Interesting to read new 27 per cent shareholder Daniel Kretinsky's column in the Evening Standard last week. As a billionaire he no doubt has lots of PR advisers, but he is at least saying the right things. He is opposed to the so-called European Super League and admitting that he rushed things at Sparta Prague, suggests that evolution is the way forward for WHU rather than spending big in January. He also appears to appreciate the work of Moyes and his coaches and the atmosphere generated by the fans, having attended the Leicester and Liverpool games.
Kretinsky stresses the Czech Republic links with West Ham, citing Ludek Miklosko (who comes from near Moscow), Tomas Soucek, Alex Kral and Vladimir Coufal, though strangely omitting Super Tomas Repka, perhaps due to his run-ins with the Czech Old Bill. It's now been reported that there is a time-limited clause enabling Kretinsky to buy out the two Davids, though it's unclear when this expires. But his initial ambitions for club appear to be on the right lines.
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