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Paul Pogba (£8.1m) will be the Fantasy Premier League focus of Saturday’s late kick-off, amid rumours over manager Jose Mourinho’s future.

The Manchester United midfielder is the most popular player in the fixture as Newcastle United visit Old Trafford. He is currently in 14.7% of squads.

He recently overtook Romelu Lukaku (£11.0m) whose ownership suffered from the switch to Harry Kane (£12.5m) for Gameweek 8, who blanked in a 1-0 win over Cardiff.

Meanwhile, there will be interest in the Man United defence with Newcastle’s recent struggles in front of goal.

David De Gea (£5.9m) remains the most fashionable Red Devil defensive asset, in 19.8% of squads, but Luke Shaw (£5.1m) may prove the more effective.

He has 10.5% backing from the Fantasy community and looks like he could also pull in some attacking returns.

Newcastle are still a club for the Fantasy hipsters, with no player boasting more than Joselu‘s (£5.0m) 4.8%. However, the striker has not started the match with Ayoze Pérez (£6.1m) and Yoshinori Muto (£5.7m) preferred up front.

MANCHESTER UNITED XI (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Shaw, Smalling, Bailly, Young; Matic, McTominay; Martial, Pogba, Rashford; Lukaku

NEWCASTLE UNITED XI (4-4-2): Dubravka; Manquillo, Fernandez, Lascelles, Yedlin; Kenedy, Diamé, Shelvey, Ritchie; Pérez, Muto.

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  1. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Even Sanchez scores more goals than Kane in GW8 😀

  2. jayzico
    8 years, 21 days ago

    My inspired hit:

    Wilson>Anie
    Fraser>Maddison
    Kn>KAne

    Fee l like chucking it in once and for all.

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Oh dear. Ouch.

  3. Syd.
    8 years, 21 days ago

    GOAT

  4. SPorting
    8 years, 21 days ago

    At least the article title is half right now.

    1. Fred54
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Looking forward to tomorrow's:

      'Some FPL managers are expecting Aguero to blank at his bogey ground Anfield. Meanwhile the roast dinner at my mom's was soured by the news that Morata started ahead of Giroud, thus limiting Hazard.'

  5. Hooky
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Sanchez is the new Mark Robins

    1. Syd.
      8 years, 21 days ago

      World domination lies ahead

    2. Nomar
      8 years, 21 days ago

      This

    3. Fred54
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Nice reference.

  6. ★Kuntheman★
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Mou has to stay now...if they get this comeback win and he gets sacked it would be a travesty

    🙂

    1. Rainer
      8 years, 21 days ago

      😀 😀

    2. SPorting
      8 years, 21 days ago

      The fact that they have to come back is his fault. Let him go.

      1. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        8 years, 21 days ago

        that defence put them 2-0 down not Mourinho.

    3. XabiAlonso
      8 years, 21 days ago

      They should add a few years to his contract

  7. Four Hit Wonder
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Utd fans, why didn't Alexis start today? Do you expect him to start the next game after this winning goal?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Depends who the manager is.

      1. Four Hit Wonder
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Lol, good one

    2. Respect My Authoritah
      8 years, 21 days ago

      He's been poor.

      Nope, wouldn't expect it. But could happen

    3. Demel
      8 years, 21 days ago

      He had served my draft team well this week.

  8. Hy liverpool
    8 years, 21 days ago

    You have to be sorry for those Lukaku owners

    1. Syd.
      8 years, 21 days ago

      No you don’t

      I was smart and got rid of him for Kane 😎

      1. RÏɠBY
        8 years, 21 days ago

        haha

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Dumped for Vardy so... not much better

      3. mocky666
        8 years, 21 days ago

        yea a bad punt indeed, gone he is for Murray!

  9. The Cherry Picker
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Doherty first on my bench.
    Is there any chance that David Luiz doesn’t play tomorrow?

    1. Sweetboi
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Barring injury, no.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Luiz nailed

    3. Hy liverpool
      8 years, 21 days ago

      1%

    4. MTPockets
      8 years, 21 days ago

      not realistically

  10. Jolly Good
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Put £100 on new castle after they went 2-0 up.... was pretty smug at 70 mins...didn’t expect this 🙁

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Lol, did the opposite. Over the moon 🙂

      1. HamezMace
        8 years, 21 days ago

        United were only 4/1 to win at half time on sky

        1. Respect My Authoritah
          8 years, 21 days ago

          Sky are literally the worst bookies in existence

          1. HamezMace
            8 years, 21 days ago

            Whose the best?

    2. Zladan
      8 years, 21 days ago

      You basically deserved that. Who places bets like that?

    3. Volley127
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Why? The odds must have been trash too

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        8 years, 21 days ago

        I saw 5/6 at the time...

    4. Alex_thekid
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Absolutely ridiculous bet

  11. pundit of punts
    8 years, 21 days ago

    At least Kane ➡ Lukaku didn't hurt me. 😀

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      8 years, 21 days ago

      ??

    2. pundit of punts
      8 years, 21 days ago

      The other way round of course.

    3. Rainer
      8 years, 21 days ago

      What about last GW?

      1. pundit of punts
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Only lost 7 Points as it would have needed a hit to bring Kane in. No big deal.

  12. Gudjohnsen
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Lukaku blanks while United score three!

    1. RÏɠBY
      8 years, 21 days ago

      his header miss that alexis scored was hilarious

  13. diesel001
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Top 6 could be nice soon. Bournemouth stinking it up at the moment, but hopefully Utd will take their place.

    1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Bournemouth are gonna do a Leicester.

    2. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Strange...

    3. RÏɠBY
      8 years, 21 days ago

      oh dear..

  14. Demel
    8 years, 21 days ago

    50 points with just Hazard and Alonso to go. I started the week in 9k. How far will I fall?

    1. Rainer
      8 years, 21 days ago

      LOL

    2. XabiAlonso
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Will fall upwards

      1. Demel
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Really? Lots of Liverpool and Chelsea assets still to go!

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          8 years, 21 days ago

          You own the Chelsea ones.

          1. Demel
            8 years, 21 days ago

            But not the Liverpool ones and I captained Kane. Sofa for me.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Huh

    4. socho
      8 years, 21 days ago

      someone ban this guy please

    5. Alex_thekid
      8 years, 21 days ago

      I've dropped from 4k to 350k in the last 3 weeks

      1. Alex_thekid
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Make that 300k

    6. Deus
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Rude

  15. Rainer
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Top 10k: 29-ish
    Overall: 19-ish

    1. Pierce34
      8 years, 21 days ago

      12 here. Take that, top 10k.

    2. Demel
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Must be a lot of Chelsea and Liverpool to go.

    3. Sweetboi
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Post baps?

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        8 years, 21 days ago

        yeah

        1. Sweetboi
          8 years, 21 days ago

          Thanks

    4. S.Kuqi
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Top 1k ?

    5. Rash
      8 years, 21 days ago

      That's really low 😯

  16. ★Kuntheman★
    8 years, 21 days ago

    I love how everyone who doesn't like United is rooting Mourinho on, they talk so much about the ABUs but we're all aboard the Jose wagon

  17. XabiAlonso
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Can anyone beat my two transfers in this week Kane and Arnie 1 point each

    1. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 21 days ago

      King > Arnie?

      1. XabiAlonso
        8 years, 21 days ago

        Aguero and ings

  18. HamezMace
    8 years, 21 days ago

    What’s the little finger gesture about?

  19. Kuqi Monster
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Never in doubt that.

  20. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Hello everyone, it is Jawahar Dhingra. Go Manchester United! Go Mourinho! Best club in the PL

    1. HamezMace
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Weren’t you the guy....never mind 🙂

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        8 years, 21 days ago

        😉

    2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Hey it you.

    3. Rash
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Welcome back to the red half

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Alaves last second winner v Real

    1. Zladan
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Such little interest in La Liga now Ronaldo left.

  22. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Kane is a massive troll, wow

    1. XabiAlonso
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Yep can't trust him as captain in easy home games. He's annoyingly been like this for a few years it's why I didn't get him this season, until I flapped and got him in this week

    2. Jafalad
      8 years, 21 days ago

      You were warned.

  23. ★Kuntheman★
    8 years, 21 days ago

    On the real though, Ed Woodward would have the biggest pair of balls ever to sack Mourinho after this game. It's totally what United need and he would come under so much scrutiny for doing it 😆

  24. La Roja
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Real Madrid just lost the game in extra time

    1. Ghost Gooner
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Can't see the manager lasting long

  25. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    8 years, 21 days ago

    so hazard captain next week with mourinho still in charge next week???

    1. ZeBestee
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Kun

    2. GinjaWhinja
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Alonso looking essential

  26. pundit of punts
    8 years, 21 days ago

    41 Points.

    47k ➡ ❓

    1. ZeBestee
      8 years, 21 days ago

      37k

    2. XabiAlonso
      8 years, 21 days ago

      18k?

    3. S.Kuqi
      8 years, 21 days ago

      46,9k

  27. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    8 years, 21 days ago

    New manager.

    New Sanchez.

  28. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Sanchez essential

  29. Rainer
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Alexis winning goal BPS to take the BAP from Pogba.

    Martial - 3
    Mata - 2
    Alexis - 1

    1. Demel
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Ffs

  30. ★Kuntheman★
    8 years, 21 days ago

    Also, not to be captain hindsight here but I didn't really see Kane going off against Cardiff. I don't see the rush to bring in Tottenham players personally. They haven't been very good this season, sort of in the same bracket of Arsenal performances this season. Perfectly content with just Trippier and maybe not even that. Liverpool, City, Chelsea (heck even Bournemouth) look much more devastating on the attack.

    1. Jafalad
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Same. Something's not quite right at TOT and I have advised to stay clear.

    2. Pierce34
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Same. I was more worried about Tottenham defenders than Kane, who I really didn't see scoring more than 1 goal. Of course in the end no goals and a YC was better 😛

    3. MTPockets
      8 years, 21 days ago

      Yep. It's not captain hindsight if took a pass.