MARK NOBLE wants to bring the curtain down on his West Ham career with European glory, he said today.

The Hammers’ match against Dinamo Zagreb last night marked the beginning of West Ham’s first ever Europa League group stage campaign, in the captain’s 18th and final season at the club.

With his Premier League game time restricted these days by the form of Declan Rice and Tomas Soucek, 34-year-old Noble is desperate to grab his chance to play European football.

The long-serving midfielder said: “My main aim this season is to make sure we have a good Premier League season, hopefully progress through the Europa League group stages and end my playing career at West Ham on a high note.

“Getting into this competition last year was fantastic and once you enter a competition the aim is to win it – and I don’t see why we can’t do that.”

Noble has seen it all during his time in east London – relegations, play-off wins, cup final defeats, takeovers, stadium moves and managerial upheaval.

But he feels under David Moyes, the club can at last start laying the foundations to set their sights even higher than the Europa League.

“I’ve seen some ups and downs,” he smiled. “But we’ve actually had a really solid two years.

“If you look at the manager’s Everton side it was strong and could compete in every game and that’s how we are now.

“I think if we can do what we’ve done over the last two years and build on it – this year the Europa League is fantastic – but why can’t we set our sights further and keep pushing on?

“We’ve got a much better foundation now and hopefully we’ll keep progressing.”