LONDON -- It was roughly 90 minutes before kickoff when the Fulham team bus alighted on Stevenage Road and Premier League footballers ambled into Craven Cottage for the first top-flight fixture in these parts for over four years.

Home fans were there in number to greet them, white replica shirts on their backs, broad new-season grins on their faces, the warm August sunshine gently beating down on their heads. The names and numbers melded pride in last's season swashbuckling promotion charge -- MITROVIC...

The Premier League is back! A new season brings fresh optimism and hope for the campaign ahead -- but how are the clubs shaping up?

ESPN FC's club correspondents, bloggers and staff run the rule over all 20 teams and predict their final position in 2018-19. 

Using last season's table, with the three promoted teams at the bottom, here's a look at each club's season ahead.

MAN CITY

Biggest signing and biggest loss: It's hard to think that there was too much missing from Manchester City's...

The transfer window is open, and Transfer Talk has the latest rumours making the rounds. Follow along with our daily blog throughout the summer.

Palace offer Zaha huge deal amid Spurs interest

Crystal Palace will offer attacker Wilfried Zaha a lucrative new deal to fend off interest from Tottenham, the Mirror reports.

Spurs have long been keen on Zaha, but Palace will shell out more than £120,000 a week to persuade him to stay in South London -- "believed to be more than their London rivals...

The summer window opens soon and Transfer Talk has the latest rumours.

Pochettino wants huge Spurs shake-up

This could be a big summer at Tottenham -- the Telegraph reports that Mauricio Pochettino "will ask chairman Daniel Levy and owner Joe Lewis to sanction a £150 million overhaul of his squad."

A 5-4 win over Leicester saw Spurs finish third in the Premier League, but Pochettino wants them to take the next step.

The Telegraph says he is asking for funds "to bring in the players he wants...

LONDON -- Was this the weekend on which the Premier League relegation question was answered? There's been little tension at the top of the table for some time, so the mad scrap to avoid the drop has been where any intrigue has been located.

Not any more, perhaps. With 20 minutes to go in Southampton's game against Chelsea and Mark Hughes's side leading 2-0, the drama looked set to continue. But then Olivier Giroud made his mark and, suddenly, Saints' bubble of hope was burst. They could only cast...

LONDON -- Three thoughts on Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

1. Salah the man again, Mane controversy 

Liverpool pulled it out of the fire on a controversial lunchtime at Selhurst Park, and in the process made a giant step toward guaranteeing their place in the top four.

Mohamed Salah's 37th goal of a campaign that defies description gave them a 2-1 win six minutes from time, but Crystal Palace will wonder how on earth Sadio Mane, who...