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Manchester United

Manager: David Moyes (SCO)

Position in 2012-13: 1st

Transfers in: Guillermo Varela (Penarol) £2.4 million Transfers out: Paul Scholes (retired)

- David Moyes faces Mission Impossible in succeeding legendary manager Alex Ferguson, but although he is yet to strengthen his squad, United finished comfortably clear of the pack last season and, as long as Robin van Persie stays fit, they should challenge for all the top prizes.
 

Manchester City

Manager: Manuel Pellegrini (CHI)

Position in 2012-13: 2nd

Transfers in: Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk) £30m, Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina) £22m, Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla) £20.6m, Jesus Navas (Sevilla) £15m Transfers out: Carlos Tevez (Juventus) £12m, Maicon (Roma) undisclosed, Kolo Toure (Liverpool) free, Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga) free, Wayne Bridge (Reading) free

- After surrendering the title to Manchester United in tame fashion and then losing the FA Cup final, City's Abu Dhabi-based owners quickly dispensed with boss Roberto Mancini and welcomed new coach Manuel Pellegrini with a £90 million spending spree which has seen them installed as many people's title favourites.
 

Chelsea

Manager: Jose Mourinho (POR)

Position in 2012-13: 3rd

Transfers in: Andre Schurrle (Bayer Leverkusen) £18m, Marco van Ginkel (Vitesse Arnhem) £8m, Mark Schwarzer (Fulham) free Transfers out: Jeffrey Bruma (PSV Eindhoven) £2.5m, Florent Malouda (Trabzonspor) free, Ross Turnbull (Doncaster) free, Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid) loan, Oriol Romeu (Valencia) loan, Marko Marin (Sevilla) loan, Gael Kakuta (Vitesse Arnhem) loan

- The Special One is back at Stamford Bridge and Jose Mourinho's return after a six-year absence has Chelsea fans dreaming of another deluge of silverware, even though the usually outspoken Portuguese coach has been keen to avoid any grand predictions so far.
 

Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger (FRA)

Position in 2012-13: 4th

Transfers in: Yaya Sanogo (Auxerre) free Transfers out: Gervinho (Roma) £8m, Vito Mannone (Sunderland), £1.5m, Andre Santos (Flamengo) undisclosed, Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg) free, Denilson (Sao Paulo) free, Joel Campbell (Olympiakos) loan, Johan Djourou (Hamburg) loan, Ignasi Miquel (Leicester) loan

- For the first time in four years, Arsene Wenger has avoided becoming embroiled in a vain attempt to stop one of his stars leaving, and yet the transfer market remains a major source of frustration for the Gunners boss, who has failed to make a single major signing despite vowing to spend big to end the club's trophy drought.
 

Tottenham

Manager: Andre Villas-Boas (POR)

Position in 2012-13: 5th

Transfers in: Roberto Soldado (Valencia) £26m, Paulinho (Corinthians) £17m, Nacer Chadli (FC Twente) £7m, Ezekiel Fryers (Standard Liege) undisclosed Transfers out: Steven Caulker (Cardiff) £8m,

- Gareth Bale's future remains uncertain heading into the new campaign as Real Madrid consider spending a world record fee of over £80 million, but Spurs have already prepared for life without the Wales winger after splashing out £50 million on new signings.
 

Everton

Manager: Roberto Martinez (ESP)

Position in 2012-13: 6th

Transfers in: Arouna Kone (Wigan) £6m, Joel Robles (Atletico Madrid) £2m, Antolin Alcaraz (Wigan) free, Gerard Deulofeu (Barcelona) loan Transfers out: Phil Neville (retired)

- Former Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has big shoes to fill at Goodison Park as he aims to build on David Moyes' fine work, while also trying to stop the former Toffees boss, now in charge at Manchester United, from returning to pilage his squad for the likes of Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini.
 

Liverpool

Manager: Brendan Rodgers (NIR)

Position in 2012-13: 7th

Transfers in: Simon Mignolet (Sunderland) £9m, Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) £7.2m, Luis Alberto (Sevilla) £6.8m, Kolo Toure (Manchester City) free Transfers out: Andy Carroll (West Ham) £15m, Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea) £5m, Jay Spearing (Bolton) undisclosed

- Anfield is under a dark cloud heading into the new season after Luis Suarez's unsuccessful attempts to engineer a move to Arsenal left Brendan Rodgers with an almighty mess to clear up, with the Reds boss drawn into a war of words with his Uruguay striker that resulted in him being exiled to train with the reserves.
 

West Brom

Manager: Steve Clarke (SCO)

Position in 2012-13: 8th

Transfers in: Nicolas Anelka (Shanghai Shenhua) free, Diego Lugano (Paris St Germain) free Transfers out: Marc-Antoine Fortune (Wigan) free, Jerome Thomas (Crystal Palace) free

- One of the surprise success stories of last season, Albion will do well to repeat their top 10 finish, but Steve Clarke's canny acquisition of veteran French striker Nicolas Anelka should ensure the Baggies remain competitive.
 

Swansea

Manager: Michael Laudrup (DEN)

Position in 2012-13: 9th

Transfers in: Wilfried Bony (Vitesse Arnhem) £12m, Jonjo Shelvey (Liverpool) £5m, Jordi Amat (Espanyol) £2.5m, Alejandro Pozuelo (Real Betis) undisclosed, Gregor Zabret (Domzale) undisclosed, Roland Lamah (Osasuna) loan, Jonathan de Guzman (Villarreal) loan Transfers out: Kemy Agustien (Brighton) free, Alan Tate (Yeovil) loan,

- Not much can top the greatest season in Swansea's history, which saw the south Wales outfit thrash Bradford in the League Cup final to win their first ever piece of major silverware, but a strong run in the Europa League would do nicely as an encore.
 

West Ham

Manager: Sam Allardyce (ENG)

Position in 2012-13: 10th

Transfers in: Andy Carroll (Liverpool) £15m, Daniel Whitehead (Stockport) undisclosed, Adrian (Real Betis) free Transfers out: Gary O'Neil (QPR) free

- After a year of consolidation, the Hammers would love to challenge for a place in Europe but even the  signing of England striker Andy Carroll after his successful loan last season is unlikely to vault Sam Allardyce's men into that lofty category.
 

Norwich

Manager: Chris Hughton (IRL)

Position in 2012-13: 11th

Transfers in: Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Sporting Lisbon) £8m, Gary Hooper (Celtic) £5m, Nathan Redmond (Birmingham) £3.2m, Martin Olsson (Blackburn) £2.5m, Leroy Fer (FC Twente) undisclosed, Javier Garrido (Lazio) undisclosed, Carlo Nash (Stoke) free Transfers out: Grant Holt (Wigan) £2m, James Vaughan (Huddersfield) £1m, Leon Barnett (Wigan) undisclosed, Simeon Jackson (Braunschweig) undisclosed, Andrew Surman (Bournemouth) loan

- Chris Hughton has gambled on a new strike-force after paying a combined £13 million for Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Gary Hooper and the Canaries boss needs both to hit the ground running to justify a substantial investment for a club of Norwich's size.
 

Fulham

Manager: Martin Jol (NED)

Position in 2012-13: 12th

Transfers in: Maarten Stekelenburg (Roma) £4.7m, Sascha Riether (Cologne) £1.2m, Derek Boateng (Dnipro) free, Fernando Amorebieta (Athletic Bilbao) free, Adel Taarabt (QPR) loan Transfers out: Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea) free

- The end of the Mohamed Al Fayed era signalled the start of an intriguing period at Craven Cottage as Pakistan-born tycoon Shahid Khan, who also owns NFL club Jacksonville Jaguars, looks to build on the previous regime's impressive achievements.
 

Stoke

Manager: Mark Hughes (WAL)

Position in 2012-13: 13th

Transfers in: Erik Pieters (PSV Eindhoven) £3m, Marc Muniesa (Barcelona B) free, Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution) free Transfers out: Matthew Upson (Brighton) free, Rory Delap (Burton Albion) free, Carlo Nash (Norwich) free, Dean Whitehead (Middlesbrough) free,

- With the long-serving and hugely successful Tony Pulis departed, the pressure is on Mark Hughes to improve Stoke's rudimentary style and in the process show his disappointing spell at QPR last season was just an aberration rather than a sign of a career in decine.
 

Southampton

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino (ARG)

Position in 2012-13: 14th

Transfers in: Victor Wanyama (Celtic) £12.5m, Dejan Lovren (Lyon) £8.5m, Transfers out: Vegard Forren (Molde) undisclosed, Frazer Richardson (Middlesbrough) free, Richard Chaplow (Millwall) free, Steve De Ridder (FC Utrecht) free

- Mauricio Pochettino arrived at St Mary's as public enemy number one after the sacking of the popular Nigel Adkins, who had masterminded back-to-back promotions. But the Argentine quietly wo over popular opinion and his expensive swoop for Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama hints at further progress this term.
 

Aston Villa

Manager: Paul Lambert (SCO)

Position in 2012-13: 15th

Transfers in: Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland) £4m, Leandro Bacuna (FC Groningen) £3m, Aleksandar Tonev (Lech Poznan) £2.5m, Antonio Luna (Sevilla) £2m, Nicklas Helenius (Aalborg) £1.2m Transfers out: Jean Makoun (Rennes) undisclosed, Richard Dunne (QPR) free, Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) free, Andy Marshall (Millwall) free, Brett Holman (Al Nassr) free

- A turbulent start to Paul Lambert's reign left Villa fighting to avoid relegation. The Scot finally steadied the ship as his young players began to respond to his demands. yet a succession of low-key signings make Villa likely candidates for another stressful campaign.
 

Newcastle

Manager: Alan Pardew (ENG)

Position in 2012-13: 16th

Transfers in: Olivier Kemen (Metz) undisclosed, Loic Remy (QPR) loan Transfers out: James Perch (Wigan) £750,000, Steve Harper (Hull) free, Danny Simpson (QPR) free

- Not for the first time in Mike Ashley's controversial reign, the Newcastle owner has made a decision that risks wreaking havoc after appointing Joe Kinnear to take charge of transfers despite boss Alan Pardew's desire to remain in control. How that soap opera plays out will determine the course of the Magpies' season.
 

Sunderland

Manager: Paolo Di Canio (ITA)

Position in 2012-13: 17th

Transfers in: Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar) £6.5m, Emanuele Giaccherini (Juventus) £6.5m, David Moberg-Karlsson (IFK Gothenburg) £1.5m, Vito Mannone (Arsenal) £1.5m, El Hadji Ba (Le Havre) £380,000, Modibo Diakite (Lazio) free, Adilson Cabral (Basle) free, Valentin Roberge (Maritimo) free, Ondrej Celustka (Trabzonspor) loan Transfers out: Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) £9m, Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull) £2m, James McClean (Wigan) undisclosed, Matt Kilgallon (Blackburn) free, Danny Graham (Hull) loan, Alfred N'Diaye (Eskisehirspor) loan

- Paolo Di Canio has embarked on a major overhaul of his squad after narrowly avoiding relegation, but the loss of goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is a big blow to a team lacking quality in too many areas for the Italian to be truly confident of beating the drop again.

Cardiff

Manager: Malky Mackay (SCO)

Position in 2012-13: Promoted as Championship winners Transfers in: Gary Medal (Sevilla) £11m, Steven Caulker (Tottenham) £8m, Andreas Cornelius (FC Copenhagen) £7.5m, John Brayford (Derby) £1.5m, Simon Moore (Brentford) undisclosed Transfers out:

- Backed by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan, Cardiff boss Malky Mackay has made a series of big-money signings, including Chilean midfield enforcer Gary Medal, in a bid to establish the Welsh club in their first season in the top-flight for 51 years.
 

Hull

Manager: Steve Bruce (ENG)

Position in 2012-13: Promoted as Championship runners-up Transfers in: Curtis Davies (Birmingham) £2.5m, Ahmed Elmohamady (Sunderland) £2m, Allan McGregor (Besiktas) £1m, Yannick Sagbo (Evian) undisclosed, Maynor Figueroa (Wigan) free, Steve Harper (Newcastle) free, George Boyd (Peterborough) free, Danny Graham (Sunderland) loan Transfers out: Corry Evans (Blackburn) £700,000, Jack Hobbs (Nottingham Forest) loan, Tom Cairney (Blackburn) loan

- Promoted in dramatic circumstances on the final day of the season, Hull will hope their return to the Premier League lasts longer than their last appearance, which ended in relegation after just two seasons, but a controversial rebranding as 'Hull City Tigers' was an inauspicious way to start the campaign.
 

Crystal Palace

Manager: Ian Holloway (ENG)

Position in 2012-13: 5th in Championship, promoted via play-offs Transfers in: Dwight Gayle (Peterborough) £6m, Jose Gomez Campana (Sevilla) £1.7m, Stephen Dobbie (Brighton) undisclosed, Jerome Thomas (West Brom) free, Kevin Phillips (Blackpool) free, Elliott Grandin (Blackpool) free Transfers out: Alex Marrow (Blackburn) £1m, Andre Moritz (Bolton) undisclosed, Jermaine Easter (Millwall) free

- Eagles boss Ian Holloway deserves huge credit for lifting his unheralded south London side back into top-flight after a eight-year absence, but England winger Wilfried Zaha, the star of the play-off promotion run, has since joined Manchester United, and it looks like a long, hard battle for survival is in store.

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