It feels harmful to contemplate, even for a second, going towards Erling Haaland (£15.2million) proper now.
Having been a struck put up away from grabbing three consecutive hat-tricks, the Manchester Metropolis ahead has racked up a surprising 9 targets from 4 matches.
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Nonetheless, the champions are about to headline Gameweek 5 at dwelling to Arsenal – a facet that stored clear sheets in each of final season’s clashes. It really appears like an unstoppable pressure assembly an immovable object.
However when committing to a non-Haaland captaincy, there must be a extremely good different. Let’s analyse three different armband contenders for this weekend, whose factors might be doubled.
Mohamed Salah (£12.7million)
Over 938,000 managers flocked to purchase Liverpool’s key attacker final week, understanding that he’d delivered double-digit hauls in all three appearances to this point. Usually, Salah then produced nothing in a shock Anfield defeat to Nottingham Forest.
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But there are nonetheless loads of causes to maintain religion on this FPL all-timer – his fixed menace hasn’t all of a sudden disappeared. The 32-year-old leads the way in which for penalty space touches (42) and has had the second-most photographs on the right track (eight).
While the spectacular Bournemouth can’t be underestimated below Andoni Iraola, they’ve traditionally been a great opponent for Salah. The Egyptian has scored 9 targets in 9 Premier League encounters towards the Cherries.
Ollie Watkins (£8.9million)
Final season introduced excellent numbers for Watkins, as his 19 targets and 18 assists guided Aston Villa to Champions League soccer.
And now he’s lastly off the mark for this marketing campaign, netting twice in Saturday’s comeback win over Everton. In response, he seems to be set to be the most-bought participant heading into Gameweek 5, the place the subsequent impediment is a Wolves workforce but to maintain a clear sheet.
In the meantime, Villa’s 16 huge chances are high the second-most, eight of which belong to centre-forward Watkins. It’s a tally that solely Haaland can match.
One potential setback is that there’s been a current tendency to substitute him across the hour mark, permitting Jhon Duran (£6.0m) to return on and infrequently rating.
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Cole Palmer (£10.6million)
Choice no.3 is a fellow England star recent from his glorious 2023/24.
Palmer’s 22 targets and 13 assists took him to 244 factors and the honour of being FPL’s top-scoring asset. Not dangerous for somebody who didn’t begin a league recreation till Gameweek seven.
Like Salah, he’s a penalty-taking midfielder with a promising begin to proceedings.
We witnessed a objective and 4 assists from him throughout Gameweeks two and three, though issues had been quieter at Bournemouth, not registering a single shot.
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What offers him captaincy enchantment is that Chelsea face West Ham – a rival they beat 5-0 simply 4 months in the past. Palmer scored that day and, even below Julen Lopetegui, the Hammers are recording poor defensive numbers. 4 rounds in, they’ve conceded probably the most photographs (73) of all top-flight groups.
Go to FantasyFootballScout.co.uk to seek out out extra.
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