They still remember the debate at West Ham and Declan Rice still recalls the day his future was resolved. The payback this summer for taking the right decision in 2015 could be £100million.
More importantly, there may also be another West Ham skipper to add to the photos of Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds lifting trophies.
The latter part of that equation depends on West Ham overcoming Fiorentina in Prague in the Europa Conference League final.
Whatever happens, it will be Rice’s last game for the club that rescued him from Chelsea rejection at the age of 14 before he likely moves on to Arsenal, though Bayern Munich and Manchester United have also shown interest.