West Ham United's Icelandic patron Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson has revealed they're receiving positive feedback over plans to move from Upton Park.

He told the Observer: "I am aware of the greatest moments in the club's history over the last 40 years. I know how it's said that West Ham won the World Cup for England in 1966 because of the goals from Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst, and the immense contribution from Bobby Moore. And I have also met Billy Bonds, who was captain when the club won the FA Cup.

"There is also a good response from the local council," he says of the proposed move to a new stadium at a site half a mile from Upton Park. "I believe we can become one of the top English clubs, and in Europe, again. We want Champions League football and believe we can win the Premier League in time. Why not? Of course we do not think it will happen tomorrow, it will take some years. But definitely we are heading there. And I think we now have all that's needed for that."