Post by beacon on May 6, 2009 14:42:39 GMT 1
West Ham could miss out on a place in the Europa League next season after doubts emerged over their ability to satisfy the demands of the Uefa Club licence required to enter European competition.
The club's failure to declare their accounts and doubts over their ultimate ownership are understood to have prevented completion of the licence application.
The club missed the initial April 30 deadline for applications to be submitted to the joint Premier League/Football Association committee that administers the system on Uefa's behalf, and they have until the end of the month to satisfy the licence conditions.
Uefa also requires clubs to provide future financial forecasts as evidence that the club is a going concern, and with the ownership situation fluid, West Ham have been unable to provide certainty.
Here we fucking go again
The club's failure to declare their accounts and doubts over their ultimate ownership are understood to have prevented completion of the licence application.
The club missed the initial April 30 deadline for applications to be submitted to the joint Premier League/Football Association committee that administers the system on Uefa's behalf, and they have until the end of the month to satisfy the licence conditions.
Uefa also requires clubs to provide future financial forecasts as evidence that the club is a going concern, and with the ownership situation fluid, West Ham have been unable to provide certainty.
Here we fucking go again