Slaven Bilic says West Ham are better off and ‘a proper team’ now, having dumped Dimitri Payet.
The £25million Frenchman finally moved on to Marseille this week after falling out with his manager and his team-mates earlier this month.
But having watched his men step through the Payet-shaped cloud over West Ham, Bilic says the loss of his best player has been transformative — in a positive way.
Manchester City visit the London Stadium tonight and will find a different outfit to the one they demolished 5-0 at the same venue in the FA Cup just 26 days ago.