West Ham's current stadium is the 35,300-seat Boleyn Ground. Although London Olympic organizers have previously said the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium would be turned into a 25,000-seat track facility, it would accommodate more if turned into a soccer stadium.

West Ham's home since 1904 is in the Upton Park district of east London, about four kilometres from the site of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

``There is a very serious negotiation going on between West Ham and the Olympic authorities about the stadium,'' Britain's sports minister Richard Caborn said Friday. ``Talks are going on about whether they could do a similar thing to Manchester City when they took over the Commonwealth Games stadium in 2002.''

Manchester City spent 20 million pounds (C$42.3 million) converting the Manchester's Commonwealth Games stadium and removing the running track. It has a 250-year lease on the ground.

Tottenham dropped its interest in moving from north London to the Olympic stadium last week. Sporting director Damien Comolli cited the ``poor atmosphere'' at grounds with running tracks.