West Ham arrive in Miami

David Moyes and his first team squad landed quietly in Florida on Sunday to spend five days at a warm-weather training camp.  Writing in his London Evening Standard Sport column on Friday, Moyes said: “We’ve just come through a real hard winter period and although I haven’t been here since the start of the season, I know the players have been at it from July 1.

“We’re going for five days and it will be good to get a little sun on our backs, work as a squad and then come back for what will be a really condensed period of eight matches before the end of the season.”

The club is keen to make the trip to South Florida a rather low key affair considering Saturday’s troubles and insist it is not a holiday or a reward for players. Last year Slaven Bilic took the players to Dubai where it rained continuously and while Miami will reach a high temperature of 83F today severe thunderstorms and torrential rain is forecasted.