Hull City
Manager: Nigel Pearson (appointed June 2010)
Title odds: 22-1 Last season: 19th (in the Premier League)
Key signings: N Solano (Leicester), J Harper (Sheffield United).
Overview: Said to have debts approaching £30m and have denied reports this week that they are about to go into administration. The departures of many of last season's Premier League squad – Geovanni, Bernard Mendy, Dean Marney, Stephen Hunt, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, George Boateng, Kamel Ghilas and Boaz Myhill among them – have left Pearson, who moved from Leicester in the summer, with a huge task.
Look out for: Solano, who could be a ray of KC sunshine in a gloomy summer.
Prediction: May be dragged into relegation struggle.