Liverpool

Managers: Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier. Appointed: Evans - January 1994; Houllier - July 1998. Ground: Anfield. Capacity: 45,362.

Last season: Premiership: 3rd; FA Cup: 3rd round; Coca-Cola Cup: semi-finalists; UEFA Cup: 2nd round.

Players in: Vegard Heggem (Rosenborg) £3.5 million; Sean Dundee (Karlsruhe) £2 million; Steve Staunton (Aston Villa) free.

Players out: Neil Ruddock (West Ham) £100,000, rising to £400,000; Michael Thomas (Benfica) free.

Title odds: 6-1.

Manchester United

Manager: Alex Ferguson (Nov 1986). Ground: Old Trafford. Capacity: 56,024.

Last season: Premiership: 2nd; FA Cup: 5th round; Coca-Cola Cup: 3rd: Champions' League: quarterfinalists.

Players in: Jaap Stam (PSV Eindhoven) £10.75 million; Jesper Blomqvist (Parma) £4.4 million.

Players out: Gary Pallister (Middlesbrough) £2.5 million; Ben Thornley (Huddersfield) tribunal; Grant Brebner (Reading) £100,000; Brian McClair (Motherwell) free; Kevin Pilkington (Port Vale) free; Graeme Tomlinson (Macclesfield) free.

Title odds: 7-4 (favourites).

Middlesbrough

Manager: Bryan Robson (May 1994). Ground: The Riverside Stadium. Capacity: 34,500. Last season: Division One: runners-up; FA Cup: 4th round: Coca-Cola Cup: finalists.

Players in: Gary Pallister (Manchester United) £2.5 million; Dean Gordon (Crystal Palace) £900,000.

Players out: Craig Hignett (Aberdeen) free; Craig Liddle (Darlington) £50,000; Nigel Pearson (retired).

Title odds: 50-1.

Newcastle

Manager: Kenny Dalglish (Jan 1997). Ground: St James' Park. Capacity: 36,610.

Last season: Premiership: 13th; FA Cup: finalists; Coca-Cola Cup: quarter-finalists: Champions' League: group stages.

Players in: Dietmar Hamann (Bayern Munich) £5.25 million; Stephane Guivarc'h (Auxerre) £3.5 million; Carl Serrant (Oldham) £500,000; Lionel Perez (Sunderland) free; Georgos Georgiadis (Panathinaikos) £420,000; Laurent Charvet (Cannes) £520,000; Garry Brady (Tottenham) free; Stephen Glass (Aberdeen) free.

Players out: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord) £2.5 million; Darren Peacock (Blackburn) free; Shaka Hislop (West Ham) free; Brian Pinas (Feyenoord) undisclosed.

Title odds: 25-1.

Nottingham Forest

Manager: Dave Bassett (May 1997) Ground: The City Ground. Capacity: 30,602.

Last season: Division One: champions; FA Cup: 3rd round; Coca-Cola Cup: 2nd round.

Players in: Dougie Freedman (Wolves) £925,000; Jean Claude Darcheville (Rennes) £700,000.

Players out: Kevin Campbell (Trabzonspor) £3 million; Ian Moore (Stockport) £800,000; Marco Pascolo (FC Zurich) free.

Title odds: 100-1.

Sheffield Wednesday

Manager: Danny Wilson (July 1998). Ground: Hillsborough. Capacity: 39,859.

Last season: Premiership: 16th; FA Cup: 4th round; Coca-Cola Cup: 2nd round. Players in: Wim Jonk (PSV Eindhoven) £2.5 million; Emerson Thome (Benfica) free.

Players out: Mark Pembridge (Benfica) free. Title odds: 150-1.

Southampton

Manager: Dave Jones (June 1997). Ground: The Dell. Capacity: 15,000.

Last season: Premiership: 12th; FA Cup: 3rd round; Coca-Cola Cup: 4th round.

Players in: Stuart Ripley (Blackburn) £1.5 million; Mark Hughes (Chelsea) £650,000; James Beattie (Blackburn) £1 million; Mark Paul (King's Lynn) £100,000; David Howells (Tottenham) free; Scott Marshall (Arsenal) free.

Players out: Kevin Davies (Blackburn) £7.25 million; Lee Todd (Bradford) £250,000 rising to £350,000; Kevin Richardson (Barnsley) undisclosed; Duncan Spedding (Northampton) £70,000.

Title odds: 100-1.

Tottenham

Manager: Christian Gross (Nov 1997). Ground: White Hart Lane. Capacity: 36,214. Last season: Premiership: 14th; FA Cup: 4th round; Coca-Cola Cup: 3rd round.

Players in: Paolo Tramezzani (Piacenza) £1.3 million; Hans Segers (Wolves) free.

Players out: Jurgen Klinsmann (end of contract); Gary Mabbutt (released); Frode Grodas (Schalke) undisclosed; Dean Austin (Crystal Palace) free; David Howells (Southampton) free; Garry Brady (Newcastle) free; Paul Mahorn (Port Vale) free. Title odds: 66-1.

West Ham

Manager: Harry Redknapp (Aug 1994). Ground: Upton Park. Capacity: 25,985.

Last season: Premiership: 8th; FA Cup: quarterfinalists; Coca-Cola Cup: quarter-finalists.

Players in: Javier Margas (Universidad Catolica) £2 million; Ian Wright (Arsenal) £750,000; Neil Ruddock (Liverpool) £100,000 rising to £400,000; Shaka Hislop (Newcastle) free; Marc Keller (Karlsruhe) free.

Players out: David Unsworth (Aston Villa) £3 million. Title odds: 66-1.

Wimbledon

Manager: Joe Kinnear (Jan 1992). Ground: Selhurst Park. Capacity: 26,309.

Last season: Premiership: 15th; FA Cup: 5th round; Coca-Cola Cup: 3rd round.

Players in: None.

Players out: Alan Reeves (Swindon) free. Title odds: 100-1.