West Ham United co-chairman David Gold says they won't break the bank to keep Robert Green and Matthew Upson.

Gold insists their immediate priority was to strengthen in order to maintain their top-flight status, having brought in the likes of Mido, Benni McCarthy and Brazilian forward Ilan before the window closed.

West Ham's hierarchy will now sit down and look at contract proposals, however Gold insists West Ham will not be dishing out lucrative deals that they cannot afford.

"Our priority was to work hard until the transfer window closed," Gold told the Daily Star.

"We wanted to get a few players in. Now we've done that we have to ensure Premier League survival.

"We can now sit down and look at players' contracts. With regards to Upson and Green, it depends on our finances.

"We will do everything we can to retain our best players, but at the same time we can't spend money we don't have."