"Alternativen und Optionen": (Wann) Wird West Ham verkauft?

Update: -> Artikel im Telegraph (4.3.09)

Seitdem die internationale Finanzkrise Island besonders hart getroffen hat, war der Verkauf von West Ham United durch Björgólfur Gudmundsson, den früheren Mehrheitseigentümer der mittlerweile verstaatlichten isländischen Landsbanki, weniger eine Frage des "Ob" als des "Wann".
Nun hat "Hansa", Gudmundssons West Ham-Holdinggesellschaft, um Verlängerung des von einem isländischen Gericht im Dezember gewährten Moratoriums angesucht, damit man die "Alternativen und Optionen", die dem Klub derzeit in Bezug auf potentielle Käufer offenstünden, in Ruhe prüfen könne.
Asgeir Fridgeirsson, West Ham-Vizepräsident, versicherte indes, der laufende Verkaufsprozess werde den Klub nicht beeinträchtigen. Hier ein Bericht des Blogs "Just Like My Dreams":

Alternatives And Options
Various news sources have today confirmed that West Ham United’s owners will ask an Icelandic court this week for a moratorium to prevent banks from seizing its assets and forcing the sale of the club. The judgment to be heard in Reykjavik on March 6 relates to West Ham's holding company, Hansa, which was granted the original stay of execution in November.
Vice Chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson reiterated Hansa has been actively talking with creditors. "Hansa believes that the progress that the club has been making shows the importance of continued stability," he said today in an interview. "A decision from the judges on extending the December ruling is expected next week.
"Hansa is controlled by Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who was the majority shareholder of an Icelandic bank seized by government regulators. In November, West Ham’s holding company applied to enter administration, a form of protection from creditors, because of Gudmundsson’s financial troubles. Hansa Eignarhaldsfelag ehf, or Hansa, is run by an administrator appointed by Icelandic authorities.
Gudmundsson is trying to decide whether to sell, and in December the east London team sent data on its debt levels, income, expenditures and salary ratios to potential bidders.
Fridgeirsson said at the time there were between 5 and 10 groups looking at the team, although there haven’t been any firm offers. "There is still an interest," he said. "We haven’t closed down the process at all." Reports over the weekend linked a Far Eastern consortium with a deal for the club, with some suggestion that funds used to temporarily stabilize Gudmundsson's position had already changed hands.
Gudmundsson, whose fortune was estimated at $1.1 billion by Forbes magazine last March, is the former chairman of Landsbanki Islands hf, which was seized by the nation’s Financial Supervisory Authority in October. Fridgeirsson said that even if the court declines to give the extension, the club should not be affected. "There are alternatives and options," Fridgeirsson said, without being more specific. "It will in no way effect the club."