{"id":425424,"date":"2011-05-17T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/17\/west-ham-united-co-owner-david-sullivan-regrets-appointing-avram-grant-in-the-first-place\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T08:21:00","slug":"west-ham-united-co-owner-david-sullivan-regrets-appointing-avram-grant-in-the-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/west-ham-united-co-owner-david-sullivan-regrets-appointing-avram-grant-in-the-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets appointing Avram Grant in the first place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>17 May 2011 09:21:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.3540081919\">\n<div readability=\"14.6592178771\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avram Grant - David Sullivan(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/122400\/122425_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Avram Grant &#8211; David Sullivan(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"30.4238741959\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> co-owner David Sullivan regrets having appointed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/israel\/18720\/avram-grant\">Avram Grant<\/a> in the first place, after sacking the Israeli manager in the immediate aftermath of the Hammers&#8217; relegation to the Championship being confirmed by their failure to beat Wigan Athletic on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Portsmouth boss was handed the reins at Upton Park last summer in succession to Gianfranco Zola, but was fired after the Hammers squandered a 2-0 lead at Wigan to lose 3-2 &#8211; a result that made relegation from the Premier League mathematically certain.<\/p>\n<p>The east London club&#8217;s tally of only 33 points from 37 games means that even if they win their final fixture (at home to Sunderland), they are sure to finish bottom of the top-flight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Avram is a lovely person but the results sadly speak for themselves that it was a bad selection by the board,&#8221; Sullivan told <em>The Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all share some blame for the results &#8211; the board, the manager and the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, the team can only play the tactics and formation they are asked to play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want a manager who will get the best out of the squad and foster a strong team spirit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Relegation is also set to impact the club financially, but Sullivan insists that more money will be pumped in to ensure that things run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Debts will fall as we the owners will put in more money,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The financial burden to us and our families will rise, not the debts of the club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/17\/2490330\/west-ham-united-co-owner-david-sullivan-regrets-appointing-avram-\" title=\"West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets appointing Avram Grant in the first place\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets appointing Avram Grant in the first place<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 17 May 2011 09:21:00 Avram Grant &#8211; David Sullivan(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets having appointed Avram Grant in the first place, after sacking the Israeli manager in the immediate aftermath of the Hammers&#8217; relegation to the Championship being confirmed by their failure to beat Wigan Athletic on Sunday. The former Portsmouth boss was handed the reins at Upton Park last summer in succession to Gianfranco Zola, but was fired after the Hammers squandered a 2-0 lead at Wigan to lose 3-2 &#8211; a result that made relegation from the Premier League mathematically certain. The east London club&#8217;s tally of only 33 points from 37 games means that even if they win their final fixture (at home to Sunderland), they are sure to finish bottom of the top-flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":401289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets appointing Avram Grant in the first place - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/west-ham-united-co-owner-david-sullivan-regrets-appointing-avram-grant-in-the-first-place\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets appointing Avram Grant in the first place - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 17 May 2011 09:21:00 Avram Grant - David Sullivan(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan regrets having appointed Avram Grant in the first place, after sacking the Israeli manager in the immediate aftermath of the Hammers&#039; relegation to the Championship being confirmed by their failure to beat Wigan Athletic on Sunday. 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