Fantasy Premier League appears to have opened for 2018/19 and you can now pick your first team for the season. Over 4,000 managers have already signed up hoping to grab a low ID.
The player list published earlier today, that was later removed, appears to have been accurate, so we now know exactly how much each asset costs.
FPL revealed several player prices and positions yesterday with Sergio Aguero (£11.0m), Roberto Firmino (£9.5m), Romelu Lukaku (£11.0m), Eden Hazard (£10.5m), Granit Xhaka (£5.5m), Ruben Neves (£5.0m) and Sean Morrison (£5.0m) all announced.
Meanwhile, Fulham attacking wing-back Ryan Sessegnon was announced as a £6.5m midfielder.
This afternoon it was also revealed that Mohamed Salah would remain a midfielder but he will now cost Fantasy managers a hefty £13.0m to have in their squads. Now that the player list is public, we can confirm that the Egyptian is the most expensive player in the game.
Harry Kane, who scored 30 goals last term and currently leads the way in the World Cup Golden Boot race, is not far behind Liverpool’s superstar, his starting price of £12.5m exactly the same as it was in 2017/18.
After a break-out season for Manchester City, Raheem Sterling has seen his price increase from £8.0m to £11.0m. That makes him the most expensive City midfielder with Kevin De Bruyne coming in at £10.0m and Leroy Sane at £9.5m. In fact, only Salah has a higher price in midfield with Hazard and Alexis Sanchez (both £10.5m) just below him. Sterling also matches Aguero’s price-tag and is £0.5m more than Gabriel Jesus (£10.5m).
In defence the dearest options are Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta, Kyle Walker, Nicolas Otamendi and Antonio Valencia who have all been handed a £6.5m price-tag. Of interest will be the fact that both Chelsea and Man City can offer starting centre-backs still priced at £5.5m.
David De Gea starts as the most expensive goalkeeper matching his World Cup Fantasy price of £6.0m. Just below him are Ederson, Thibaut Courtois and Hugo Lloris at £5.5m while there will be delight at the fact that Lukasz Fabianski is £4.5m.
The most notable positional switches see Marko Arnautovic and Wilfried Zaha moved from midfielders to forwards, with both players priced up at £7.0m. Moving backwards is Ashley Young who has been classified as a £6.0m defender, Fabian Delph making the same move for £5.5m. Meanwhile, James Milner has returned to the midfield and has been handed a starting price fo £5.5m.
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There are several players whose impressive performances in 2017/18 have earned them price rises, although none of them as big as Salah’s. Crystal Palace’s designated penalty taker Luka Milivojevic is now £6.5m while goal-scoring defender Patrick van Aanholt is £5.5m. Ruben Loftus-Cheek, now back at Chelsea is the same price as his Dutch former colleague.
Andy Robertson has shot up to £6.0m after doing well since January, matching defensive colleague Virgil van Dijk for price. Also at Liverpool, new signings Naby Keita and Fabinho have come in at £7.5m and £6.0m respectively.
Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez are both now £9.0m, although they are not expected to share a partnership again with the Algerian set for a move to Manchester City. At Brighton, Pascal Gross is now £7.0m.
Burnley’s 12 clean sheets in 2017/18 has earned all of their defenders a £0.5m price rise. Matt Lowton, Ben Mee, James Tarkowski and Stephen Ward all come in at £5.0m while the rest are now £4.5m.
The same treatment has been given to the Spurs defence, who combined for 25 goal involvements in 2017/18. Toby Alderweireld, Serge Aurier, Ben Davies, Danny Rose, Davinson Sanchez, Jan Vertonghen and Kieran Trippier are all £6.0m with Kyle Walker-Peters at £4.5m. In midfield, Christian Eriksen stays at £9.5m but Dele Alli drops back down to £9.0m.
2017/18’s underperformers have understandably experienced price drops although there are some potential bargains as a result. Henrikh Mkhitaryan can be picked up for £7.0m while Theo Walcott is available at £6.5m. Elsewhere, Alvaro Morata costs £9.0m, Christian Benteke is £6.5m and Jason Puncheon is now a budget midfielder at £4.5m.
Also of interest, Leighton Baines (£5.5m), Seamus Coleman (£5.5m) and Michael Keane (£5.0m) are the only Everton defenders above £4.5m. One of Phil Jagielka, Ashley Williams or Cuco Martina is likely to start at centre-back alongside Keane at a budget price.
World Cup Data
We’re delighted to offer World Cup data as an early addition to our regular season offering to help those playing Fantasy games over the summer.
We’ve secured Opta data, not only for the tournament itself, but also from the Qualifying Rounds for Europe and South America and for international friendlies involving the participating nations. This includes all the matches played right up to the tournament kick-off.
Just to stress, this World Cup offering comes packaged with the regular Fantasy Football Scout membership.
Check out this new trailer detailing the World Cup content below…
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Fantasy iTeam
Fantasy Football Scout is supporting Fantasy iTeam, a free World Cup game available on a number of mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPodTouch and Android. We have an official Fantasy Football Scout League open to UK users only, with a £1000 of Amazon vouchers to give out, split between the top three performers. There’s also the small matter of £10k worth of prizes available in the main competitions: Overall World Championship and Manager of the Gameround.
Click here for details and here to sign up.
Our League name is Fantasy Football Scout and the pin is 1887.
Please note, users must be over 18 and based in the UK to join our league.
