Hammers shareholder piles on the pressure

West Ham’s decision to appoint a technical director came apparently after pressure from billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.

Former well informed Hammers correspondent Jack Rosser now writing for The Sun, has revealed that the second biggest shareholder, with 27.5 per cent,  felt the move had to be made.

The Czech had argued that some alignment to the football operation was needed at the London Stadium but is now probably unhappy at the position between new man Tim Steidmen and David Moyes.

And he added that whilst Moyes is in danger of being undermined by a lack of strategy from above, the Scot wanting to keep very close tabs on all transfer decisions doesn’t help.

Despite it being known that Rice was on his way a year ago we have seen a total scattergun approach during this summer’s window.

Rosser declares: Sullivan is known for getting deals done and must move quickly to secure the support Moyes  needs, otherwise the commendable backing from the board at the end of last season will go to waste.”