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Current Birmingham City owners David Sullivan and David Gold are lining up an offer to buy West Ham United should the takeover of their current club be completed.
Birmingham City's main shareholder Carson Yeung recently showed an interest in completing a £70 million takeover of the club through his investment company Grandtop International Holdings.
If this is successful, then Gold and Sullivan would consider a return to West Ham United, where they were shareholders in the 1980s.
A Birmingham source told the Sun: "There would be no better time to move given the club's parlous financial situation.
"The two Davids would love to own the club outright. But if that isn't possible, there may be an opportunity for them to become big investors."
West Ham United are currently owned by the Icelandic bank Straumur after it acquired the club following the financial problems that hit prior owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson.
Gudmundsson bought the east London club in 2006 but resigned from the board in June when asset management company CB Holding, a 70 per cent owner of Straumur, gained full control.
Written by Tom Jenkins
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