Fantasy Premier League managers face a busy few weeks, with the fixtures coming thick and fast and double gameweeks on the horizon, so we’ve picked out seven players that we believe you should be targeting for your team.
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Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
MID – £10.3m – 14.8%
Next 3: EVE (A) – BRE (H) – IPS (A) + CRY (H)
Arsenal’s starboy is back and already proving why he should be a priority pickup for all FPL
managers. Saka came off the bench to score for the Gunners against Fulham on Tuesday
and should now be in contention to start this weekend.
He’s got a great set of fixtures coming up and could even be a triple captaincy option for the double in GW33.
Saka is Arsenal’s talisman and one of the league’s best creators. Despite being out for over
two months, only Mohamed Salah has bettered him for assists this season.
Mikel Merino – Arsenal
MID – £6.0M – 1.3%
Next 3: EVE (A) – BRE (H) – IPS (A) + CRY (H)
If you can’t afford Saka or even fancy a double up on Arsenal attack for this run, Merino
could be your man.
Usually, a midfielder being shoehorned in up front would be a bad sign, but in FPL it’s a blessing. With Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus out for the rest of the season, Merino should continue to fill in at striker for the foreseeable future.
19 points across the last two gameweeks suggests that the Spaniard is only getting more
comfortable with his new role, and with Arsenal desperate to win every game in the run-in, I don’t see the goals drying up.
Alexander Isak – Newcastle United
FWD – £9.5m – 58.8%
Next 3: LEI (A) – MUN (H) + CRY (H) – AVL (A)
There’s a strong chance that most of you already own Isak, but if you don’t, then now is the time to jump on.
The Swedish striker is playing the best football of his career right now and is the highest
scoring forward in the game.
Leicester away up next, followed by two home fixtures in the double is just too good to turn down. He’ll likely be heavily captained in DGW32 and is certainly worth consideration for those of you that still have the triple captain chip.
It’s worth mentioning that he did get substituted early against Brentford on Wednesday night, but Eddie Howe said it was just precautionary and nothing too serious.
“We’ll wait and see today. I’ll see them for the first time. Hopefully they are feeling okay. We don’t think we’ve got any big injuries from Wednesday, just a couple of niggles. Let’s wait and see.”
Ismaila Sarr – Crystal Palace
MID – £5.7m – 9.5%
Next 3: BHA (H) – MCI (A) + NEW (A) – BOU (H) + ARS (A)
Crystal Palace had a surprising slip-up against Southampton midweek but had been building momentum and playing their best football of the season before that.
With back-to-back double gameweeks coming up, you’d be brave to go without any Palace coverage, and Sarr looks to be the standout option to me.
He’s looked extremely dangerous in recent weeks, racking up six big chances across the last five gameweeks; no other midfielder has had ...
