PROSPECTIVE West Ham suitors David Gold and David Sullivan may have moved to the front of the queue in the race to buy the club after London-based financial company Intermarket allegedly missed a key deadline.
The Times claim that Intermarket, who were said to be in pole position with a bid believed to be in the region of £100million, missed a 6pm deadline yesterday to prove that they have sufficient funds to launch a takeover. However, the company insist that such a cut-off point had been removed.
Former Birmingham City owners Gold and Sullivan's offer is thought to be lower than Intermarket's, with a smaller sum being paid to club owners, Icelandic bank Straumur.
The newspaper states that West Ham will be forced to pay off £10m of their reported £48m debt to meet other liabilities by April, which may force the club to sell some of its star players in the January transfer window.
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