New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 Max Meyer, Alfie Mawson, Alexsandar Mitrovic and Yoshinori Muto
Welcome to New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 – Max Meyer, Alfie Mawson, Alexsandar Mitrovic and Yoshinori Muto. This edition is very much the ‘M’ edition so is probably why they recruited me to write it. M is the 13th letter of the Alphabet and this certainly feels like my 13th article of preseason but c’est la vie! Here we have two familiar faces and two not so familiar ones. AT was a bit premature on his Fulham article as they have gone and signed two names that are experienced in the Premier League in Alfie Mawson and Aleksandar Mitrovic. The other two names you may not know too well and that is Max Meyer to Crystal Palace and Yoshinori Muto to Newcastle. Each of these signings could be useful for us fantasy managers so here is the rundown on each.
Max Meyer – 6.0mil
We start with a young German midfielder that was once considered the future of German football, but in recent years Meyer’s stature has declined a bit. This is probably why Meyer moved to Crystal Palace on a free rather than doing what other top talents in Germany do and sign for Bayern Munich. The central midfielder can play both defensive and attacking roles and tends to stay central either as a DM, CM or AM but has been known to play on the wings and up top. Even though he has played in attacking roles in the last three seasons, Meyer has only scored 6 goals in league football with 5 of those coming three seasons ago. The 15/16 season was his last prolific season, Meyer grabbed 6 goals and 10 assists in 41 appearances in all competitions. He may not score many goals, but he can be a provider. In the last three seasons Meyer has assisted 16 times, so with Zaha and Townsend bombing down the wings around him he has plenty of pace to aim at! A possible downside to Meyer could be his adaptation to English football, perhaps a wait and see approach is probably best for this player. Another thing to keep an eye on is his propensity for picking up yellow cards, grabbing 14 in the last 3 seasons, well, at least he wasn’t sent off.
Alfie Mawson – 5.0 mil
We move onto someone who we do know more about and who has been quite popular amongst FPL managers in the last few seasons, centre-back Alfie Mawson. Mawson has recently been awarded a return to the Premier League after Swansea’s relegation last season when new boys Fulham signed the youngster for about £15 million. Mawson has only been around the block for 5 years now and two of them have been in the Prem with Swansea. In that time he has made quite a name for himself winning the young player of the year at Swansea in his debut season and getting called up to the England squad back in February. I will only focus on his time in the top flight and that is only 65 games, but in that time he has got as many goals as Meyer. 6 goals, 1 assist and 4 yellow cards puts him ahead of Meyer in terms of average. We all know his quality and danger on set pieces and with wingers like Schurrle and Sessegnon and the midfielder Cairney, there should be plenty of opportunity for the big man. One hiccup to this asset is the fact he has been priced at 5.0; this makes him the most expensive way into the Fulham defence, but the flipside of this is he should be nailed and will definitely shore up the Fulham side, if that’s even possible.
Aleksandar Mitrovic – 6.5 mil
We stay at Craven Cottage for this one as Fulham managed to bring back Mitro, the man who was transformed under his national compatriot, Slaviša Jokanović. Mitro started the season at Newcastle where he had some… attitude problems and this resulted in him only appearing 6 times and grabbing 1 goal. This all changed come January when Mitrovic was sent out on loan to Fulham and in that time, he helped elevate the Cottagers, as he scored 12 goals and 1 assist in 17 games. The returns he got in such a short period of time shows exactly why Jokanović went back to the much loved, Mike Ashley (trust me everybody loves him, especially Rangers and Newcastle fans!) and made the deal permanent. If Mitrovic can continue last season’s form, then he could be that 3rd striker we have all been searching for. Coming in at the same price as Ryan Sessegnon (who is not experienced in the PL) he could be the better option as a sort of an ‘expensive’ bargain of sorts. He would be a bit pricier than the likes of Sorloth, Austin or Reid, but he will be nailed on and you wouldn’t have to worry about his minutes. Now, I have said Mitro has had some attitude problems, but that is more off-the-field because in terms of yellow cards he has only got 3, 3 and 4 in the last few seasons in England. If you are playing 3-4-3 definitely consider Mitrovic who could end up being a decent differential.
Yoshinori Muto – 6.0 mil
It’s a case of one out, one in at St. James’ Park or as the Geordies love to call it, Sports Direct Arena. It feels like a bad devolution from Mitro to Muto, as Mitro leaves with the record above and Muto…meh. Muto is 3 years older than his predecessor and has only spent 3 seasons outside Japan. These 3 seasons weren’t bad though as he scored 20 goals and had 10 assists in 66 games in the Bundesliga. These stats earned Muto a call-up to the World Cup this summer, but he was unable to score during the Japanese run. There isn’t much to warn against on Muto as he has only earned 11 yellow cards in his entire career and can score and assist, but I don’t know what it is, this transfer just fails to excite. Rafa might be able to work wonders and make this 6.0 mil player an absolute baller, but it is definitely a wait and see from me, especially with the terrible fixtures the Geordies have for the first 8 GWs. This is plenty of time for the Japanese man to settle in and hopefully go on a scoring spree when the fixtures turn in Newcastle’s favour starting GW9.
Thanks for reading New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 Max Meyer, Alfie Mawson, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Yoshinori Muto. This article was written by MattX
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Really appreciate this Matt.
Looks like you are down on Muto, you would enjoy hanging out with Mitro (sure he have a matching pink shirt), Meyer is washed up at 22 and you find Mawson awesome.
Must pick mitrovic..
Hi Matspik, welcome to the site.
Hi, still confuse who I want to pick..any idea??
My lineup
Pink to make the boys wink 😉 😉
Brilliant article thanks especially at short notice.
Really like Mawson but not sure I can pay 5mln for a Fulham defender!
Mitro joins the budget strikers list and I’m sure will garner some interest.
Cheers Cookie. Yeah If Mawson was 4.5 then I’d have him in but not at 5.0. Will keep an eye on Mitro though.
Yeah I agree 5 million is just too much for a Fulham defender
Here’s where I am currently.
In goal just Patricio I think Wolves will be fairly solid and he can save pens
Defence Robertson really attacking in a strong Liverpool side. Shaw a bit risky but should start the season and Mourinho plays dull defensive football. Luiz 5.5 in a Chelsea team as long as he starts tomorrow and I think he will. Peltier and Van Bassaka should start. Cedric would have been my 4.5 but where is he.
In midfield Salah don’t need explanation, Pedro might be Jota still not sure. Pedro looking like he will start the season, Richarlson seems good value in a Everton team that can’t defend and he cost a lot of money. Mahrez gives me City coverage which is kind of a must with those fixtures. Hudson Adoi has looked really good though could play it safer with Gudmonson.
Up front I prefer Aguero to Auba as he’s in a better team and City will score goals. Both decent options though. Firmino is starting tonight in. An attacking Liverpool team. Arnie not sure on tempted by Mitro
That does looks strong, don’t really have any problems with your team and thoughts on it, you know what you have on the bench, so I won’t try and dissuade you from going with it.
Thanks yep the bench sucks. Just need them to play.
Great looking team!! The bench is what it is but easy to take some chances from the off as the WC is available…
Thanks guys any changes?
Not really, only thing I’d consider is whether Shaw & 4.0m def is better or two 4.5m defs… Could be Boly and some other (not Cedric), it’s just that if Shaw loses his spot which will happen when Young comes back then you’re left with two 4.0m defs who might lose their spots as well, and it’s a bit iffy to use FTs on your 4.0m defs (you need at least two to upgrade one) when others are chasing the early risers… Just a thought
Yeah makes sense that has crossed my mind. Cedric not playing has put me off. Don’t want to double up on Wolves at the back
I would go for two 4.5 rather then Shaw + a 4.0 defender. Like Tomkins and Steve Cook
Great looking team, the bench is the bench, as long as they get game time….
Thanks guys
Hello All, it’s that time of the year again. Home everyone is having a good time mulling over selecting a good team. Here is my first draft. What do you all think. .5 in the Bank for Sane to KDB when he is back
Neves is too defensive mate so won’t get you many points. Mendy won’t start the season but the rest looks nice
+1 though we find out about Mendy tomorrow
If he doesn’t start tomorrow, it’s Davies for me and switch to Mendy when/if he looks like starting…
Good advice
Ok. Thanks I will look at replacing mendy
Just FYI, Neves missed a penalty in pre-season today
Ok. Thanks I will look at replacing mendy
What would you suggest as an alternative for Neves. I will have to downgrade a defender I order to fund a midfielder over 5M
I’d downgrade Auba to add some heft to your midfield. You can swap Kun for Auba maybe, down the line.
Neves seems to have dead ball duties delegated to him and that seems a fair swap for 5m. I’m not under too many illusions of floods of points for that price. And I’m hoping some unknown 4.5 mid will emerge I can quickly swap him (or whoever I pick) for.
I can’t decide between him and Hughes as the 5m mid in my side. I talked myself out of Kenedy.
Mitrovic or Schurrle? Both look good but don’t want a Fulham mid and striker.
Mitro without doubt
Mitrovic
Mitro
Kelechi has been in the goals preseason. Any takers? Will he start alongside Vardy?
That’s what puts me off Maddison
Hey Smash. Hope you’re well. Maddison in theory should do well, but could turn out like Ritchie last season and underwhelme. Kelechi stated in a article the other day about being settled and ready to score….seems on the ball now.
Maddison went off today with a knock against Lille so we need to keep an eye on that too.
Maddison could be a great option this season. It’s because he’s new to the club and the premier league plus Leicester have competition for his place I just want to wait and see