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Should FPL managers own Salah or Mané for upcoming fixtures?

Eight Gameweeks into the 2019/20 season and Sadio Mané (£11.7m) has scored more points than Mohamed Salah (£12.5m).

The Senegalese international has 57 to his name, coming from five goals and two assists.

Meanwhile, his Egyptian colleague, still the most expensive Fantasy asset, has found the net just four times on top of his three assists.

That has made for a total score of 55, two short of his cheaper colleague.

That difference of £0.8m in price between the two players exacerbates the concern Fantasy managers have right now.

According to the official FPL website, Mané is offering a season value of 4.9, compared to Salah’s 4.4.

Thus far, those who spent the best part of an extra £1.0m on the Egyptian international have not got what they paid for compared to those who went with Mané.

With the second international break coming at an ideal time, it means we can assess how the two assets have played so far this season and work out which of them will prove the better option moving forward.

As this article uses data from the Fantasy Football Scout Members Area, only those who have signed up for the 2019/20 season can access it in full.

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  1. aleksios
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Which one? Cant choose really.

    a) Pukki to Vardy for free.
    b) Salah and Greenwood to Maddison and Vardy for a hit.

    Thanks.

    1. Cruyff's Eleven
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Do it in two weeks - save the 4 points

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      A easily imo

    3. Camino Aleatorio
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Maddison is the best at playing great but not really giving you anything

      Fixtures Great-Check
      Talisman for his team -Check
      Nailed - Check

      Is equivalent to a premium player. Nope

    4. Transfer Addict
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Liverpool are going to rout united! Keep Salah!

  2. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Looks like as always when Mane outperforms salah his stats are unsustainable. Everyone will come crawling back to Mo soon enough

    1. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      3.5m price difference and 0.8 price difference are Worlds apart. Easy not to go to mo last year with use of extra funds but this year. I’d prob still go back to mo in a few weeks after just selling this week. Only go for Mane if I miscalculated my planned buy back financial / budget.

    2. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Unsustainable since last season 😆 Has won the golden boot whilst being unsustainable 😆

      1. Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Mane won the Golden boot? News to me...

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Mane is a superb player, Mo is a superb player with set pieces and pens who costs 1.0 more...

      Double up very viable but ultimately in the 'choose 1' scenario, its hard to look past Mo, for me personally anyways

      The same pattern repeats itself quite often - Mo has a few quiet games, gets sold, hattricks, gets bought back, does well for a few games, gets bought some more, has a quiet few games, gets sold, hattricks etc etc

    4. charlie1X
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      Big call but in the next 4 I fancy Mane to match Salah

  3. SomersetSpur
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    On WC. 2 choices to make

    A) Ryan, lowton
    B) Pope, dunk

    1) mcginn aguero
    2) sterling, king

    Rest of team
    button
    Taa soy Lund tomori
    Mane kdb Cantrell mount
    Vardy Abraham

    Thoughts?

    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      B, 1 for the long term (though fixtures are better for King than McGinn)

      1. SomersetSpur
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks for replying.

  4. Camino Aleatorio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Right now the Salah owners are being punished and unless you got Pukki Lucky and smart about KDB early...your rank sucks

    Salah and all player returns are naturally lumpy. That’s the game. So dumping Salah is risking his lumpy returns after you suffered the drought

    Yep, I can be wrong. I’m not a top 5K player. So DONT LISTEN to me, find a better FPL player

    1. Benjustjamin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 5 months ago

      I like your thinking bud, Salah will come good and I'm keeping instead of Mane so I dont miss a big Salah hatrick

  5. LochineFDC
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 5 months ago

    Pukki -> Connolly and cantwell -> Mount for -4 hit?