West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini is convinced by the potential of his squad.

Pellegrini has brought stability to the London Stadium during his first season with the club, guiding them to 10th in the table as they begin their final 10 games of the season by facing Newcastle on Saturday.

"We are not looking for next season in this moment because we need to finish this season," Pellegrini said on Friday. "After that we must evaluate what we have done during the whole year, start thinking about the new players.

"The next step is to try to bring in the most amount of young players that we can so we continue having a very good young development squad, and after that to try to reach the top six in the Premier League.

"It will not be easy. Also we need to continue improving our training ground, and having behind us the support of 60,000 fans."