Eggert Magnusson, the former chairman of West Ham United, has said that the English Premier League club’s new London stadium home is "unfit” for football and should be “torn down and started from scratch”.
West Ham relocated from the Boleyn Ground to the new site ahead of the 2016-17 season, but has been blighted by issues such as crowd trouble since the move. The club has come under heavy pressure to solve problems or face punishment.
Magnusson, who held a stake in the club for just one season, said in an interview with The Sun newspaper that the situation is a “mess” and urged club officials to take further action.
“You cannot build an Olympic stadium and then make it a football stadium,” he said. “You begin with football in mind. We had plans and costings for a stadium with retractable seats, like the Stade de France.”
“Upton Park had a special atmosphere and you want fans to hear tackles and what the managers are saying. What we have now is a mess.
“Money has been thrown down the toilet and the original plans could have saved hundreds of millions. The stadium is simply unfit for football.”
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