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Son recovers from injury as Doherty and Davies drop to bench for United v Spurs

Son Heung-min (£9.0m) is fit to feature in Tottenham Hotspur’s clash with Manchester United this afternoon, having made a swift recovery from a hamstring injury.

Having initially ruled the Korean out until after the October international break, Jose Mourinho appeared to be slowly backpedalling on that initial prognosis during the week and Son indeed makes the starting XI this afternoon.

Kick-off in the penultimate match of Gameweek 4 is at 16:30 BST.

Son may have been passed fit but Mourinho has otherwise rung the changes from the Gameweek 3 draw against Newcastle United, no doubt in response to the Lilywhites’ brutal schedule that has seen them play cup matches on both Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Full-backs Matt Doherty (£5.9m) and Ben Davies (£4.9m) drop to the bench, while Giovani Lo Celso (£6.9m) isn’t risked after sustaining a knock in the 7-2 win over Maccabi Haifa.

Midfielders Lucas Moura (£6.9m) and Harry Winks (£5.5m) are also among the substitutes, having started all three Premier League games before today.

Dele Alli (£7.6m) makes the 18-man squad but again doesn’t feature from the start.

Serge Aurier (£5.2m), Sergio Reguilon (£5.5m), Moussa Sissoko (£4.8m), Tanguy Ndombele (£5.9m) and Erik Lamela (£5.9m) are the players who come into Spurs’ side at Old Trafford.

The Manchester United team news is a lot more straightforward.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made one alteration to his side from Gameweek 3, with Eric Bailly (£5.0m) replacing Victor Lindelof (£4.9m) at centre-half.

Almost 1.4 million FPL managers sold Son ahead of the Gameweek 4 deadline, with no other Fantasy asset suffering as many transfers out as the South Korea international in a single Gameweek so far this season.

Anthony Martial (£8.9m) was also out of favour, with his 303,342 sales making him the second-most sold FPL forward of this weekend.

Bruno Fernandes (£10.5m) is the only Manchester United player who has a double-digit ownership in FPL at the time of writing, with three Spurs players – Doherty, Son and Harry Kane (£10.5m) – featuring in more than 10% of Fantasy squads.


Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Aurier, Dier, Sanchez, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Lamela, Son, Kane.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Fernandes, Rashford, Greenwood, Martial.


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2,957 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Utd whipping boys.

  2. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    R. James/Foden -> Chilwell/Son worth a hit?

  3. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    If you can only pick 1

    Son or Kane?

    1. Begbie.
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son

    2. MSTRKRFTSMN
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Kane all day long

    3. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Pens swings it as per

    4. _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Son

  4. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Martial to Jimenez
    Success 😉

  5. Totalfootball
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Premier league is BOUGHT . SPOT FIXING right there .

  6. HellasLEAF
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lamella a disgrace for that reaction.

    1. Blues for Salah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      He made an all you can eat buffet out of that situation.

  7. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son goal

  8. Saka Rice
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I took out ASM and Son for Barnes and Mahrez (-4). at the time that was amazing transfers

  9. Joey Tribbiani
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I need Son.

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Trust me you don’t

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 6 months ago

        😉

  10. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Still have two weeks, but it's looking like Sterling/Jimenez -> Son/Kane for free...

    Spurs just looking so good atm.

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      United helping that

  11. Aubamazette
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I took out Rodriguez Son Martial for De Bruyne Mahrez Richarlison this week... for a -8

  12. korbendallas82
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    kane in easy.

  13. Drip Doctor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    SOOOOOOON

  14. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Bloody son.

  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son G

  16. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    SON GOAL AGAIN

  17. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Wow Son 🙁

  18. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Oh my days.

  19. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    I don’t think I can watch any longer

  20. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Lol wtf

  21. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    F**k me

  22. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    hahahhaa Son punishing all of us ffs

  23. Debauchy
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Sonny you beaut !!

  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Just end me for **** sake!

  25. Naby K8a
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    WAKE UP OLE ITS ALL OVER

  26. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Sold Sonon a WC. Hold me please. Hold me

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So many of us in the same boat

    2. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      So unfair this mate, hang in there

    3. KGFC
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 6 months ago

      Sold him for a hit coz Mou said hamstring first. There was no way a hamstring gets fine in a week. So angry!

  27. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Obviously my rival benched Son and has him coming off the bench

  28. KGFC
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    Son is piling on the misery for those who believed in Mourinho 😡

  29. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    DDG needs to go now!

  30. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 6 months ago

    2 goals from Son.
    Should I cash out?