Hansa, the holding company of English football club West Ham, requested a moratorium (permitting temporary suspension of payments) yesterday. Björgólfur Gudmundsson, former majority owner and chairman of Iceland’s Landsbanki bank, is the majority owner of Hansa.
According to Ásgeir Fridgeirsson, vice-chairman of the board of West Ham and spokesperson for Gudmundsson, the moratorium was requested to [...]

I thought i would find something humorous because i can see in my mystic eye 34,000 dismal West Ham fans either at work or at School or College wishing things for once would improve.

It may be rubbish but i read the Guardian often for sports rather than the Disney rag The Mail, and found an article by Matt Scott stating that a bid was made for WHUFC and was flatly turned down by Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson.