Perhaps Tottenham should have moved to the London Stadium after all. They have won twice there now this season – the same number as the unhappy tenants, West Ham.

Even while Spurs battle their own stadium troubles, they have inflicted two painful reminders of the Hammers' endless failure to settle in at their awkward new home in Stratford.

There were more pitch invaders during the 3-1 Carabao Cup defeat on Wednesday. Another flurry of fighting in the stands. On and on it goes.

And who is up next at the former Olympic arena on Saturday? It's Burnley, whose visit last March prompted a mass demo beneath the director’s box and the extraordinary sight of West Ham captain Mark Noble wrestling with an angry supporter in the centre circle.

It could have been Tottenham playing on the site. They had the right idea, although it was rebuffed – knock the place down and build a proper football ground.

Instead, a glittering new home has arisen along Tottenham High Road. When it eventually opens after the current increasingly controversial delays, it will be a magnificent venue.

But one thing unites Spurs and West Ham at present.

Both are proving starkly that building a new football ground - or moving to a new home – is a far more monumental and difficult task than it appears to those who see a sport so awash with money that it can solve every problem instantly.

Of course, everyone understands that these new-builds are Titanic under-takings.

But just now, Arsenal fans might survey the chaos at their rival clubs and reflect how comparatively trouble-free their team’s move from Highbury to the Emirates was in 2006.

Tottenham’s enduring problems hit a watershed moment this week after the 1-0 defeat at Wembley by Manchester City on Monday on a sandpit pitch covered in gaudy NFL markings. The fans have had enough now of Wembley, with its expensive prices, its travel difficulties and its cavernous, unhomely feel.

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By contrast, Arsene Wenger – whose input and influence on the project was vast - and Arsenal made the move across to Ashburton Grove look like a smooth, textbook job.

It wasn’t and the building work was postponed and delayed. But at least it opened when they said it would. At least the team didn’t have to decamp to Wembley and Milton Keynes like Spurs have done.

Now Tottenham’s troubles have underlined once again how fundamental Wenger’s role has been in shaping the very being of Arsenal as a 21st century institution.

His reputation took a bettering in his final years in north London.

Many fans also feel that Arsenal, under the full control now of Stan Kroenke and with their ticket prices currently the highest around, no longer represent their former style and spirit.

Yet as the years roll by, the significance of what Wenger helped build at the Emirates will surely grow and grow. Eventually, it will far outweigh the sense that he became Yesterday’s Man in his final seasons.

The banks wouldn’t even finance it unless he promised to ignore all his potential suitors elsewhere and stay for the duration.

He did so knowing full well that he would be tied by financial constraints on the pitch.

Even at this short juncture from his departure, his achievement in shepherding the club through such enormous change – delivering three FA Cups in his final decade, too - is already gathering new significance.

After borrowing an extra £237 million to fund the project, Tottenham now hope to christen their new home against Manchester United on January 13.

It can’t come soon enough. Things are beginning to turn sour around the club while the wait goes on.

The attendance against City was 56,864 – healthy for a chilly Monday but well below this season’s average for Wembley games of 64, 149.

Perhaps too many promises were made by the club too soon – which would explain why Monday night raised the sense of turmoil, exasperation and impatience.

Certainly, a lot of fine sales talk was spouted by West Ham when they switched from Upton Park.

The sense of grievance and disappointment which hit the supporters once they experienced their unlovely and tainted new HQ has haunted the club ever since.

At least Spurs fans will have the finest new ground in the country to enjoy once they get there.

If they put three FA Cups in their newly-constructed trophy cabinet during the next decade or so, they will have matched what Wenger achieved for Arsenal at the Emirates.