The building begins, and it’s begun with a bang! Daniel Kretinsky is wasting no time being at the top and has decided the reshuffle begins now for the Hammers.

It’s been no hidden secret that the Hammers have been after new members of staff, especially since the departure of Max Hahn, and what better way to do so than getting a man with years of experience on the board… introducing Steve Nickson.

The Englishman most recently informed Newcastle United that he would be departing the club after 15 years at St James’ Park, working as head of recruitment.

The illusion has finally been put straight as the ‘Czech Sphinx ’, Daniel Křetínský, has spoken for the first time since taking over as a majority shareholder of West Ham United.

Křetínský spoke to The Times in what is a rare direct interview with the Czech national. The Billionaire spoke about West Ham’s overall situation but briefly dumbed it down to the players, the finances and the ambitions of the club.

"We have a very credible strategy”

West Ham United have announced this morning that Daniel Křetínský has become the majority shareholder of West Ham after concluding a deal with the Gold family.

Daniel Křetínský will now hold a majority share worth 43%, but don’t expect that to be the last of it…

David Sullivan, in the most recent weeks, has had his pockets of speech, first initially commenting on his resignation, followed by his statement to the BBC, followed by his response to being banned from Women and West Ham Youth matches and now claiming that he’s had “hundreds of emails saying I shouldn’t have resigned”.

What’s more ludicrous, continue spouting the nonsense of David Sullivan or believing his blatant last-ditch efforts to swindle the media?

West Ham United have just released their retention list for the 2025/26 season, sparking a question or two. The club have officially confirmed that Adama Traore and Lukasz Fabianski will depart once their respective contracts are up on 30th June.

The club have also announced the development players that will be departing, those being Michael Forbes, Junior Robinson, Tyron Akpata, Daniel Rigge, David Chigwada and Tom Wooster.

New news about David Sullivan seems to be released every day, and it makes you wonder what is next… after the BBC Panorama that was released on Monday night, it was then announced that there had been an agreement in 2023 for David Sullivan not to interact with the Women’s team and the West Ham Youth teams.

This decision was said to be for three years, but seemingly will now not be a problem given that Sullivan has now stepped down.

First, the end of an era, the next follows overwhelming amounts of news for Hammers fans - to see such celebrations surround a fanbase ultimately summarises Sullivan’s 16-year tenure at the club, a gloomy bit of nothing but misery and greed optimised the past, and whilst the first step has been taken, the second isn’t too far from surfacing.

As the bells chime, the news has been revealed.

David Sullivan has officially stepped down from West Ham United with immediate effect.

The club have revealed a statement this early afternoon as follows:

"West Ham United can confirm that Joint-Chair David Sullivan has stepped down from his position with immediate effect.

Amongst the chaos that is running around West Ham at the moment, many rumours and alleged discussions have begun for numerous individuals, but in reality, a lot of outgoing news will be delayed due to the World Cup tournament.

As some players within our squad haven’t been selected for their respective nations, this, of course, makes deals easier to complete, meaning West Ham will be able to achieve some outgoings, but the reality of the situation is that the majority of business will take place once the tournament has been concluded.

This morning, for the first time since suffering relegation on the final day, Nuno Espirito Santo has sat down on the West Ham YouTube Channel and discussed his thoughts on relegation, the upcoming season, summer changes and the overall feeling coming into the Championship.

Whilst the video contains what you’d tend to see in a discussion as such, he does mention a few key details amongst the 13 minutes.