West Ham are no different with most players away with their families on holiday apart from those on international duty who will be given extra time off.
Many of the West Ham directors are also on their holidays not that it means too much to David Sullivan who continues to work around the clock on his mobile no matter where in the world he is.
There is often a domino effect in transfer window where one transfer outbound is dependent on another inbound and much of tour success may depend whether Chelsea and Man City land their top striker targets.
The hard truth is everybody in the Premier League wants a striker and competition will be fierce this summer with prices inflated with the wash of cash from the new £5.5 billion TV deal burning a hole in clubs pockets.