Ayoze Perez has completed a £30m move to Leicester City, leaving Newcastle United after five years in the north-east.
Perez was one of a handful of Fantasy Premier League assets who saw his position change upon the game’s relaunch this summer.
An FPL forward in his first four seasons in the top flight, Perez was reclassified as a midfielder in June after playing more than half of his games in 2018/19 in more of a supporting role behind Salomon Rondon.
Had his Fantasy position been altered 12 months earlier, the extra points he would have accumulated for goals/clean sheets would have put him in the top ten highest-scoring FPL midfielders of 2018/19.
Available for £6.5m this season, Perez would have been an intriguing prospect even if had stayed on Tyneside – but a move to a Leicester side that has developed an attacking swagger under new boss Brendan Rodgers will provoke even more interest in the Fantasy community.
Members can read on for our study of Perez’s Fantasy credentials.
4 years, 10 months ago
Thoughts appreciated. This is what I’ve currently got.
Ryan
Robertson, VVD, Digne, Coleman
Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Perez
Wilson, King
Not sure on the double Everton defence. Doing Coleman to a 5m allows me to make VVD->TAA or Perez->Zaha/other.
I had Maitland Niles in as a 5m option.