The Guardian reports that Czech billionaire lawyer and businessman Daniel Kretinsky is in talks to buy a 27 per cent stake in West Ham. He's currently the co-owner and president of Sparta Prague, so at least Soucek, Coufal and Kral would feel at home. Though presumably he could not buy a majority share in West Ham without selling Sparta Prague.
Kretinsky is known as the "Czech Sphinx" for his "inscrutable business manner". By the current very low bar of the PL fit and proper person test, any investor who doesn't kill people would be a bonus. Kretinsky also has investments in Le Monde, Royal Mail and Sainsbury's, which might keep WHU's postal and shopping bills down. Hopefully the likes of David Conn are doing their research on how he made his money, but if he's legit then any injection of cash would certainly help the club progress. We might even be able to buy a second striker.
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