1. Chelsea

Manager: Gianluca Vialli.

Last season: 5th.

The lack of goals and inability to cope with the midweek demands of their Champions League effort scuppered the London club's hope of a first title in almost 50 years last year, but neither should be a problem this time around. Having spent £25 million on players with a strong scoring record, they failed to qualify for the main European competition. But they held on to most of their best players, so this could finally be the year.

Squad: 1 Ed de Goey, 3 Celestine Babayaro, 4 Jess Hogh, 5 Frank Leboeuf, 6 Marcel Desailly, 8 Gustavo Poyet, 9 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Atletico Madrid, £15 million), 11 Dennis Wise, 12 Mario Stanic (Parma, £4.6 million), 13 Kevin Hitchcock, 14 Graeme Le Saux, 15 Mario Melchiot, 16 Roberto di Matteo, 17 Albert Ferrer, 18 Gabriele Ambrosetti, 19 Tore Andre Flo, 20 Jody Morris, 21 Bernard Lambourde, 22 Eidur Gudjohnsen (Bolton, £4 million), 23 Carlo Cudicini (Castel De Sangro, undisclosed), 24 Samuele Dalla Bona, 25 Gianfranco Zola, 26 John Terry, 27 Rati Aleksidze, 30 Emerson Thome, 33 Luca Percassi, 34 Jon Harley. Tbc: Sebatian Kniessel (Eintracht Frankfurt, free).

2. Man United

Manager: Alex Ferguson.

Last season: 1st.

Having lost ground in Europe last year that may be the priority for Ferguson during the coming campaign, although the club's surprisingly low-key approach to the transfer market won't help them to make up ground on the big Spanish and Italian outfits. Still, they're a proven bunch of players and Barthez, while far from flawless, is the best goalkeeper they've had since Peter Schmeichel.

Squad: 1 Fabien Barthez (Monaco, £7.8 million), 2 Gary Neville, 3 Denis Irwin, 4 David May, 5 Ronny Johnsen, 6 Jaap Stam, 7 David Beckham, 8 Nicky Butt, 9 Andy Cole, 10 Teddy Sheringham, 11 Ryan Giggs, 12 Phil Neville, 13 Mark Bosnich, 15 Jesper Blomqvist, 16 Roy Keane, 17 Raimond van der Gouw, 18 Paul Scholes, 19 Dwight Yorke, 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, 21 Henning Berg, 22 Ronnie Wallwork, 23 Michael Clegg, 24 Wes Brown, 25 Quinton Fortune, 26 Mark Wilson, 27 Mikael Silvestre, 28 Michael Stewart, 29 Alex Notman, 30 John O'Shea, 31 Darren Fletcher, 32 Bojan Djordjic, 33 Paul Rachubka, 34 Jonathan Greening, 35 David Healy. Tbc: Daniel Nardiello (Wolves, £200,000).

3. Liverpool

Manager: Gerard Houllier.

Last season: 4th.

The likes of Nick Barmby, Markus Babbel and Bernard Diomede have taken Houllier's spending to over £50 million, but if Robbie Fowler continues to struggle with injury then goals could remain a problem. Though the league remains the obvious target, qualification for the Champions League and the revenue it generates would probably be viewed as progress enough.

Squad: 1 Sander Westerveld, 2 Stephane Henchoz, 3 Dominic Matteo, 4 Rigobert Song, 5 Steve Staunton, 6 Markus Babbel (Bayern Munich, free), 7 Vladimir Smicer, 8 Emile Heskey, 9 Robbie Fowler, 10 Michael Owen, 11 Jamie Redknapp, 12 Sami Hyypia, 13 Danny Murphy, 14 Vegard Heggem, 15 Patrik Berger, 16 Dietmar Hamann, 17 Steven Gerrard, 18 Erik Meijer, 19 Pegguy Arphexad (Leicester, free), 20 Nick Barmby (Everton, £6 million), 21 Gary McAllister (Coventry, free), 22 Titi Camara, 23 Jamie Carragher, 24 Bernard Diomede (Auxerre, £3 million), 26 Jorgen Nielsen, 29 Stephen Wright, 30 Djimi Traore, 31 Frode Kippe. Tbc: Robbie Shields (Tallaght, nominal).

4. Arsenal

Manager: Arsene Wenger.

Last season: 2nd.

The new arrivals are all high-quality, but it's still hard to avoid the conclusion that there have not been enough of them to leave Wenger in a stronger position for the new campaign. Marc Overmars was, of course, a major loss, but David Seaman and Tony Adams were also badly exposed at the European Championships, all of which suggests that some more of the Barcelona money will have to be shelled out.

Squad: 1 David Seaman, 2 Lee Dixon, 4 Patrick Vieira, 5 Martin Keown, 6 Tony Adams, 7 Robert Pires (Marseille, £6 million), 8 Fredrik Ljungberg, 10 Dennis Bergkamp, 12 Lauren Etame Mayer (Real Mallorca, £7 million), 13 Alex Manninger, 14 Thierry Henry, 15 Ray Parlour, 16 Silvinho, 18 Gilles Grimandi, 19 Stefan Malz, 20 Matthew Upson, 21 22 Oleg Luzhny, 23 Nelson Vivas, 24 John Lukic, 25 Kanu, 29 Ashley Cole, 30 Paulo Vernazza, 31 Stuart Taylor.

5. Leeds United

Manager: David O'Leary.

Last season: 3rd.

The Irishman reportedly has cash burning a hole in his pocket, and he would be well advised to spend some of it. After conceding an away goal to 1860 Munich last week, O'Leary's babies may not have to worry about the rigours of the Champions League, but there are still those court cases hanging in the air. This may be a year to consolidate.

Squad: 1 Nigel Martyn, 2 Gary Kelly, 3 Ian Harte, 4 Olivier Dacourt (Lens, £7.2 million), 5 Lucas Radebe, 6 Jonathan Woodgate, 8 Michael Bridges, 9 Mark Viduka (Celtic, £7 million), 10 Harry Kewell, 11 Lee Bowyer, 12 Darren Huckerby, 13 Paul Robinson, 14 Stephen McPhail, 16 Jason Wilcox, 17 Alan Smith, 18 Danny Mills, 19 Eirik Bakke, 20 Matthew Jones, 22 Michael Duberry, 23 David Batty, 24 Danny Hay, 26 Danny Milosevic, 27 Alan Maybury, 28 Jamie McMaster, 29 Kevin Evans, 30 Robert Molenaar, 31 Gareth Evans, 32 Simon Watson, 33 Wesley Boyle, 34 Kevin Dixon, 35 Lee Matthews, 36 Warren Feeney, 37 Damien Lynch, 38 Tony Hackworth, 39 Alan Martin, 40 Alan Cawley, 41 Jason Lanns, 42 Tony Lennon, 43 Harpal Singh, Tbc Dominic Matteo (Liverpool, £4.25 million).

6. Tottenham

Manager: George Graham.

Last season: 10th.

There's likely to be a bit of daylight between fifth and sixth again, but Spurs may be the ones to head the pack, particularly if Sergei Rebrov lives up to expectations. The loss of David Ginola will be felt, butGraham had already marginalised him. The wisdom of attempting to reassemble the Wimbledon defence of a few seasons back seems questionable. Should be stronger than last time.

Squad: 1 Ian Walker, 2 Stephen Carr, 3 Mauricio Taricco, 4 Steffen Freund, 5 Sol Campbell, 6 Chris Perry, 7 Darren Anderton, 8 Tim Sherwood, 9 Les Ferdinand, 10 Steffen Iversen, 11 Sergei Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev, £11 million), 12 Gary Doherty, 13 Neil Sullivan (Wimbledon, free), 15 Willem Korsten, 16 Chris Armstrong, 17 Oyvind Leonhardsen, 18 Ben Thatcher (Wimbledon, £5 million), 21 Luke Young, 25 Stephen Clemence, 26 Ledley King, 27 David McEwen, 28 Matthew Etherington, 29 Simon Davies, 30 Anthony Gardner, 34 Ramon Vega.

7. Sunderland

Manager: Peter Reid.

Last season: 7th.

The Arrival of Don Hutchison should be a boost for the Wearsiders who, assuming Kevin Phillips keeps banging them in, should be able to keep comfortably clear of the relegation scrap. In defence there are some concerns, especially away from home, but the hope will be Julio Arca and Stanislav Varga help in that department.

Squad: 1 Thomas Sorensen, 2 Chris Makin, 3 Michael Gray, 4 Don Hutchison (Everton, £2.5 million), 5 Steve Bould, 6 Paul Butler, 7 Nicky Summerbee, 8 Gavin McCann, 9 Niall Quinn, 10 Kevin Phillips, 11 Kevin Kilbane, 12 Danny Dichio, 13 Andy Marriott, 14 Darren Holloway, 15 Carsten Fredgaard, 16 Alex Rae, 17 Jody Craddock, 18 Darren Williams, 19 Eric Roy, 20 Stefan Schwarz, 21 Paul Thirlwell, 22 Neil Wainwright, 23 Chris Lumsdon, 24 George McCartney, 25 Mark Maley, 26 Thomas Butler, 27 Michael Reddy, 28 John Oster, 29 Tom Peeters (Mechelen, £250,000), 30 Jurgen Macho (FC Vienna, free), 31 Milton Nunez, 32 Stanislav Varga (SK Slovan Bratislava, £650,000), 34 Kevin Kyle. Tbc: John Kennedy (Worksop, £80,000), Julio Arca (Argentinos, £3.5 million).

8. West Ham

Manager: Harry Redknapp.

Last season: 9th.

You get the feeling Redknapp must buy and sell his motor several times on the way home from the office each day, for few in the Premiership are more eager to get into the market. Having done well to establish the Hammers as a top half the table outfit, there appears little more to be achieved at Upton Park without a great deal more cash. This summer's dealings would appear to leave them in much the same position overall as last year.

Squad: 1 Shaka Hislop, 2 Gary Charles, 3 Stuart Pearce, 4 Steve Potts, 5 Igor Stimac, 7 Marc Keller, 8 Trevor Sinclair, 9 Davor Suker (Arsenal, free), 10 Paolo Di Canio, 11 Steve Lomas, 12 Paul Kitson, 14 Frederic Kanoute (Olympiques Lyonnais, £4 million), 15 Rio Ferdinand, 16 John Moncur, 17 Nigel Winterburn (Arsenal, undisclosed), 18 Frank Lampard, 19 Ian Pearce, 20 Scott Minto, 21 Michael Carrick, 22 Craig Forrest, 25 Stevland Angus, 26 Joe Cole, 30 Javier Margas, 32 Stephen Bywater. Tbc: Hayden Foxe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima, free).

9. Middlesbrough

Manager: Bryan Robson.

Last season: 12th.

The money keeps on being spent at Middlesbrough where the chairman loves his manager and the rest of us can only pass the time wondering why. Christian Kerembeu for £2 million looks a good bit of business, but with yet another injection of talent the suspicion remains the club will finish midtable, have a disastrous run of form and get beaten in a cup final.

Squad: 1 Mark Schwarzer, 2 Curtis Fleming, 3 Dean Gordon, 4 Steve Vickers, 5 Gianluca Festa, 6 Gary Pallister, 7 Robbie Mustoe, 8 Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid, £2.1 million), 9 Paul Ince, 10 Brian Deane, 11 Alen Boksic (Lazio, £2 million), 12 Keith O'Neill, 13 Marlon Beresford, 14 Paul Okon (Fiorentina, free), 15 Neil Maddison, 16 Joseph-Desire Job (Lens, £3 million), 17 Christian Ziege, 18 Andy Campbell, 19 Hamilton Ricard, 20 Alun Armstrong, 21 Craig Harrison, 22 Mark Summerbell, 23 Carlos Marinelli, 24 Phil Stamp, 25 Mark Crossley (Nottingham Forest, free), 26 Noel Whelan (Coventry, £2 million), 27 Robbie Stockdale, 28 Colin Cooper, 29 Jason Gavin, 31 Alan Moore, 32 Steven Baker, 33 Anthony Ormerod.

10. Aston Villa

Manager: John Gregory.

Last season: 6th

With their manager apparently losing his grip on things to a greater extent all the time, Villa come into the season with little chance of even equalling last year's modest achievements. The loss of Carbone to Bradford is a particular humiliation to a club that likes to think of itself as a potential title challenger, and none of the new signings looks inspiring.

Squad: 1 David James, 3 Alan Wright, 4 Gareth Southgate, 5 Ugo Ehiogu, 6 George Boateng, 7 Ian Taylor, 9 Dion Dublin, 10 Paul Merson, 11 Alan Thompson, 12 Julian Joachim, 13 Neil Cutler, 14 David Ginola (Tottenham, £3 million), 15 Gareth Barry, 16 Alpay Ozalan (Fenerbahce, £5.6 million), 17 Lee Hendrie, 19 Richard Walker, 20 Luc Nilis (PSV Eindhoven, free), 22 Darius Vassell, 24 Mark Delaney, 26 Steve Stone, 27 Michael Standing, 30 Jonathan Bewers, 31 J-Lloyd Samuel, 32 Aaron Lescott, 38 John McGrath, 39 Peter Enckelman, 40 Matthew Ghent. Tbc: Thomas Hitzlsperger (Bayern Munich, free). Keith Fahey (Arsenal, free).

11. Newcastle

Manager: Bobby Robson.

Last season: 11th.

Robson's primary role at St James' Park so far has been to sort out the mess he inherited, and over the summer he has continued to steer some of the club's less successful signings towards new homes. Whether he will be able get the club into a position to challenge for anything more than a cup over the next couple of seasons is, however, doubtful. Little to hint at an upturn in United's fortunes over the next nine months.

Squad: 1 Shay Given, 2 Warren Barton, 3 Marcelino, 4 Didier Domi, 5 Alain Goma, 7 Robert Lee, 8 Kieron Dyer, 9 Alan Shearer, 10 Christian Bassedas (Velez Sarsfield, £4 million), 11 Gary Speed, 12 Andrew Griffin, 13 Steve Harper, 15 Nolberto Solano, 16 Carl Cort (Wimbledon, £7 million), 17 Daniel Cordone (Racing Club, loan), 18 Aaron Hughes, 19 Stephen Glass, 20 Duncan Ferguson, 21 Diego Gavilan, 22 Jamie McClen, 24 Garry Brady, 25 Brian Kerr, 26 James Coppinger, 27 David Beharall, 30 Stephen Caldwell, 31 Stuart Green, 32 Kevin Gallacher, 33 Des Hamilton, 34 Nikos Dabizas, 36 Gary Caldwell, 37 Laurent Charvet, 39 David McMahon.

12. Everton

Manager: Walter Smith.

Last season: 13th.

It's been an odd close season for the Goodison Park club, whose signing of Paul Gascoigne is among the most surprising moves. If anybody is going to get anything out of the former Rangers midfielder it is probably Smith, but there must be serious doubts about whether the 33-year-old has much of consequence left to give. Still, it's difficult to see them doing worse than midtable again.

Squad: 1 Paul Gerrard, 2 Steve Watson (Aston Villa, £2 million), 3 Alessandro Pistone (Newcastle, £3 million), 4 Richard Gough, 5 David Weir, 6 David Unsworth, 7 Niclas Alexandersson, 8 Alex Nyarko (Lens, £4.5 million), 9 Kevin Campbell, 10 Stephen Hughes, 11 Mark Pembridge, 12 Michael Ball, 13 Steve Simonsen, 14 Francis Jeffers, 15 Richard Dunne, 16 Thomas Gravesen (SV Hamburg, £2.5 million), 17 Scott Gemmill, 18 Paul Gascoigne (Middlesbrough, free), 19 Joe-Max Moore, 20 Alec Cleland, 21 Danny Cadamarteri, 22 Dave Watson, 23 Mark Hughes, 25 Peter Degn, 26 Phil Jevons, 27 Jamie Milligan, 28 Abel Xavier, 35 Thomas Myhre. Tbc: Andrew Pettinger (Scunthorpe, £45,000).

13. Leicester

Manager: Peter Taylor.

Last season: 8th.

Having lost Martin O'Neill to Celtic, Taylor looks to have the makings of a fine replacement, but it seems reasonable to give him a season or so to get used to the demands of a top flight club after doing so well with the under-21 English team. Ade Akinbiyi has been the main summer signing, but the key to the club's future, as it was under Taylor's predecessor, will be the manager's guile rather than the limited amounts spent on team building.

Squad: 1 Tim Flowers, 2 Gary Rowett (Birmingham, £3 million), 3 Frank Sinclair, 4 Gerry Taggart, 5 Steve Walsh, 6 Muzzy Izzet, 7 Neil Lennon, 8 Robbie Savage, 9 Darren Eadie, 10 Stan Collymore, 11 Steve Guppy, 12 Simon Royce (Charlton, free), 13 Arnar Gunnlaugsson, 14 Callum Davidson (Blackburn, £1.7 million), 15 Phil Gilchrist, 16 Stuart Campbell, 17 Stefan Oakes, 18 Matt Elliott, 20 Trevor Benjamin (Cambridge, £1.5 million), 22 Ade Akinbiyi (Wolves, £5 million), 24 Andrew Impey, 25 Stuart Wilson, 27 Tony Cottee, 28 Lawrie Dudfield.

14. Man City

Manager: Joe Royle.

Last season: Div One runners-up.

City are back where a club of their side should be and Royle's only real task this season is to keep them in the top flight. Having added some decent talent, and with the resources to spend again if the situation requires it, he should manage that.

Squad: 1 Nicky Weaver, 2 Lee Crooks, 3 Richard Edghill, 4 Gerard Wiekens, 5 Andy Morrison, 6 Kevin Horlock, 7 Spencer Prior, 8 Ian Bishop, 9 Paul Dickov, 10 Shaun Goater, 11 Terry Cooke, 12 Danny Allsopp, 13 Tommy Wright, 14 Gareth Taylor, 15 Alfie Haaland (Leeds, £2.5 million), 17 Jim Whitley, 18 Jeff Whitley, 19 Danny Tiatto, 20 Gary Mason, 21 Nick Fenton, 22 George Weah (AC Milan, free), 23 Stephen Jordan, 25 Richard Jobson, 26 Richard McKinney, 27 Shaun Holmes, 28 Tony Grant, 29 Shaun WrightPhillips, 30 Steven Hodgson, 31 David Laycock, 32 Leon Mike, 33 Chris Killen, 34 Mark Kennedy, 36 Danny Granville, 37 Robert Taylor, 38 Rhys Day, 39 Dixon Etuhu, 40 Chris Shuker. Tbc: Paulo Wanchope (West Ham, £3.65 million), Steve Howey (Newcastle, £3.5 million), Tbc: Paul Ritchie (Rangers, £500,000).

15. Bradford

Manager: Chris Hutchings.

Last season: 17th.

The signing of Benito Carbone grabbed the headlines and the Italian's arrival will boost morale, but Hutchings' other purchases over actually look better for a club determined to avoid the drop again. Hopkin will add some industry to midfield, Petrescu some creativity down the right, while Nolan and Atherton were among Sheffield Wednesday's better players last season. All of which should add up to survival.

Squad: 1 Gary Walsh, 2 Ian Nolan, 3 Andy Myers, 4 Stuart McCall, 5 David Wetherall, 6 Gareth Whalley, 7 Jamie Lawrence, 8 Robbie Blake, 9 10 Benito Carbone, 11 Peter Beagrie, 12 Ashley Westwood, 13 Matt Clarke, 14 Andrew O'Brien, 15 Dean Windass, 16 Lee Sharpe, 17 Aidan Davison, 18 Gunnar Halle, 19 Isaiah Rankin, 20 Peter Atherton (Sheffield Wednesday, free), 21 Dean Saunders, 22 Wayne Jacobs, 23 Mark Bower, 24 Gareth Grant, 25 Scott Kerr, 26 Dan Petrescu (Chelsea, £1 million), 30 David Hopkin (Leeds, £2.5 million). Tbc: Ian Nolan (Sheffield Wednesday, free).

16. Derby

Manager: Jim Smith.

Last season: 16th.

Smith is an intelligent manager who has been around the block a few times, but it remains to be seen whether his recruiting policy will keep Derby clear of the bloodbath. Certainly there has not been too much other to worry about in the departures other than Fuertes, but much will depend on whether Higginbotham takes to first team football straight off and whether Kinkladze can start to really captivate again.

Squad: 1 Mart Poom, 2 Horacio Carbonari, 3 Stefan Schnoor, 4 Darryl Powell, 5 Rory Delap, 6 Craig Burley, 7 Seth Johnson, 8 Dean Sturridge, 9 Deon Burton, 10 Giorgi Kinkladze (Ajax, £3 million), 11 Lee Morris, 12 Malcolm Christie, 14 Lars Bohinen, 15 Danny Higginbotham (Man Utd, £2 million), 16 Jacob Laursen, 17 Adam Bolder, 18 Richard Jackson, 19 Steve Elliott, 20 Stefano Eranio, 21 Chris Riggott, 22 Bjorn Otto Bragstad (Rosenborg, £1.5 million), 23 Paul Boertien, 24 Andy Oakes, 25 Branko Strupar, 26 Marvin Robinson, 27 Ian Evatt, 28 Simo Valakari (Motherwell, free), 30 Adam Murray. Tbc: Youl Mawene (Lens, £500,000).

17. Coventry

Manager: Gordon Strachan.

Last season: 14th.

The sale of Robbie Keane has left Strachan with bundles of cash but very little by way of outstanding talent. In the past he has been a fairly astute buyer and he needs to be again if City are not to slip back into the dogfight. Expect a few more purchases over the coming weeks, but Thompson, Bothroyd and Guerrero will find it hard to make an impression if the team around them start to struggle.

Squad: 1 Magnus Hedman, 2 Marc Edworthy, 3 Stephen Froggatt, 4 Paul Williams, 5 Colin Hendry, 6 Richard Shaw, 7 David Thompson (Liverpool, £2.5 million), 8 Youssef Chippo, 9 Cedric Roussel, 10 Mustapha Hadji, 11 Ysrael Zuniga, 12 Paul Telfer, 13 Chris Kirkland, 14 Carlton Palmer, 15 John Eustace, 16 John Aloisi, 17 Gary Breen, 20 Tomas Gustafsson, 21 Gavin Strachan, 22 Barry Quinn, 23 Morten Hyldgaard, 24 Marcus Hall, 25 Barry Ferguson, 26 Muhamed Konjic, 27 Stephen McPhee, 28 Jay Bothroyd (Arsenal, £1 million), 29 Runar Normann, 30 Laurent Delorge. Tbc: Ivan Guerro (Motagua, free), Tbc: Craig Bellamy (Norwich, £6.5 million).

18. Charlton

Manager: Alan Curbishley.

Last season: Div One champions.

The London club have made a real attempt to improve on last season's winning side, but their attractive style of football may again cause difficulties in the higher division. Mark Kinsella will again be a key player, while Johansson looks a good signing. But there seem too few options for Curbishley to play with in an even more competitive league.

Squad: 1 Dean Kiely, 2 3 Chris Powell, 4 Graham Stuart, 5 Richard Rufus, 6 Carl Tiler, 7 Shaun Newton, 8 Mark Kinsella, 9 Andy Hunt, 10 Clive Mendonca, 11 John Robinson, 12 Steve Brown, 13 Sasa Ilic, 14 Martin Pringle, 15 Eddie Youds, 16 Greg Shields, 17 Scott Parker, 18 Paul Konchesky, 19 Andy Todd, 20 Claus Jensen (Bolton, £4 million), 22 Ben Roberts (Middlesbrough, free), 23 Anthony Allman, 24 Jonathan Fortune, 25 Leigh Hales, 26 Mathias Svensson, 27 Kemal Izzet, 28 John Salako, 29 Kevin Lisbie, 30 Charlie MacDonald, 32 Dan Shittu, 33 Dave Collis. Tbc: Jonatan Johansson (Rangers, £3.75 million), Radostin Kishishev (Litets Lovech, £300,000), Krim Bagheri (Iranian international).

19. Southampton

Manager: Glenn Hoddle.

Last season: 15th.

The problem here is probably the manager, who has a habit of turning on his players when the going gets tough. Draper looks a decent recruit, but the problem, at a club that has made something of a tradition of struggling, is that there should have been more done to strengthen such a limited panel.

Squad: 1 Paul Jones, 2 Jason Dodd, 3 John Beresford, 4 Chris Marsden, 5 Claus Lundekvam, 6 Dean Richards, 7 Matt Le Tissier, 8 Matthew Oakley, 9 Mark Draper (Aston Villa, £1.5 million), 10 Kevin Davies, 11 Uwe Rosler (Borussia Berlin, free), 12 Richard Dryden, 13 Neil Moss, 14 Stuart Ripley, 15 Francis Benali, 16 James Beattie, 17 Marian Pahars, 18 Wayne Bridge, 19 Danny Rodrigues, 20 Tahar El Khalej, 21 Jo Tessem, 22 David Hughes, 23 Patrice Tano (Monaco, free), 24 Patrick Colleter, 25 Gary Monk, 26 Imants Bleidelis, 27 Scott Bevan, 28 Kevin Gibbens, 29 Paul Hughes, 30 Hassan Kachloul, 31 Shayne Bradley, 32 Trond Soltvedt, 33 Philip Warner, 35 Luis Boa Morte.

20. Ipswich

Manager: George Burley

Last season: Div One play-off winners.

It appears George Burley has been told not do anything that might upset his club's next promotion bid during the 2001-02 season. It's hard to believe even the most optimistic Ipswich supporter believes singing an ageing defender, a goalkeeper who is hardly likely to displace one so highly regarded around England, and a solid but less than inspiring Dutch striker is going to be enough to keep them up.

Squad: 1 Richard Wright, 2 Fabian Wilnis, 3 Jamie Clapham, 4 John McGreal, 5 Tony Mowbray, 6 Mark Venus, 7 Jim Magilton, 8 Matt Holland, 9 David Johnson, 10 James Scowcroft, 11 Marcus Stewart, 12 Richard Naylor, 13 Mike Salmon, 14 Jermaine Wright, 15 John Scales (Tottenham, free), 16 Gary Croft, 17 Wayne Brown, 18 Manuel Thetis, 19 Titus Bramble, 20 Richard Logan, 21 Keith Branagan (Bolton, free), 22 Stuart Niven, 23 Sean Friars, 24 Neil Midgley, 25 Ashley Nichols, 26 James Pullen, 27 Guillermo Graaven, 28 Nabil Abidallah, 29 Justin Miller, 30 Martijn Reuser (Vitesse Arnhem, £1 million), 31 Stephen Moffatt.