David Sullivan emerged to take his seat, cloaked in a thick black bomber jacket. Hardly attire befitting the 28-degree sunshine blazing down on the London Stadium but, as Sullivan has made clear of late, he’s not too interested in reading the room.
The stadiums operators told West Ham they didn’t want him here because they were worried about fan unrest. The club’s own fan advisory board said his presence would cause ‘offence and upset’.
Sullivan remains the club’s largest shareholder but resigned as co-chair in June amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he strongly denies, and no longer controls the day-to-day running
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