What will they do? Who is on their way in? And on their way out? Our West Ham expert JAMES SHARPE answers all the key questions ahead of a pivotal summer.
On the evening of 25 September 1944, a squadron of Lancaster bombers rumbled through the dark autumn clouds above Frankfurt, writes historian JAMES CROSSLAND.
JAMES SHARPE: It was only January when Graham Potter strode out for his unveiling in his new club tracksuit and declared that becoming West Ham's new manager was like 'Christmas for adults'.
How easy it would have been for a player to shuffle to the microphone after letting a team like the Saints, one that's been bottom for 170 days and counting, and reel out the old lines.
The bombing would start at nightfall. For hours we watched what looked like giant orange and yellow fireflies streaking through the air, then disappearing above us.
JAMES SHARPE: Who are you? Erling Haaland asked Arsenal's teenage debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly after John Stones had snatched a dramatic late point for Man City at the Etihad in September.