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Mourinho starts Alli as FPL managers hope for Kane resurgence

Jose Mourinho has named his first XI as Tottenham Hotspur manager, with few surprises in the ex-Chelsea and Manchester United chief’s selection.

Harry Kane (£10.8m) unsurprisingly leads the line, with FPL managers set to keep a keen eye on the England striker’s positioning under his new boss.

Dele Alli (£8.4m) looks set to line up as the ‘No.10’ in a likely 4-2-3-1 formation.

On the midfielder, Mourinho said yesterday:

“I asked him if he was Dele or Dele’s brother. He told me he was Dele. ‘OK,’ I said. ‘Play like Dele’.” – Jose Mourinho

Son Heung-min (£9.6m) and Lucas Moura (£7.0m) should staff the flanks either side of Dele, which leaves contract rebel Christian Eriksen (£8.7m) to warm the bench alongside Danny Rose (£5.4m).

“I need to understand what is in Christian’s mind and heart.” – Jose Mourinho

Paulo Gazzaniga (£4.5m) is between the sticks as Spurs’ only fit senior goalkeeper, Brandon Austin on the bench. The Argentinian could potentially provide a budget source of points if Mourinho has the desired effect on what has been a leaky Spurs defence up until now.

Jan Vertonghen (£5.2m) is not part of the matchday squad due to injury, so Toby Alderweireld (£5.4m) is partnered in central defence by Davinson Sanchez (£5.3m).

Serge Aurier (£4.8m) gets the nod at right-back, while Ben Davies (£5.4m) makes the XI after impressing for Wales over the international break.

Harry Winks (£5.3m) and Eric Dier (£4.9m) make up the remainder of Mourinho’s initial XI. Tanguy Ndombele (£5.9m) also misses out through injury.

Manuel Pellegrini has stuck with under-fire keeper Roberto (£4.4m) despite several unsatisfactory displays between the sticks for the Hammers.

Mark Noble (£5.0m) has recovered from a knock to take his place in midfield, behind attacking trio Andriy Yarmolenko (£5.9m), Robert Snodgrass (£5.2m) and Felipe Anderson (£6.8m). Pellegrini could use a variation of formations ahead of his back four, most likely 4-2-3-1 or 4-1-4-1.

Angelo Obgonna (£4.5m) replaces Fabian Balbuena (£4.3m) at centre-back, while the other change for the Irons sees Pablo Fornals (£6.0m) drop out for Yarmolenko. Michail Antonio (£6.9m) has recovered from injury to make the bench at the London Stadium.

Line-ups

West Ham United XI: Roberto; Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; Yarmolenko, Snodgrass, Anderson; Haller.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Gazzaniga; Davies, Sanchez, Alderweireld, Aurier; Winks, Dier; Son, Dele, Lucas; Kane.

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1,162 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son's ownership is still surprisingly low at 8.6%.

    He is still a diff and with the way he has been preforming you would expect his ownership to be in the late 20/30%. Maybe that is all about the change though.

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Probably because All the cheaper mid price mids have been outscoring him

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Most of them have played two extra games than Son though and did not get unjustly sent off in any game.

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It will likely be 20/30% soon.

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A lot of KDB owners looking for a new toy...

    4. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Could rocket if any of these happen later. 5th yellow/ low score from Sterling, KDB blank and a Salah no show.

      1. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Looking forward to the £.3 price rise so. 😎

        1. badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Aye.

  2. PapaWengzz
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son + Moura double up on the cards

  3. Chris_H
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    4G 6A in 10 league games from Son, I think Spurs' form has almost made him go under the radar until today.

  4. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Alli looking like Alli of old

    1. tutankamun
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Great to see

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        You love to see it

    2. FirMinaMiMo
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      16/17 alli is bck

  5. Pacer.
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kane non owners being punished with 45 minutes of side splitting action

  6. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Did not captain Son 🙁

    1. KUNingas
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Same, but however good differential against many

      1. Woy_is_back
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        😀

  7. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son Kane and moura triple up for me

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Scrap that

      Son Alli Kane triple up

      1. PapaWengzz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Too exp. Moura more realisic

  8. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son owned by casuals only so no need to worry..

    1. Pep Pig
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not really true that pal

    2. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Tell that to Magnus Carlsen Buddy

    3. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Top 100k is mostly casuals. When do you begin worrying?

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

    United vs Spurs in GW15 looking like a classic already.

    Jose to get Ole sacked?

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Scenes. Ole is nervous you could tell in the pressers

      1. El Presidente
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yes! Even if he tried to joke that one away... spectacle and circus... right. He was clearly nervous.

    2. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Likely 0-0 match, both managers prefer defensive tactics in big games.

  10. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son is lucky his ankle is still intact

    1. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thank God we have VAR to correct errors like that.

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He rode the tackle well.

    3. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, lucky is foot was not totally on the ground...

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

    Son's price will just sky rocket now 😮

  12. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Bus first appearance now?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Don’t need a bus vs a team with Haller.

  13. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Raging I got rid of Son after that sending off of his. He always burns me in some capacity. Awful, awful season for me...

  14. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Does this make sense for free?

    Son and Mousset IN for Cantwell and Auba Out

  15. Freaki
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB + cheap st
    OR
    son + 9m st

  16. pablo discobar
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son wont play Roberto every week

    1. Pacer.
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Doesn't matter who he plays. He's class

    2. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hes scored against plenty of keepers

    3. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      They're all Robertos to him.

  17. andres
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So we are all getting son now i guess

    1. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It was always my plan. A pity hes done so well this week

  18. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Looks like Son is going to rise in price tonight 😎

  19. Zimo
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Everyone thinking spurs are suddenly playing well but did anyone think West Ham are just in horrible form?

    1. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Porque no los dos

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      yeah West Ham are shocking. Don't think i'll be rushing to get Spurs attackers in

    3. El Presidente
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Correct, but Spurs away form has been horrific, outrageous. And we can see they are playing with heart, going for those tackles, comiting numbers at the back... totally different. Mou´s effect clearly ON!

  20. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Rice has been decent tbh

  21. Qaiss
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son is such a rat though, was acting as if his ankle was broken rolling on the floor a few minutes before sprinting down the wing. Such a sly player, dives and cheats, and is also the type to break other players legs and weirdly receive no punishment...

    1. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      good player but one helluva sly rat

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

      Textbook psychopath

      1. kraftwerker
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Bit harsh on Qaiss that

      2. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        You're the one who's either on this site 24/7, eating a pot noodle or w***ing yourself to sleep.

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

      ?

    4. Warbling Wendy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      The bait has been cast

    5. PapaWengzz
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Wtf are you serious mate? Did you see that tackle? And did you see what happened with Gomez??

      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah, did you see Son's face when he went into that tackle? He's a rat who deliberately went for that challenge. But because he's little cutie wutie Son and started booing his eyes out, everyone loves him... I hate him

    6. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      there's only a handful of attackers left in the top leagues who are honest...

    7. Klaren
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Cry some more, that’s all you’ll be doing rest of the season.

      1. Qaiss
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        'Cry some more', is this Xbox live gamer chat or what? Son is a rat and hopefully what he did to Gomes will happen to him at some point. He's taken a year of someones career away from them

        1. Klaren
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          If you are incapable of grasping that Gomes’ injury was an indirect result of Son’s tackle, then I won’t bother explaining anything but calling him a “rat” shows a lot about you anyway.

    8. All For One
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not emtirely Son's fault Gomez collided into Aurier. Did you see the tackle?

      1. All For One
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Aurier collided into Gomez I meant

  22. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Think De Bruyne to Son is on the cards..

    1. Freaki
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Same especially considering fixtures

      1. PapaWengzz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        There are no bad fixtures for city.

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

          Disagree ... Norwich and Wolves ...

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Reckon it’ll be asked once or twice this week...

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

      Done 😉

      1. PapaWengzz
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Should have waited till the end of their game today?

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

          Nope

          1. seewhyaxe
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            lol

          2. PapaWengzz
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Yup

    4. kraftwerker
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Yep. Could be without City at all for 5 gameweeks.

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

        Planned and done

    5. Flynny
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I can see this being a popular move....

      Would mean no city tho for me and many others

  23. Warbling Wendy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Proud Son owner here. I'm smug and I'm not afraid to admit it.

    1. Arctic monkeys
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not smug enough to captain tho

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well in

  24. Jullepuu
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wow I'm now hoping that Sterling gets booked so I can get Son in without any worries 😆

  25. Aubaaaaa
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Is Son gona miss some games in December? Korea is playing some games in December right?

  26. FirMinaMiMo
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hw gud dele alli is....a potential pick ...tonight son nd alli prices may rise 🙂

    1. Am sorry to say again it�…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      May?! 100%! People love a bandwagon.

  27. Rolls-Royce
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kane look disinterested in the first half. Got the wrong Spurs player it seems. 🙁

  28. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I voted Son in the captain poll.

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

      Did you transfer him in?

      1. seewhyaxe
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Nope. I thought he’s the best captain pick this week.

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

      Wow incredible

    3. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Comment of the day! 😀

    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Can I have your autograph?

  29. Baberto
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pope Button
    Digne soyuncu lund saiss chambers
    Son kdb mane hayden stephens
    Auba vardy jimenez

    0.5 itb
    2 ft

    Please suggest transfers

    1. KUNingas
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Why to rush?

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      not the right time

  30. NABIL - FPL otai
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty late but

    Alliiiiiiii 😎

    1. FirMinaMiMo
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Definitely...his price ll rise

      1. NABIL - FPL otai
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Good to know