
Tottenham's puritanical Ange Postecoglou and West Ham’s pragmatic David Moyes, who lock horns in north London tomorrow night, could scarcely have more contrasting philosophies on the game, but they faced the same conundrum going into this season: how to recover from the loss of your club’s best player?
Spurs reluctantly allowed all-time leading scorer Harry Kane to join Bayern Munich in the summer, while West Ham sold captain Declan Rice to rivals Arsenal.