West Ham United boss Gianfranco Zola is determined to bring through more local talent.

Zola is looking to follow Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's example, and has made a good start in handing first-team opportunities to the likes of Jack Collison, James Tomkins, Junior Stanislas and Freddie Sears this season.

He told whufc.com: "I said straight away that Arsenal was one of the models that this club was looking up to. That's what we want to do. I think it's working ok for the moment and we're looking forward to improving. Certainly Arsenal is a team that I admire very much so obviously to try to do what they do is something we would like to do."