David Moyes has admitted that he has never spoken to the Everton owner Dan Friedkin in the 20 months since he bought the club, as the veteran manager prepares to pick up the pieces of a shambolic transfer window. Friedkin, the 61-year-old American, purchased Everton in December 2024 but claims emerged this week that they are looking for new investment after a transfer window that ended with a chaotic deadline day on Tuesday, in which they sold fans’ favourite Iliman Ndiaye to Manchester City for £65million and the USA international Folarin Balogun pulled out of a late move from Monaco, to leave Moyes with only 18 outfield players in his senior squad. With Moyes in the final year of his contract, the manager insists the transfer debacle will have no bearing on his future, although he did make the shock admission that he had never spoken to his American employer, with his contact coming via the owner’s representative, Rishi Majithia, and the club’s chief execu...
Daniel Kretinsky has reached an agreement with David Sullivan to become the largest single shareholder at West Ham United, in a major blow to Amanda Staveley in her pursuit of a stake in the Championship club. Staveley was at the London Stadium this week as a guest of the club’s co-chairwoman Vanessa Gold, who in July had agreed to sell her family’s 25.1 per cent shareholding, valued at £150million, to a consortium led by the British businesswoman and former Newcastle United director. But The Times understands that Kretinsky, Sullivan and the other shareholders have exercised their pre-emption rights ahead of Thursday’s 5.30pm deadline to purchase the Gold family stake, with Kretinsky and Sullivan believed to have reached a separate agreement that certainly makes it difficult for Staveley to maintain an interest in West Ham. The deal is due to be completed by the end of this month. Gold has now issued a completion notice on the £150million share sale, which includes a fi...