So it all comes down to the final day of the season. Tomorrow, Tottenham Hotspur can avoid relegation with a draw against Everton, preventing them from becoming arguably the biggest team ever to drop out of the top flight.
Spurs’ plight has gripped football fans this season. But it has also overshadowed the troubles over at West Ham, who will be relegated if they fail to beat Leeds. West Ham are — by several measures — a big club. The east Londoners rank 20th in the Deloitte Money League, just four spots behind Italian giants Juventus. The club has spent more on transfers in the past five years (€815mn) than Aston Villa, Bayern Munich or Atlético Madrid, while the team’s home ground, the London Stadium, is the second largest in English club football.