Nasib Nizami Oglu Piriyev of PAI Capital turns out to be a West Ham fan. Of course he does. It was the only thing missing from the takeover package, the punter on the board. No doubt Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud often walks the streets of Jeddah shouting ‘Toon Army’.
Funny, mind, that such a loyal Hammer did not realise the Ferdinand brothers, Rio and Anton, were not the most populist figures to recruit to his cause.
You would think as a ‘passionate supporter of West Ham since 1986’, Piriyev would know who the heroes were out east.