The heavy pressure on beleaguered West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson to sell the club has been increased by the reported collapse of his main business in Iceland. . . Gudmundsson paid cash up front for West Ham, which he is free to sell as quickly as he wants as the club is not part of the British Government's freeze on Icelandic assets in the UK.  05-Nov-08.

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