Last Updated: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:56
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has warned of the consequences if the Hammers were to be relegated saying it would be 'Armageddon'.
Sullivan also revealed that the Hammers players and staff would be asked to take a pay-cut at the end of the current campaign whatever the outcome of their fight against the drop.
Relegation though would be a disaster for the club and Sullivan has warned that it would be a lot worse at Upton Park than it it was when Newcastle suffered the same fate last summer.
He told the Sun: "It'll be Armageddon if we go down. It'll be worse than what's gone on at Newcastle.
"I can't believe the contracts I've inherited. Every position is overpaid, whether in administration or on the playing side. All are earning more than they would at other clubs.
"We have made cutbacks already but may have to make another 20 or 30 people redundant by the summer. We have already had people in senior positions offer to take a voluntary 25% reduction to keep their jobs. It's been gratefully accepted. If someone is doing a good job but is overpaid you still want to keep them. But many people at the training ground should take a voluntary pay cut. There's an army of people supporting the first team. Everyone at the club will be asked to take a salary cut in the summer. The club is in a mess and we all have to pull together. If we go down I can't even consider the situation."