Sam Allardyce is looking to Arsene Wenger as an example of how to juggle a move to a new stadium as West Ham is set to move to the Olympic Stadium in 2016.

"He's been manager, accountant and financial director, there is no doubt about that," Allardyce told reporters.

"The man set out a fantastic team before they decided to move and then built a couple of brilliant young teams based on the fact that the same amount of finance didn't appear to be available to him.

"Now he has almost got the Emirates [Stadium] paid off. That's his achievement and it is a massive factor considering it was a massive investment for them."

He added: "The one thing we have got to our advantage is that we don't have to pay £450 million for our new stadium, which is the best bit of business ever done in football by a set of owners."