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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.
Manager: Brendan Rodgers
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

Chelsea
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.
Manager: Jose Mourinho
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