West Ham: Daniel Kretinsky strikes deal to become Hammers' largest shareholder - BBC Sport BBC Homepage Skip to content Accessibility Help Your account Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds More menu More menu Search BBC Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds Close menu BBC Sport Menu Home Football Cricket Formula 1 Rugby U Tennis Golf Cycling Athletics More A-Z Sports American Football Athletics Basketball Boxing Cricket Cycling Darts Disability Sport Football Formula 1 Gaelic Games Golf Gymnastics Horse Racing Mixed Martial Arts Motorsport Netball Rugby League Rugby Union Snooker Swimming Tennis Full Sports A-Z More from Sport England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Quizzes News Feeds Help & FAQs West Ham United Scores & Fixtures Table Ask Me Anything Kretinsky agrees to become largest West Ham shareholder Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Daniel Kretinsky (centre) at the Uefa Conference League final in May 2023 By Simon Stone Chief football news reporter Published 5 hours ago Royal Mail owner Daniel Kretinsky is to take a 46% stake in West Ham as part of a deal which will make him the club's largest shareholder. The Czech businessman has struck a deal with the Hammers' remaining shareholders, including former chairman David Sullivan, over the 25% of the club owned by the Gold family. The deal is likely to end former Newcastle director Amanda Staveley's immediate hopes of investing in the Championship club. The move means Sullivan will increase his stake in the club, even though he resigned as chairman in June. He said he intended to fight allegations made against him in a joint BBC Panorama and Times investigation. Co-chair Vanessa Gold previously agreed to sell a portion of her shares to Kretinsky in the wake of the allegations against Sullivan being made public. However, earlier this summer, she announced an agreement to sell her entire stake to Staveley. That trigger