West Ham chairman David Gold has said that the Europa League is a great opportunity for the Hammers and promised the board will strengthen the squad and will play to win!
Speaking on his official twitter account, Gold said of the Europa League qualification Congratulations Man Utd. I’m sorry for all my friends at Crystal Palace but West Ham are in the Europa League a great end to our season. dg”
Gold told his 141,000 followers “This is a great opportunity. We will have a bigger and stronger squad. We will play to win. dg”
West Ham will find out for their third qualifying opponents in the draw on the 15th July with the first leg scheduled on 28th July followed by a second leg on 4th August. Should they succeed in the third round they have two more games in the play off stages before they reach the group stage to join Southampton and Manchester United. The Hammers would face another 14 matches on Thursdays to reach the Europa League final at the Friends Arena in Sweden on 24th May 2017.