One man’s post-season is another man's pre-, and as Tottenham and Newcastle's players attempt to muddle through the fog that lies between, at West Ham there is now rare clarity of focus on the campaign ahead.
For all the public pursuit of Julen Lopetegui in the final weeks of David Moyes's reign played badly from a PR sense, the eventually-decisive move to appoint the former Spain and Real Madrid boss as successor means West Ham start their summer without the managerial wonderings that look poised to affect at least a quarter of their Premier League rivals.
