West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce feels they lack the spending power to sustain a top four challenge.

The Hammers currently sit comfortably inside the top four.

"The top four in the Premier League is very difficult to break into if you haven't got the same spending power as them," said Allardyce.

"Lots of us have lived on the fringes in the past, I did the same at Bolton for the last two or three years. To try and get there is something that would have been beyond the club's owner's will at the time, for the spending power you need to fund for it.

"For us this season, it's just enjoying the position we're in and seeing at the end in January whether we reset our own goals and say 'can we finish in the top six, is it possible?'

"If we carry on the way we are, we're predicted a top-four finish. But whether we will or whether we won't is another matter."