforward for prospective new owners as he and Sullivan would insist on a role in any new regime.
“We have never had an offer, we have never had a situation where for the best interest of the football club we should sell, that has never occurred,” Gold told Claret and Hugh.
“Until that happens we don’t have an issue, even then I would want and I am sure David (Sullivan) would want also to be part of a new regime if ever there was such a thing but right now we are very very happy and we think we are doing OK.”
Many have speculated that Sullivan and Gold simply want to make West Ham a more attractive proposition for prospective buyers by moving them to Stratford.
That was sternly denied by Sullivan last season, though, when he branded the rumours ‘utterly false’ – as reported by ITV.
So it appears the duo genuinely plan to stay for the long-term and there is a lot to be said for having supporters running the club they love.
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