Kretinsky has option to take full control of West Ham

DANIEL KRETINSKY has agreed an option for a full takeover of West Ham as part of his investment in the club.

The Czech billionaire purchased a 27 per cent stake in the club earlier this month, which included an option to acquire the shares owned by David Sullivan and David Gold for a set price.

Documents submitted to Companies House this week show a put and call agreement between Sullivan, 1890s holdings a.s, the holding company used by Kretinsky to purchase his stake, and EP Investment Sarl, Kretinsky’s investment company.

As such, Sullivan has the right to sell his shares to Kretinsky at an already agreed price, while Kretinsky (above) has a similar option to buy Sullivan’s shares.

With the share price already set in writing, it will not change if Sullivan or Kretinsky take up their option — even if West Ham finish in the Champions League places this season.

The documents also show there are provisions for other shareholders to be included under the same terms.

Neither party is obliged to take up their option, which will only exist for a certain amount of time. West Ham have not disclosed the time limit on the deal, though any sale by Sullivan before March

2023 would incur a cost to both him and fellow co-owner David Gold, who took a controlling stake in West Ham in 2010.

As part of the deal which saw West Ham move from Upton Park to the London Stadium, it was agreed that if Sullivan and Gold sold the club for more than £300million, 20 per cent of any profit would go to the ground’s landlord, the London Legacy Development Corporation.

With Kretinsky’s investment valuing the club at up to £700m,