Here’s my regular look at the success or otherwise of last week’s most popular transfers. Listed below are the top-five transfers in and out ahead of the Gameweek 6 fixtures (excluding injured and suspended players). Remember, though, this is just for fun and there is plenty of time for any of the transfers below to pay off.
GAMEWEEK 6 RESULTS
Rank / player / net transfers / GW6 pts
In
- Leonardo Ulloa / +397,648 / 2
- Angel Di Maria / +284,484 / 2
- Nathaniel Clyne / +249,409 / 1
- Morgan Schneiderlin / +148,866 / 2
- Diego Costa / +138,812 / 6
Out
- Steven Naismith / -220,014 / 2
- Juan Mata / -93,570 / 0
- Aaron Ramsey / -87,561 / 1
- Dejan Lovren / -76,813 / 2
- Wayne Rooney / -73,379 / 2
Honourable mentions
- Graziano Pelle / +126,760 / 9
- David Silva / -35,114 / 8
Reflecting the low-scoring Gameweek, only Diego Costa delivered from the top-five most popular transfers in, whilst all the top-five players sold blanked this week. There’ll be plenty of disappointed new owners out there but no regrets from those with the foresight/luck to have sold Aaron Ramsey and Wayne Rooney last week.
SEASON RECAP SO FAR
I’ve extended my analysis back to the start of the season to get a running total, which I’ll keep updated from now on.
Total score (Gameweek / Top five transfers IN / Top 5 transfers OUT)
- Gameweek 2 / 25 / 26
- Gameweek 3 / 22 / 29
- Gameweek 4 / 22 / 25
- Gameweek 5 / 18 / 17
- Gameweek 6 / 13 / 7
- Overall total / 100 / 104
So far there is a slight overall lead for the players who’ve been transferred out over those brought in but the difference is very small. As it stands patience continues to be a virtue for Fantasy managers.
Gameweek 7 BANDWAGONS
It looks like being a busy week of transfers as people deal with the Ramsey- and Rooney-shaped holes in their line-ups. At the time of writing the most popular signings have been Graziano Pelle, Leonardo Ulloa and Edin Dzeko, with plenty of options to choose from in midfield.
