Delighted to officially join West Ham United.
I'm looking forward to getting started, meeting everyone at the club and working with such an ambitious group of people. Excited for the challenge ahead.
Come on you Irons! ⚒️
We are pleased to confirm Nils Koppen as the Club’s new Director of Player Recruitment, subject to the appropriate work visa being secured.
Everyone at West Ham United would like to welcome Nils and his family to the Club and wish him every success in his new role.
BREAKING: West Ham have SMASHED all kinds of records by announcing that a eye-watering 45,000 season tickets have been purchased for the upcoming Championship campaign.
42,000 of you ❤️
The Club would like to thank every supporter who has already secured their seat. Your backing will play a vital role in the journey ahead.
If you haven't renewed yet, now is the time.
This isn’t how I imagined ending the season.
Not with West Ham. Not with the Czech Republic. And certainly not with an injury.
I’m sorry we couldn’t give our fans the moments and results you deserved. That hurts me more than anything.
The good thing about football is that there’s always another challenge waiting. A new season is almost here, bringing a new opportunity to put things right.
For 12 years as a professional, I’ve been lucky enough to avoid a serious injury. Now I have to face a challenge I haven’t faced before. But everyone who knows me knows one thing.
I never give up!
This injury doesn’t change my mindset. If anything, it makes me even more determined. I’ll use these next few weeks/months to work, recover and come back stronger. As a player, as a teammate and as a person.
Since the season ended, I’ve only had one thing on my mind. West Ham United. This club means so much to me and I’m ready to do everything I can in helping get it back to where it belongs; to the English Premier League.
For the immediate future, I’ll support the boys off the pitch whilst I rehabilitate. Then once back, I’ll give everything I have on the pitch, fighting alongside the boys once again.
COYI!
As for the international team, I need some time to think about my future.
I’m deeply disappointed with how our World Cup campaign ended. I know we are capable of much more in every aspect than we showed, and that’s one of the biggest reasons why this disappointment is so difficult to accept.
Representing the Czech Republic has always been the greatest honour of my career. That’s why I don’t want to make any decision in the heat of the moment. I’ll take the time to reflect and decide what’s best for everyone.
One thing is certain.
I’ll be back.
Stronger. Hungrier. More determined than ever.
Thank you for standing by me through everything. Your support means more than words can say. ❤️
CEO Karim Virani on the new crest project:
"The Board and I want to ensure that the Club’s history and heritage are appropriately reflected in everything we do and that our loyal fans should play a leading role in determining how that is delivered."
Well said! 👏🏻⚒️ #WHUFC#COYI
Black Stars goalkeeper Joseph Anang shared a special moment with former West Ham teammate Declan Rice after Ghana's goalless draw with England at the World Cup on Tuesday.
Throw every single penny we have at Diassi. He’s going for £20m. Make it happen. He is some player and he loves the club. Would be some statement that.
C&H: The agreement for Steve Nickson to join West Ham is done and is expected to be announced in the coming days.
Nickson will have far-reaching powers over player recruitment and has already started to identify targets for the Championship.
⚒️ #WHUFC#COYI
C&H: Daniel Kretinsky is driving a plan to build a new state-of-the-art West Ham training facility.
The intention is to move from the current arrangement and create a single major complex.
⚒️ #WHUFC#COYI
Daniel Kretinsky:
"We have a very credible strategy."
"We don't need to sell the players for financial reasons. We are doing this to make sure we are promoted back to the Premier League immediately. That is our only goal."
⚒️ #WHUFC#COYI
"Key players are waiting for us. They want to see there is a real chance of keeping the squad together. We have spoken to all of them. They need to see that our project is real and serious. Promotion is our only goal."
– Kretinsky
Wow 🤩
OFFICIAL: West Ham United has confirmed that Daniel Kretinsky will become the new majority shareholder of the club, following an agreement being reached with Vanessa Gold to purchase a portion of her shares.
The Czech Billionaire will now own 43% of the club.
⚒️ #WHUFC#COYI
MAJOR BREAKING:
CLUB STATEMENT (they did well to hide this, not reposted anywhere):
The Club wishes to make it clear that the safeguarding measures put in place in 2023 in relation to David Sullivan strictly followed West Ham’s stringent safeguarding policies, as agreed with The FA and the Newham LADO.
This meant that only a very limited number of West Ham employees were informed of these measures, and these individuals were bound by strict confidentiality rules.
To be clear, none of the Board representatives of shareholders other than David Sullivan were aware of these measures until they were reported in the media this week.
These safeguarding measures were a result of a single complaint to The FA and are not linked to the serious further allegations published in the media this week.
As it relates to the serious allegations published by the media this week regarding David Sullivan, the full Board was first made aware of potential allegations about a month ago, when Mr Sullivan advised the Board that some allegations may appear in the media without providing any further detail as to the severity of the allegations.
The details and severity of the allegations, which Mr Sullivan denies, only became apparent when they were made public on Monday.