Tuesday 26 January 2016 08:28, UK
West Ham are confident they have the final say on any possible ground share at the Olympic Stadium.
Speaking at a tribunal in London on Monday, Geraldine Murphy, the finance executive of stadium owners the London Legacy Development Corporation, said a groundshare could happen "if the teams co-operate and the Premier League co-operates".
But a West Ham spokesman says it would be impossible for another Premier League club to play at the Olympic Stadium without their approval.
The spokesman said: "As anchor tenant we have primacy of use during the football season and our contract gives us overriding priority to use the stadium, ensuring our fixtures and events are ring-fenced and will always take priority over all other events.
"It would therefore be impossible to accommodate the fixtures of another Premier League club without West Ham agreeing - a position which was fully supported at today's hearing."
West Ham's London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham are currently looking for temporary homes, with Chelsea likely to be away from Stamford Bridge for three seasons as they plan a £500m revamp of Stamford Bridge, although they do not yet know when they will be able to begin work in SW6.
Meanwhile Spurs will be away from White Hart Lane for the 2017/18 season while they build their new ground adjacent to the current stadium.
But with West Ham spending their first campaign in the Olympic Stadium next season, the club regard the possibility of a groundshare as a highly unlikely event.
