The race to fill the vacant managerial position at West Ham is heating up with former Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola now being tipped by many to be in pole position to take over at Upton Park. However, the little Italian is not the only one of his countrymen linked to the role as Technical Director Gianluca Nani is also linked to bringing in former Italy Coach Roberto Donadoni as well as former Inter Milan Coach Roberto Donadoni and ex Hammers star Paolo Di Canio.

Former Getafe Coach and Danish footballing legend Michael Laudrup is also on the West Ham hitlist as is the Croatian mastermind behind England’s Euro 2008 qualifying downfall, Slaven Bilic. Whether the club can attract their former player to leave his exciting national team during a World Cup qualifying campaign is debatable though his stock is particularly high at the moment.

We want to know who West Ham’s fans would want to appoint to take the club forward. Would you like to bring in a foreign coach or prefer the idea of a former player steeped in the club’s proud traditions? Would you accept a man voted Chelsea’s best player of all time as manager at Upton Park? Let’s hear your views.