West Ham doing business with Tottenham cements the small club mentality.

Ever since the Scott Parker transfer, Tottenham’s owners have refused to do business with West Ham. This isn’t some conspiracy theory either, there’s been a public feud between David Sullivan and Daniel Levy in the past.

So when Levy comes knocking when he’s interested in one of the Hammer’s most valuable assets, what does Sullivan do? Does he stand his ground? Does he make a statement to not accept a bid? No, instead he folds almost instantly.

While I’ve been more than fair to the board in the past, there isn’t really any excusing this. Whether or not you think Kudus is worth £55 million, you have to agree that it’s absolutely ridiculous to do business with them given their stance in the past.

This is why we won’t progress as a club, because we’re so stuck trying to make money rather than take the right decisions for footballing or historical reasons. They can paint the “we must sell before we buy narrative” but when every single finance expert in football is saying there’s no PSR danger, there are only two options. Either something horrific has happened financially that’s yet to come to light, or the board are lying. I’m not going to sit here and speculate which one it is, but either way that’s an awful look on them

Fans are furious, and I don’t think you can really blame them. The money gained from player sales needs to be spent perfectly, otherwise the board will face more backlash than they’ve ever faced before.