First, the Royal Mail. Next, West Ham? Sources in Daniel Kretinsky's sphere yesterday spoke of a reluctance to expand his English empire by purchasing one of the Premier League's most iconic clubs, though tellingly, every answer was accompanied by an asterisk.
The caveat was he is not nicknamed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ for nothing. Kretinsky earned that moniker because of his enigmatic nature; an inscrutability which helped turn this former lawyer into the 48-year-old billionaire he is today. Never say never, in other words.
Yet while closing in on his remarkable £3.