This article will cover some Deadline Day Differentials who are flying under the radar. These differentials are currently owned by under 10% of managers, and could be worthy of your consideration for a place in your 19/20 FPL team.
Zinchenko [Manchester City]
The Man City defender is just 8.9% owned at time of writing, and seems to be losing out to his team-mates Laporte (who we’re awaiting an injury update for) and Walker who seems to be getting the FPL community’s backing for his seemingly more nailed position. This means Zinchenko is flying under the radar. Granted, we are unsure of Mendy’s injury position & Pep could easily play Angeliño over Zinchenko, but he’s played the best part of pre-season and done well. So, he could get you to an early GW4 wildcard if that is your plan and at 5.5m, he is easily transferable to another player should a better alternative arise.
Coleman [Everton]
Now, we were all so excited about Everton’s defence until Idrissa Gueye got shipped off to PSG, and then we became a lot more sceptical. However, Everton did sign a replacement in Gbamin, making them a consideration at the back again. It’s difficult to look past Digne or Pickford as the best Everton defensive option, but at just 3.9% owned and 5.5m in the official game, Coleman could be a sneaky differential. He got 2,558 minutes last season resulting in 2 goals and 2 assists. He also played the second most pre-season minutes for the Toffees, but there is a word of warning concerning Everton’s late loan acquisition of Sidibé from Monaco, who has the potential to usurp Seamus’ right-back spot as the weeks go on.
Alonso [Chelsea]
We can all remember the Goalonso days of 2017/18 with his 7 goals and 2 assists, but believe it or not, Alonso actually managed to almost match his 17/18 points last season getting just 4 points less, and in less minutes. This is because he still managed to get 2 goals and 8 assists and a boat load of bonus points. He’s still quite pricey at 6.5m, but Chelsea’s fixtures look great past GW1. So, if Frank can get the Goalonso firing again and give him the confidence and game time he needs, I guarantee his ownership of 4.9% will sky rocket, and fast.
Moura [Tottenham Hotspurs]
Lucas Moura is very close to rising above the 10% owned mark (currently residing at 9.8%) he might not be a differential for long because he is having a very eye-catching pre-season with 3 goals and an assist in 5 pre-season cup games. He’s a cheaper alternative to Kane in the Spurs attack at just 7.5 m, and got 10 goals and 2 assists in 2115 minutes last season. His potential for returns in the opening weeks look even better when thinking that Son is suspended for the first two games, and Alli’s hamstring injury keeping him out of the start of the season. Spurs are in the market at the moment, and so it’s impossible to know if Moura keeps his spot long term, but for now he’s an interesting punt.
Martial [Manchester United]
Martial is currently 4.6% owned by the FPL community and did surprisingly well last season considering the limited minutes played. He got 10 goals and 4 assists in 1613 minutes, which were hampered due to injury and falling down the pecking order. However, this season could be very different. During United’s pre-season ventures, he clocked up the most amount of minutes on the pitch (339) along with Rashford, scoring on two occasions as well as providing an assist. With Ole at the wheel, the youngsters at United seem to be getting preference, and Martial could be one to gain from this.
Barkley [Chelsea]
Barkley has created a bit of a stir this pre-season, with his 4 goals and 3 assists including a penalty, which has excited FPL managers. He seems to have got a lot of pre-season game time under Lampard and he could be a player developed in the same mould as the man himself. There is some worry that he could miss out to Mason Mount though come the start of the season, who shone for Derby County under Lampard last season. So, Barkley is a punt at 6.0mil, but if it pays off at just 7.3% owned, and he could finally live up to the potential he showed at Everton, what a punt it could be.
Tielemans [Leicester City]
There was a time late last season, when the FPL community couldn’t stop talking about Tielemans. He definitely impressed FPL managers with his 3 goals and 5 assists in just 1087 minutes following his arrival at Leicester. Yet right now, he is just 6.5% owned by FPL managers. This is likely due to Leicester’s summer signing of the former Newcastle forward Ayoze Pérez, who got 12 goals and 2 assists last season. The Spaniard has been playing out of position up front in a two-man partnership with Jamie Vardy, which has made him more appealing than the Belgian playmaker, especially both being priced the same at 6.5m. But, don’t let that put you off Tielemans, FPL Managers could easily end up having both Tielemans and Perez in their teams at some point in this season, and so it could pay off to get on that early.
Pepe [Arsenal]
Arsenal have been crying out for some big-name signings this summer. Yet, talk of a low budget, links with Wilfried Zaha, and a desperate need for defenders meant that FPL managers and Arsenal fans alike did not see the Pepe signing coming. At 9.5m, he’s not going to be a cheap asset for your team, and it’s hard to say if he’ll both start and hit the ground running at the beginning of the season given that he had no pre-season games with the team under his belt, which is likely why FPL managers have opted for Kevin De-Bruyne [Man City – 15.4% Owned] at the same price. However, Pepe has a big pedigree, with only Messi (49), Mbappe (40), and Sampdoria’s Quagliarella (34) contributing to more goals last season than Pepe’s 33. And, at just 6.1% owned, he could be one of the main differential FPL signings of the season.
Haller [West Ham United]
Sébastien Haller is a new signing for the Hammers from Eintracht Frankfurt. Despite his impressive returns of 20 goals and 12 assists last season, at 7.5m it’s a struggle to place him straight into our FPL teams with no prior experience in the Premier League. Which is likely why just 5.8% of managers have done so. West Ham’s fixtures look tasty past Man City in gameweek one, only facing one of the top six in 11 games following that. Having already notched up his first goal for the Hammers in pre-season, there’s every possibility Haller could be a top prospect in FPL should he settle well, meaning he could be a promising differential.
Kean [Everton]
Kean is a new addition to Everton, being signed from Juventus for an initial price of £25m. Whilst everyone has been keeping their eyes on Dybala as the hot prospect from Juve, Everton may just have got the steal of the season with Moise Kean. Last season he got 7 goals and 1 assist in the 17 games he played for the Italian champions, and with the Toffees’ great fixtures plus Kean’s generous 7.0mil price tag, he may not stay at 5.6% owned for long. With not playing at all in pre-season, it’s not clear if he’ll be a gameweek one starter yet, Calvert-Lewin could get the nod ahead of him having played a third of Everton’s pre-season minutes, albeit with no returns. But, it won’t be long before we’ll get a look at Kean given how much Everton have shelled out for him.
Abraham [Chelsea]
Although he made his Chelsea debut back in 2016, this will be his first full season as a regular in the Chelsea first team. If he can replicate his form for Aston Villa last season, then at the handsome price of 7.0mil, he’ll be a regular in all our FPL teams as well. He was joint-second highest goal scorer in the Championship, alongside Brighton’s new signing Neil Maupay, with 25 goals in the regular league season. He is priced the same as his strike-partners Giroud and Batshuayi, so choosing between them has proven tricky, made even harder by all three getting 2 goals and an assist in pre-season. However, an encouraging sign for admirers of the young Englishman is that out of the three, he has by far played the most minutes in pre-season with 292, opposed to Batushayi’s 215 and Giroud’s 188.
Adams [Southampton]
The Saints snapped up Che Adams from Birmingham early in the summer, so he has had plenty of time to settle in at his new club. He scored 35% of the Blues’ goals last season with 22 and has carried that form into pre-season down on the south coast. He’s already notched up 3 goals and 2 assists in the 198 minutes he played for the Saints over the summer, and looks like a safe bet to be one of the starting strikers come gameweek 1.
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