West Ham: Lucas Paqueta battle will take centre stage in new era

Moyes, it was announced, would be leaving the club at the end of his contract this summer — by “mutual consent”, as is the language of these things — and at last the uncertainty that must surely have contributed to the Hammers’ late-season downturn had been put to rest. And so attention will shift to the second unknown set to define the West Ham summer, one that, unlike a managerial situation in need of urgent resolution, has potential to rumble on.