West Ham on brink a decade after David Sullivan announced his ‘big club’ feelings

West Ham, who moved from Upton Park to the London Stadium a decade ago under chair David Sullivan's vision of becoming a 'big club', now face serious financial and sporting peril. The club's recent accounts forecast a 'liquidity shortfall in summer 2026', and relegation remains a severe but plausible scenario. This comes three years after winning the Conference League and selling Declan Rice to Arsenal for £105 million.