August 3 – Vanessa Gold, daughter of the late West Ham co-owner David Gold, has confirmed the family has a provisional agreement to sell its 25.1% stake in the club to a consortium led by former Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley. “I have now reached an agreement to sell my family’s shareholding to a consortium of PCP Capital Partners, led by Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, in partnership with Ashland Forest Capital Partners,” Gold said. Read more …