What's the Premier League manifestation of the Groundhog Day experience?
There are some good shouts, but consider this one: being a West Ham United fan. Every summer, the Hammers enter the season with designs on a place in the top 10; they suffer a bad run, which may or may not result in a managerial change; they right themselves in time to escape relegation; and then it begins again.
Much of the initial optimism is of course founded on the club's transfer activity. At the start of 2019/20, West Ham spent €89 million on reinforcements, the bulk of which was plowed into handsome transfer fees for striker Sebastian Haller and winger Pablo Fornals from Villarreal.