New West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has said that he is confident of guiding the club to European qualification in the near future.
The Croatian was announced as the club's new coach earlier today and he has already set his sights on a top-10 finish and silverware in his first season.
"I've been in football a long time and wherever you go the ambition is sky high. But with West Ham, I found the ambitions to be realistic and the ambition is right," he told the club's official website.
"The ambition is to try to be top 10, definitely and then improve on that. First season, if we can finish eighth, ninth or 10th. Then, in the space of a few seasons, with the Stadium and everything, with hype, with probably a little bit more budget, with good planning and good play, nobody can stop us dreaming of European places or if we have a brilliant season to try to break into the Champions League places.
"To win a trophy, to win a cup. You have to believe in that to achieve it. If you don't believe in that then you're definitely not going to do that. It doesn't have to be an obsession in a negative way. If you don't believe it, who will believe it?"
Bilic spent two seasons at West Ham during his playing career, making 54 appearances for the club.
Alex Meyers
