New West Ham supremo sets sights on Champions League

EGGERT MAGNUSSON’S ultimate ambition for West Ham is for the club to be competing regularly in the Champions League.

But the Hammers’ Icelandic chairman-in-waiting vowed to build that success from the bottom up, by enhancing the Hammers’ reputation for producing the best young players in England.

Magnusson is set to take over as chairman after West Ham accepted his offer for the east London club – £85million plus an agreement to take on their £22.5million debt.