The unidentified female employee, who is rumoured to be having a relationship with a managerial official at the Hammers, was caught after being contacted by a Sunday newspaper inquiring about her work for West Ham.

"The Company had no knowledge of this work and no permission was given to undertake it," said an OPLC official statement, which also claims that the employee had no involvement in the Stadium process.

"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.

"The stadium team has been based at our law firm Eversheds' offices in the City and only the stadium team had access to information about the bids."


West Ham also released a statement, stressing their belief that the bidding process had not been compromised.

"We have become aware of inquiries being made in respect of a lady who has undertaken work for West Ham United on a consultancy basis relating to the Olympic stadium project," it said.

"Having learned of the inquiries, we have undertaken an initial internal investigation.

"We have established that the work that was carried out was not connected in any way to the bidding process for the Olympic stadium, but procurement project management thereafter.

"We are of the firm view that the integrity of the bidding process has not been compromised.

"We consider that the bidding process was robust and believe that remains the case."

As reported by insidethegames, the fight for the £537 million ($836 million) Stadium remains unsolved as Tottenham are making one last pitch to take over the venue by announcing earlier this week that they will return to the High Court seeking a judicial review, a move supported by League One club Leyton Orient, who also disput the choice of West Ham as the tennant.

Tottenham's plan is to rebuild the stadium without the running track and, by way of commitment to athletics, redevelop the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace.

In order to finance West Ham's move, Newham Council has arranged a £40 million ($64 million) loan, but Spurs are refusing to accept defeat.

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