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West Ham owner’s Icelandic bank placed into receivership

But the club deny being in financial trouble

Landsbanki, the bank that West Ham’s Icelandic chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson owns a 40 per cent stake in alongside his son, has been put into receivership and will be taken over by the country’s government.

The news could prove disastrous for West Ham who, having sold players [...]

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Fact File: Prospective Newcastle owner Anil Ambani

We get the lowdown on the Magpies’ potential new saviour

Anil Ambani

Despite Newcastle insisting that giving up complete control of Newcastle United would not appeal to Mike Ashley, rumours are rife of a takeover by Mumbai-born businessman named Anil Ambani. Like most of the new school of Premier [...]

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