In less than two weeks, barring any complications, the Premier League will be back.
Liverpool will continue its quest to win a first top-flight domestic title in 30 years, the race for the Champions League places will go on and the congested bottom six will look to stave off relegation.
Those to-be-completed storylines have been constants as long as the league has maintained its wish to come back from the shutdown brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, but exactly what the league will look like as a product has remained a work in progress. It's not fully done and dusted just yet (much like RB Leipzig star Timo Werner's reported move to Chelsea), but some pieces have fallen into place:
The fixture list
The sliver of the first set of games has trickled out, including the Merseyside derby where Liverpool could clinch the title.