{
  "id": 27424,
  "title": "Gold family agrees to sell West Ham stake to Staveley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/gold-family-agrees-to-sell-west-ham-stake-to-staveley",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-01T16:53:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport Football",
    "slug": "bbc-sport-football",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cwyle0nl810o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vanessa Gold has announced that her family intends to sell its shares in West Ham to a consortium led by Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, with support from Ashland Forest Capital Partners. This news comes after the family had previously discussed the potential sale with Kretinsky's consortium earlier this summer. Despite the sale agreement, Kretinsky's spokesperson expressed disappointment, stating that the deal would disrupt the stability of the club at a critical time.",
  "summary": "Former West Ham co-owner David Gold's daughter Vanessa confirms plans to sell shares to a consortium headed by ex-Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Consortium led by Staveley to buy Gold family's stakes in West Ham",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/consortium-led-by-staveley-to-buy-gold-familys-stakes-in-west-ham",
        "published": "2026-08-01T15:27:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Gold family agrees to sell West Ham stake to Staveley",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/gold-family-agrees-to-sell-west-ham-stake-to-staveley-27447",
        "published": "2026-08-01T16:53:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}