Angelo Ogbonna can do more than just see the change happening at West Ham. He can feel it. To use his own words, he can smell it.
For too long, there has been a different kind of stench coming out of this proud East End club. Turgid football, financial turmoil, an angry divide between owners and fans. A toxic cloud that engulfed all around it. One that threatened to choke the last gasps of life and hope.
All of it nearly ended with West Ham’s relegation from the Premier League last season. No one should have been surprised if they had.