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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
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Even Sanchez scores more goals than Kane in GW8 😀

  2. jayzico
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Oh dear. Ouch.

  3. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    GOAT

  4. SPorting
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    At least the article title is half right now.

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months 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
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sanchez is the new Mark Robins

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      World domination lies ahead

    2. Nomar
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      This

    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Nice reference.

  6. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    🙂

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      😀 😀

    2. SPorting
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

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

      1. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        that defence put them 2-0 down not Mourinho.

    3. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      They should add a few years to his contract

  7. Four Hit Wonder
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Depends who the manager is.

      1. Four Hit Wonder
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Lol, good one

    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      He's been poor.

      Nope, wouldn't expect it. But could happen

    3. Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      He had served my draft team well this week.

  8. Hy liverpool
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    You have to be sorry for those Lukaku owners

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      No you don’t

      I was smart and got rid of him for Kane 😎

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        haha

      2. Camzy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Dumped for Vardy so... not much better

      3. mocky666
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

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

  9. The Cherry Picker
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. Sweetboi
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Barring injury, no.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Luiz nailed

    3. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      1%

    4. MTPockets
      7 years, 9 months ago

      not realistically

  10. Jolly Good
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Lol, did the opposite. Over the moon 🙂

      1. HamezMace
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

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

        1. Respect My Authoritah
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Sky are literally the worst bookies in existence

          1. HamezMace
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

            Whose the best?

    2. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      You basically deserved that. Who places bets like that?

    3. Volley127
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Why? The odds must have been trash too

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        I saw 5/6 at the time...

    4. Alex_thekid
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Absolutely ridiculous bet

  11. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      ??

    2. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      The other way round of course.

    3. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      What about last GW?

      1. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

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

  12. Gudjohnsen
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku blanks while United score three!

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      his header miss that alexis scored was hilarious

  13. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Bournemouth are gonna do a Leicester.

    2. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Strange...

    3. RÏɠBY
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      oh dear..

  14. Demel
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      LOL

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Will fall upwards

      1. Demel
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

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

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 17 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          You own the Chelsea ones.

          1. Demel
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 9 months ago

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

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Huh

    4. socho
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      someone ban this guy please

    5. Alex_thekid
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

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

      1. Alex_thekid
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Make that 300k

    6. Deus
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Rude

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      12 here. Take that, top 10k.

    2. Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Must be a lot of Chelsea and Liverpool to go.

    3. Sweetboi
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Post baps?

      1. SADIO SANÉ
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        yeah

        1. Sweetboi
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 9 months ago

          Thanks

    4. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Top 1k ?

    5. Rash
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      That's really low 😯

  16. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. Bunk Moreland
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      King > Arnie?

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        Aguero and ings

  18. HamezMace
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    What’s the little finger gesture about?

  19. Kuqi Monster
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Never in doubt that.

  20. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. HamezMace
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

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

      1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 months ago

        😉

    2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Hey it you.

    3. Rash
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Welcome back to the red half

  21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Alaves last second winner v Real

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Such little interest in La Liga now Ronaldo left.

  22. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Kane is a massive troll, wow

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months 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
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      You were warned.

  23. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Real Madrid just lost the game in extra time

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Can't see the manager lasting long

  25. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

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

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Kun

    2. GinjaWhinja
      • 17 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Alonso looking essential

  26. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    41 Points.

    47k ➡ ❓

    1. ZeBestee
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      37k

    2. XabiAlonso
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      18k?

    3. S.Kuqi
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      46,9k

  27. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    New manager.

    New Sanchez.

  28. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Sanchez essential

  29. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 months ago

    Alexis winning goal BPS to take the BAP from Pogba.

    Martial - 3
    Mata - 2
    Alexis - 1

    1. Demel
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

      Ffs

  30. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 months 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
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 9 months ago

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

    2. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 months 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
      7 years, 9 months ago

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