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Sam1 · Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:40 pm Hammers agree out of court settlement with Brown

West Ham have agreed an out-of-court settlement to end their legal dispute with former chairman Terry Brown.

Brown sold his majority holding in the club to an Icelandic consortium in an £85 million takeover in November 2006. But in the fallout of the Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano transfer saga - which eventually saw the club fined £5.5 million by the Premier League - certain contractual agreements with Brown, such as a £1.2 million salary and seats in the directors' box at Upton Park, were withdrawn, leading Brown to mount a legal challenge.

Yesterday West Ham chairman and owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson announced on the club's website that the matter had been resolved. "It is time to move on from old disputes and legal battles," he said.

"My focus, and that of the whole board, is on the future. Terry Brown has a long history with West Ham United, as former chairman and leading shareholder, and there is no reason for the club and Terry to be at odds. We have settled our differences and Terry will be a welcome guest at the club as we move forward into the new season."

Sheffield United expect to learn the outcome of their compensation claim against West Ham over the Tevez affair in September.

Telegaph.co.uk

Peter Parka · Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:15 pm

Yeah, I can really see all the fans making Terence Brown aka cunt, feel welcome! :roll:

sammerhammer · Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:15 pm

theiving bastard, its nt like people liked him when he was at the club.

Dave_whufc · Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:12 pm

You know what Im sick of all this bollucks and this isnt at all encouraging from these icelandics. Im starting to think they are just going to do the same...