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Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have won the latest round in the battle to take possession of the Olympic Stadium after 2012.

The club has won permission to mount a legal challenge to the decision by the Olympic Park Legacy Company to award the stadium to West Ham.

West Ham and Newham have been selected as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium once the Games are over.

Baroness Ford, chairwoman of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, made the announcement this morning, although the result had been widely touted.

West Ham have the first part of a tricky derby double-header when Premier League leaders Tottenham visit Upton Park on Sunday.

The Irons will have to be at their defensive best to deal with Spurs' free-scoring attack, which put five past Hull in midweek.

He is one of Tottenham’s favourite home-grown sons but Steve Perryman fears English football’s reliance on overseas players is damaging the chances of youngsters trying to make their way in the game. And he is worried Premier League clubs are not making the effort to develop enough of their own talent.