Leeds United’s administrators are expecting several parties keen on taking control at Elland Road to step up their bids this week.

Former West Ham chairman Terry Brown has resigned from the board at the troubled Premiership club.

West Ham’s new chairman Eggert Magnusson insists he has no fears about the club facing relegation this season.

The Icelandic businessman behind the takeover of West Ham has vowed to bring the good times back to the club – and to keep faith with manager Alan Pardew.

A consortium of Icelandic businessmen look set to complete a takeover of West Ham after the club's board accepted an offer which values the Hammers at £85m (€125.8m).

An Icelandic consortium are expected to announce within the next 24 hours that they have agreed a deal with West Ham’s owners to take over the club.

A BILLIONAIRE financier has confirmed he will provide the major backing for a bid by an Icelandic consortium to take over West Ham.

The takeover bid of West Ham by Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnusson began in earnest today when his financial advisors started inspecting the club’s accounts.

West Ham’s possible move to the 2012 Olympic Stadium hinges on one of the two takeover bids for the club being successful.

West Ham’s takeover saga continues to rumble on after the club rejected suggestions a deal was imminent on Eggert Magnusson’s proposed £75m (€111.5m) bid.

Icelandic businessman Eggert Magnusson has stepped up his bid to take over West Ham by submitting an improved offer to the club's directors.

MANAGER Alan Pardew admits he fears for his job after West Ham suffered their sixth consecutive defeat at Portsmouth.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has distanced himself from suggestions that he threatened to walk out of Upton Park unless the struggling Barclays Premiership club scrapped a proposed £70m (€103m) takeover bid.

The West Ham board were today meeting to discuss the latest developments in a proposed takeover.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has signed a new five-year contract at Upton Park.

WEST Ham manager Alan Pardew has pledged not to let his players become distracted by takeover talk as they start their countdown to a new season back in the Premiership.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has pledged not to let his players become distracted by takeover talk as they start their countdown to a new season back in the Premiership.

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West Ham chairman Terry Brown has announced the club made an astonishing pre-tax profit of £11.8m (€17m) for the year ending May 31, 2004.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew admitted his Hammers have work to do after losing 3-1 at home to Wigan in the Coca-Cola Championship yesterday.

Michael Carrick looks increasingly likely to have played his last game for West Ham as the battle to sign the midfielder hots up.

STRANGE as it may seem the world’s richest bank uses words like sustainability, creating employment, preserving the environment and improving the quality of life.

WEST HAM old boy Tony Gale believes Glenn Roeder’s release from intensive care yesterday will inspire his players in Saturday’s massive London derby with Chelsea at Upton Park.

Glenn Roeder has vowed to prove to disillusioned West Ham fans he is the right man for the job following his surprise appointment as the club's manager.