All three promoted clubs survived last season but you get the impression that will not be enough for Wolves, who surely did not launch into a historic spending splurge just to finish 17th. With players such as João Moutinho, Diogo Jota, Rui Patrício and Adama Traoré enriching a squad that ran away with last season’s Championship, Wolves fancy trying to emulate the Blackburn and Newcastle teams of the early 1990s by going straight up and jostling with the elite. That is harder now but a European place seems a reasonable target. Everton have also spent heavily and are aiming at least as high in Marco Silva’s first season in charge. This opening-day encounter will give some indication of which of these clubs is more likely to achieve their ambitions.
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