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João Palhinha is a decent midfielder and the 27 year old quickly established himself as a key part of Marco Silva's side that finished comfortably in the top half of the table, above West Ham.

The Portuguese international made 40 appearances in all competitions for Fulham in his debut season at the club, during which he completed an impressive 147 tackles.

Hammers start the 2023/4 domestic season with an away fixture against Bournemouth followed by the club's first home fixture of the new season against Chelsea. In recent seasons West Ham have had incredibly 'challenging' fixtures for their first five games, so this season's fixture list comes as something of a relief.

You can bet that the supporters of a couple of London's Premier League clubs will be looking in on West Ham's recent success with more than a green tinge of envy, Tottingham just scraped through to the Conference League Cup, a competiton which was previously much derided by their fans and Chelsea didn't even make Europe!