West Ham enjoyed a spectacular summer transfer window and there’s a real sense of optimism ahead of the new Premier League season.
That starts for West Ham on Sunday when they face one of their toughest games of the season, away at Liverpool.
It doesn’t get much harder than this and it will be a fantastic test for Manuel Pellegrini and his new band of men.
However, we think he’s got the players who could make this a real contest and with both teams intent on playing attractive, attacking football, this could be the game of the weekend.
The West Ham attack of Marko Arnautovic, Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmolenko has enough quality to hurt anyone and we also believe Michail Antonio could get back to his best in that company.
In defence, we think Fabian Balbuena should get the nod ahead of £22.5million signing Issa Diop.
And, if Pellegrini follows our advice, we genuinely think he could get something from the game.
This is the starting XI that we think will shock the pundits and come back with something from a very entertaining game at Anfield.
