Takeover talk as Big Sam nails Irons job

NEW West Ham manager Sam Allardyce may have walked straight back into another boardroom takeover battle after Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes claimed he had made an offer to buy the club.

Just hours after Allardyce was confirmed as the new Upton Park manager on a two-year contract Fernandes, who attempted to purchase the Hammers last year, wrote on his Twitter feed: “For all you West Ham fans an offer has gone to the present owners of West Ham. Let’s see if they accept.”

Hammers co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan claim no formal offer has been made to them and branded Fernandes’ decision to utilise social media to announce his intentions as “bizarre”.