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West Ham plan legal action over Tottenham and Sunday Times' Olympic Stadium corruption claims
West Ham United plan to sue the Sunday Times and Tottenham over allegations of corruption during their successful bid to take over the Olympic stadium.
West Ham, relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season, were awarded the right last to move to the new stadium after the 2012 games, beating Tottenham in the process.
A report in The Sunday Times claimed that secret payments had been made to an executive on the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), the body which unanimously made the decision, during the selection process.
"The suggestion of 'secret cash' in the Sunday Times article is absolutely and categorically denied," West Ham said in a statement on its website.
"As such, legal action is being taken against the Sunday Times, as well as Tottenham Hotspur."
The paper said the executive, Dionne Knight, had been paid £20,000 before and after the decision was made. West Ham said Knight's work was in relation to the procurement of a construction partner after the Olympics.
On Friday, the OPLC confirmed one of its employees had been suspended for undertaking paid consultancy work for the soccer club without permission.
"This individual had no involvement whatsoever in our stadium process," the OPLC said.
"The individual concerned had declared a personal relationship with an employee of West Ham United FC when she joined the organisation and we therefore put robust measures in place to ensure our Stadium process was not compromised."
West Ham plans to retain the athletics track in the £500m arena, with capacity reduced to 60,000 from 80,000 for the 2012 Games, and to move in for the 2014-15 season.
Tottenham, which planned to remove the track and build a new purpose-built soccer stadium, applied to the High Court in London to continue their battle for a judicial review into the decision to award the stadium to West Ham.
The court has previously rejected legal moves from both Tottenham and Leyton Orient, and West Ham said it was certain of the "robustness" of its bid.
"The OPLC has confirmed that Ms Knight had absolutely no involvement in the bidding process and we repeat that secret cash was not paid to her," its statement said.
"Her work was very transparent and the bidding process was never compromised."