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Rio Ferdinand has been slammed by West Ham fans for his comments on Declan Rice’s future amid links of a Hammers takeover.The Manchester United legend has a current connection to the club he started his footballing career with in east London nearly 20 years ago.PAI Capital have been working on an approach to David Sullivan and David Gold over the Premier League side, tabling a £400m informal approach last February. During a Q&A session sent to football.London, business frontman Nasib Piriyev said that Ferdinand was ‘working with’ the organisation.

West Ham United’s owners are reportedly remaining defiant in their stance to ‘never sell’ the club to the PAI Capital group, who have been accused of being “property developers”.The consortium is funded in part by Azerbaijani millionaire Nasib Piriyev and includes for QPR chief Philip Beard, as well as former England international Rio Ferdinand.They made an informal approach to buy the Hammers in February, but that was rejected by co-owner David Sullivan, who has since branded the offer “derisory”.But it appears that PAI have not been deterred in their hopes of taking control, with the group announcing on Thursday that they have an agreement to buy the London Stadium.That agreement is reliant on Sullivan and co-owner David Gold selling up

West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan shot down an informal bid involving a former Queen’s Park Rangers chief executive to buy the club.Ex-QPR chief Phillip Beard was part of the consortium which made an informal approach in February and was reportedly prepared to submit an offer of more than £400million.The consortium was rumoured to be willing to give manager David Moyes the necessary funds in order to strengthen his squad.But Sullivan, who owns the East London club alongside David Gold, claimed he felt the offer was a “property not a football deal” and that the “vague proposal was not in the best interests of West ham and its shareholders or supporters”.Sullivan told BBC Sport: “The offer was derisory.

West Ham owner David Sullivan has admitted he “bullied” Manuel Pellegrini into signing Issa Diop and Lukasz Fabianski.Sullivan, who owns the Hammers alongside David Gold, has often been criticised for the way he runs the east London club.West Ham boss David Moyes signed Tomas Soucek on a permanent deal earlier this summer but has been quiet in the transfer market.And Sullivan is keen to let Moyes do what he wants having had too much a say when Pellegrini was in charge, including bringing in a director of football.Speaking to talkSPORT, Sullivan revealed: “Under the previous regime, the only two players I picked were Diop and Fabianski; I bullied the manager to take them because I liked both players.“All the other players him and his

Chelsea that Declan Rice is not for sale at West Ham.

West Ham are braced for a takeover tussle after their owners rejected a £350m bid from a mystery US consortium.

West Ham winger Grady Diangana is poised to undergo a medical at West Brom on Friday after agreeing terms with Slaven Bilic’s side. The Hammers academy product enjoyed a top season on loan at The Hawthorns last term.He helped secure the Baggies promotion from the Championship, and West Brom have moved to sign him permanently.The impending transfer has come as a major shock to Hammers fans, though, as David Moyes looked set to integrate the young talent in his team.Diangana provided three assists in a friendly against Ipswich last week and linked up well with striker Sebastian Haller.However, West Ham’s co-chairman David Sullivan and David Gold have accepted a bid worth around £18m from West Brom.

West Ham co-owner David Gold has quashed reports of a potential takeover of the club from Red Bull.

That is the view of cult hero Paolo Di Canio, who has asked supporters to push in the same direction as the club's controversial owners in order to secure their Premier League status.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan and his family have been left ‘hurt’ by the personal nature of the protests from fans.

West Ham United are subject of alleged interest from a high-powered United Arab Emirates group. According to reports, the struggling London club have attracted the attention of Middle East based investors, as have Newcastle United in the form of the mega-rich Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.