West Ham’s up-and-down 2018/19 campaign before finishing a respectable 10th in Manuel Pellegrini’s first season  begs one question: “What can we expect for the new campaign.”

The signing of highly-rated youngster Pablo Fornals for £24m and striker Sebastien Haller has injected the squad with real talent and big hope.

In bringing them both in the Irons should be feeling  confident ahead of the 2019/20 campaign, and if you want an interest in the prospects of a top ten finish download betting apps from https://bettingapps.org/.

Pellegrini will also welcome the return of last season’s long-term absentees Andriy Yarmolenko, Winston Reid and Jack Wilshere, the latter looking particularly good so far.

If he can stay fit, West Ham have a fantastic player on their hands, and a midfield partnership of Wilshere and Declan Rice could well pay dividends.

Yarmolenko is another who will feel like a new signing, while Reid can play important back-up to the solid partnership pairing of Diop and Fabian Balbuena.

The Irons could hardly have been handed a tougher opening day fixture given the quality of Manchester City and a 4-1 defeat in China fresh in our memories yet at least we get the game out of the way early!

City have also, of course, visited the London Stadium four times, scoring four or five goals in each meeting – a scary thought.

However, the Sky Blues will not be in their accustomed winning routine given this is opening day when we often see surprise results.

With less than a month of the transfer window left, West Ham could start the season in August with one of the best sides outside the top six, and finishing seventh along with a solid cup run should be the target for Pellegrini’s side.