LONDON: Vanessa Gold, daughter of former West Ham United chair David Gold, has reached an agreement to sell her family’s shares to a consortium led by Amanda Staveley and others, after a previously agreed sale to Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky fell through. The Gold family trust owns 25.1 percent of the shares in the English Championship (second-tier) club who were relegated from the Premier League last season.

Amanda Staveley and her husband, Mehrdad Ghodoussi, sold their stake in Newcastle United two years ago but have set their sights on a return to football with West Ham

Amanda Staveley was previously a director at Newcastle between 2021 and 2024