​West Ham co-chairman looks to top six finish

West Ham co-chairman David Gold is confident the club can claim a top-six finish then use their new stadium to build on that success next season.

The Hammers are due to move into the Olympic Stadium for the start of the 2016/17 season and the final phases of the construction work are already underway.

"We dream of the impossible where we pursue the impossible," said Gold.

"I would still say to you that our ambition is to finish in the top half of the division. Can we finish higher, in the top six? Yes we can."

The club revealed they have sold more season tickets for their first season in the Olympic Stadium than any other previous campaign with 30,000 seats already taken up out of the 54,000 capacity.

"Everyone was very dubious as to whether we could fill the stadium," he said. "We were confident with all the work we did and all the enquiries we made. The reality is that we are going to be coming very close to filling this stadium with season ticket holders.

"Let alone the thousands who would want to come because they would want to see this iconic stadium."