West Ham Women are in advanced talks over selling a stake in the club to an American private equity fund dedicated to investing in women's sport. The proposed deal values the Women's Super League club at about £55m. The club's existing ownership group of David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, and the David Gold family is expected to retain a controlling interest. West Ham would become the second WSL club to sell shares to American investors this year, following Chelsea's sale of 10% of their women's team to Alexis Ohanian for £20m in May. Monarch Collective, the US private equity fund, is understood to have held talks with Chelsea this year and to have approached West Ham after failing to close that deal. West Ham have played in the WSL since 2018 but have never finished in the top five and are the only top-flight club linked to a men's team not to have played a game at their men's stadium in the past six years. The club is in dispute with the London Stadium landlord, E20, over the cost of renting the ground for a WSL fixture.