Kapital Football Group chairman Joseph DaGrosa is ready to look elsewhere after Southampton’s majority owner Gao Jisheng failed to lower his asking price (around £200 million) for the club, and West Ham United have been named as one of his alternatives.
The Hammers fit the profile of clubs that Kapital is targeting as the American investor eyes a Premier League takeover, but whether he is willing to meet their price tag remains to be seen.
West Ham were linked with a takeover last September, but co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan rejected a £400 million bid from an American consortium, and Football Insider claims they now value the club at around £600 million.