The Blues currently sit eighth in the table with seven points from the opening four games, courtesy of wins over Bournemouth and a 6-2 demolition of Wolves. But they dropped points at home to Crystal Palace and were beaten 2-0 by the champions Manchester City in the opening game.

However, the Hammers offloaded Irish international Josh Cullen prematurely back in October 2020, selling him to Belgian side Anderlecht - allowing him to gain valuable game time away from the London Stadium.

The fans have asked for it and it will take time to transition the team from the defence mindset to become this expansive, front-footed, open team. The club made that decision to push Moyes out and bring Lopetegui in and now they have to stick with that.