West Ham's plans have already met opposition from outside the world of football, with Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone and UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner among those speaking out against the move.
Ex-Newcastle striker Jon Dahl Tomasson has been in great form and Chelsea goalkeeper Ed De Goey's former understudy, Jerzy Dudek has been named as the most in-form keeper in the world on a Fifa list.