According to reports in the Times (£), West Ham are cold on the idea of wasting more money on another bid without there being more clarity, while they are also concerned about starting the process to sell their current home Upton Park unless they know for certain they are moving to the Olympic Stadium.
West Ham are thought to have spent nearly £1 million on the process of their first bid.
They are not the only London football club who are considering their options.
Leyton Orient are full participants in the “expressions of interest” phase, and are considering what kind of offer they might be able to make to the increasingly anxious OPLC
An issue for both football clubs is that the OPLC will retain the power to force tenants to share with each other.
The “pairing” system means that tenants have no choice about who they share with, meaning that the OPLC could impose a rugby club in a ground-share with West Ham, or pursue sharing between West Ham and Orient.
That would present a bigger problem to West Ham than to Leyton Orient.
