ORIENT chairman Barry Hearn will not be prepared to move the club to the London Olympic Stadium after 2012 games if it wasn't right for the O's.

The east Londoners have emerged as possible front runners for the Stadium after the London Olympic Board turned down West Ham's request to use it after the Games last week But Hearn is quick to point out that Orient are only in early discussions with the Board as they look to discover whether it would be financially possible and feasible to move to a new home with a capacity of 25,000.

He said: "The discussions are very much in the early stages, because there is an awful lot to consider.

"At this point in time we are very happy at Brisbane Road where the facilities are currently being improved further.

"We now have planning permission in place to start work on the new north stand and we are looking for the project to get underway in the next fortnight and hopefully completed by the end of the season.

"That will give us a ground with 75 per cent new facilities and almost a 10,000 capacity, which at present is big enough to cope with the 4,500 average gates we are getting.

"At times I've been accused of lacking ambition with people saying our ground isn't big enough, but then the same individuals are then asking who does Barry Hearn think he is considering moving us to the Olympic Stadium.

"The reason though I'm looking into this project is because we owe it to ourselves to see if a move could benefit us. I'm as keen as anyone to see us make it to the next level and maybe this could be the new start we need that will attract people to take us there.

"But it is long way from being a done deal, because we need to know all about the financial implications and an awful lot more. So all I would say is that yes we are interested and honoured to be considered for the Olympic Stadium, but we need to know if it is the right deal for Orient first.

"At the moment though my main battle is trying to help keep this club in League One and getting a new north stand built."

Hearn did however hit out at suggestions claiming that he stands to get rich out of the additional flats that are being built at Brisbane Road as part of the project.

He said: "If I wanted to get rich I certainly wouldn't do it by owning a football club.

"How do people think we have funded two new stands on our own, while operating on a loss of £800,000 a year.

"I know people don't like to hear this but we are the third worst supported club in League One, so I think to find ourselves in the position where we are going to have a ground with three new stands and not put ourselves in finacial danger in the process is a miracle."