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England expects is the sort of burden players have suffered from in the past when it comes to playing the actual tournaments rather than the qualifying, but this England team is exactly that, a team. Instead of a disparate set of players in cliques from their clubs, there is a genuine feeling of team spirit, and at the centre, literally, was Declan Rice.

It's amazing what qualifying for a proper European competition does for a club's profile, ironically Pellegrini's disastrous reign will eventually be a positive thanks to the hard graft of David Moyes and his staff. Lots of people around Europe and elsewhere got to hear the name of West Ham due to the Chilean's high profile, so when West Ham are seen on the lists of teams participating in Europe, people who don't have a 'keen' interest in football still assume Pellegrini is in charge!

The will he or won't he doubts as to whether David Moyes would sign a new contract at West Ham have been put to bed somewhat, with the club due to 'officially' announce the managers signature of a new three year deal om Monday. Behind the scenes things weren't quite as straight forward as they had originally seemed, with Everton's sudden need for a new manager being a particular fly in the ointment, however, it appears that David Moyes utilised the 'Everton jeopardy' to ensure certain promises would be put down in writing.