Slaven Bilic is hoping to bring in trusty right hand man Nicola Jurcevic as his West Ham assistant when he officially arrives to take charge.

The 46-year-old was announced as Sam Allardyce's successor on Tuesday and is ready to fly into London after spending the week in Croatia.

Bilic, talking to the Sun, revealed that Edin Terzic and Miljenko Rak will also join him at Upton Park, labelling the latter a 'legend'.

New West Ham manager Slaven Bilic should pass next week's work permit hearing without problem

Bilic hopes that Miljenko Rak (centre) and Nikola Jurcevic (right) is to join his revolution in east London

Jurcevic was his No 2 as coach of Croatia, Lokomotiv Moscow and then Besiktas, where they were sacked at the end of last season.

'My first team coach,' Bilic said. 'We had six years with the national team, then in Russia and Besiktas. Hopefully he will join me at West Ham.'

That hinges on a work permit hearing expected to take place next week, although the Hammers are confident Jurcevic will pass.

Rak and Terzic both appear to be more clear cut.

'[Terzic is] my second assistant. A great coach,' Bilic added. 'Really good with players. He worked for Dortmund and has great experience.'

Rak comes in as fitness coach and has clinched Olympic medals for Croatia in handball and has excelled coaching in other sports.