West Ham co-chairman reckons England boss Roy Hodgson should give Andy Carroll a chance at Euro 2016
Hodgson is due to announce his provisional squad for the European Championships on Thursday but Hammers striker Carroll looks set to be left on the sidelines, with the England coach thought likely to stick with the strikers he used during qualification.
But an injury to Arsenal's Danny Welbeck at the weekend could now potentially throw those plans into disarray.
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Gold believes that a fit again Carroll, who has not figured for Hodgson since October 2012 but has scored five goals in his last eight West Ham games, could provide a great Plan B for England in France.
"Of course Andy should go to France," he said. "They don't have an Andy Carroll type of player in the squad. They don't have an alternative, the centre forwards they've got are all very similar.
"They are all good players, but if as a manager you wanted to change tactics because maybe you needed an aeriel threat, who do you bring on? Another guy who is five foot two? I don't think so."