West Ham United have taken a massive step forward to becoming the eventual tenants of the Olympic Stadium after being declared as the preferred bidders.
The Hammers have been striving for this for some time now and have finally been chosen, although some contractual matters are still to be resolved.
Leyton Orient were hoping to move to the Olympic Stadium with West Ham but the Premier League club have been preferred.
Chairmen David Gold and David Sullivan have issued a joint statement which said: “We believe that this move will play a huge part in helping to realise our ambitious vision to move the club to the next level on behalf of our fantastic and deserving fans.
“Our absolute priority is to take them with us, as well as enticing those supporters that have previously eluded us due to barriers such as affordability and accessibility.”
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