New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 Richarlison and James Maddison
Hello and welcome to New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 Richarlison and James Maddison. We continue our look at new Premier League transfers by focusing on two promising mid-priced attacking midfielders, namely Everton’s Richarlison and Leicester’s James Maddison. Richarlison you will likely remember from his time at Watford last season while you may not know so much about James Maddison unless you followed the Championship. Both midfielders are priced at 6.5mln and would appear to offer good value for money. They both also have the advantage of starting the season at their new clubs with decent looking fixtures.
Richarlison
Everton
FPL price: 6.5mln
Many of us hold fond memories of early season Richarlison from last term. Having been recruited by Marco Silva at Watford, the Brazilian scored five goals and assisted four in his first 12 starts. However, his form slumped and he failed to score again as Watford were disrupted by Everton’s ‘chase’ of Silva as their manager. The two have now been reacquainted as both look to make Goodison Park a more permanent home than Vicarage Road ever was.
£40mln may seem a lot for a player whose form dropped so dramatically last season but the market is what it is and Silva clearly has a lot of faith in Richarlison and will clearly be under pressure to again get the best out of him as Everton begin the season with an attractive looking run of fixtures. Adept with both feet, decent in the air and owning pace and trickery Richarlison has much going for him – he was the most fouled player in the Premier League last season and only Mo Salah, Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen had more attempts than him, though FPL owners will want to see an improvement in his finishing.
Richarlison can play on the left, right or through the middle providing Silva with numerous options for his first Everton signing – the signs are good that a summer break has helped the Brazilian for he assisted for Watford in their first pre-season friendly before his move to the Toffees. Silva believes Richarlison’s range of attributes and fierce work ethic will make him a perfect fit for the club. “The player is fast, strong, very good technically and he can play in three positions across the front line. He can also score goals. Evertonians will see a player who will be 100 per cent committed to helping our team always.”
Richarlison himself is glad to be working with Silva again and is excited at the move to Everton: “I’ve known the manager for a while obviously, so I know how he works. I developed really well with him while he was with me at Watford. It was really good working with him and one day I believe he can help me to be selected for Brazil in the full national team. I want to score more goals, provide more assists for my teammates and help in whichever way is possible.”
With Everton’s fixture list and a FPL price tag of 6.5mln, it would appear that Richarlison should be a strong contender for your squad. Despite Silva talking about the strength of the squad providing competition for places it’s worth noting that Silva never rotated Richarlison at Watford. If he can settle in quickly and can find wherever he left his shooting boots he could be FPL gold.
James Maddison
Leicester City
FPL price: 6.5mln
James Maddison joined the Foxes from Norwich in a deal worth around £24mln in June. Claude Puel very much sees Maddison as the replacement for Riyad Mahrez and while those may be big boots to fill, the signs are that Maddison has what it takes to prove a success for Leicester and also a very interesting mid-priced midfielder for FPL managers. Priced at 6.5mln by FPL, Maddison has flown some what under the radar – while much of the attention has been on similarly priced midfielders such as Richarlison, Jota, Sessegnon and Milivojevic, Maddison has ownership of just 0.6% of teams (at time of writing) and has hit the ground running in a Foxes shirt.
Maddison played for an hour vs Notts County and looked immediately at ease in the no.10 role that Puel very much values in his possession based system. The manager’s desire to keep the ball relies on the playmaker who can find space, wants to get on the ball as much as possible and then split defences open with forward passes. Sounds like Jamie Vardy’s ideal team-mate!
Maddison will also find himself on most set pieces, certainly free kicks and corners, though Vardy is expected to remain first-choice penalty taker.
Puel describes his new recruit as ‘one of the most exciting attacking talents in English football’ and is delighted that Leicester were able to hold off interest from Southampton, who also had a bid accepted for Maddison. In fact there was specualtion as early as January that Spurs were ready to make a bid.
The midfielder scored 14 goals and recorded 8 assists last season for a Norwich side that finished in a disappointing 14th place. Time will tell if Maddison can make the next step up and perform in the top flight but the 21 year old will certainly be given every chance and much of the play will go through him. Leicester’s fixtures are generally pretty good which should help Maddison find his feet. On that regard he is certainly someone on my watchlist and I’ll be keeping a closer eye on the remainder of Leicester’s pre-season friendlies to see how Maddison progresses.
Thanks for reading New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2018/19 Richarlison and James Maddison. This article was written by Cookie
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Starting to see lots of teams with Arnie and Zaha in them. Yeah both maybe good picks but if one gets injured or is out of form there is not great scope for movement in that range
And then there’s me considering Arnie as my 2nd striker with a cheapo as my 3rd
Is that a 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 though as that’s different
Probably a 3-5-2
I’m hoping Ings gets a move as he could be the perfect 3rd striker in a 3-5-2
Ings would be a great option
Stay strong Kop! I’m on Kun/Arnie/Kamara in a 3-5-2 myself.
For it to work the 3rd striker needs to st the very least get regular minutes.
Yup it’s all about that 4.5 striker! I def have an eye on Ings though!!
I don’t have a problem with a 4.5 striker. Just need the two defenders on the bench to probably play
Tosun?.
Smash
I have both currently and have Tosun, Wood, Austin and Jimenez on the watchlist. I dont think there’s that much on offer directly above them on price either so if there’s no-one showing form at the lower price then it’s a two transfer reshuffle either way.
Many thanks for this Cookie. Maddy hit my radar the second he signed, shame he’s in that 6.5 bracket with so many others really, I was hoping he’d be more toward the Ralls price but I guess they noticed his stats!
Evening Young Init, hope you’ve had a good day.
Yep I was only saying earlier that FPL have probably priced Maddy out of most people’s draft at the mo.
Be interesting to see how he does.
Yes, very good thanks, unfortunately!
Hey folks heres my lot at the moment. :big-lol:
I was wondering if Sane should replace KDB ? Over the course of last season Sane only finished 30pts less than Kev but that 0.5m could be crucial.
Good to see you having a Toffee in there!
Hes the cheapo 4th mid. Agree with folks re Maddison, wait and see. I think we were having a look but obviously Herr Kloppo wasn’t interested.
I’d say KDB is worth the extra £0.5m purely on the basis of rotation – he’s the exception to what is otherwise squeaky bum time waiting for which Midfielder(s) Pep rotates.
I think sane for the 1st 2 maybe 3 game weeks. Could get a fast price increase if he hits the ground running
I know WHU have made a few signing & look half decent & an in form Arnautovic but the fixtures are crap they finished last season on a massive 42 I thk
Cry weren’t much better probably same points so why all the love for Arnautovic & Zaha I’m I missing something here
Please let me know
They are the best options that aren’t premium or dirt cheap so a lot are going for them. I’m thinking of going with Arnie. I just don’t feel as confident with Palace.
Not that I am biased, but Yarmolenko, Wilshire or Anderson are good additional midfield options. Alternatively Balbuena is a good defensive option.
I am considering Wilshere. If he can stay fit I think he will run your midfield with Noble behind him to do the defensive duties I think Wilshere could get forward more. What do you think your starting lineup will be mate?
probably
fab
fredericks/diop/ogbonna/cresswell
rice
noble
wilshire/noble
anderson/yarmolenko
arnie
although balbuena will slot in mid defence as well. not sure on rice either. difficult one there.
So a 4-1-2-3? even though you have 12 names there mate 😉 I’m guessing the noble after rice isn’t meant to be there
correct, noble would play alongside wilshire.
think thats how we may play, although still think Adrian should play as he is a good keeper.
and depends if we get another striker in before the deadline
Ye have brought in Fab for a reason mate so I don’t think Adrian starts but who knows.
Currently have 4 yellow flags in my team hahaha. Let’s hope they all disappear 😆
Christ the season hasn’t even started yet! Who’s flagged?
Heaton, Laporte (he’s currently there just as a filler though, I think), Shaw and Mahrez. I assume the latter two are fine, and waiting on more news re: Heaton’s injury.
Heaton should be fine, Shaw I don’t think will play Mourinho and him don’t get on at all! What happened to Laporte? I think Mahrez rejoined training today but could be wrong there.
I thought Shaw and Mou had made up? Ffs haha. And Laporte got a knock against Bayern. Probably fine!
I didn’t hear anything but Mourinho seems to be on the outs with everyone so I’m avoiding United altogether I think
Shaw resumed training today, he’s fine. Whether he can avoid upsetting Mourinho in the next week is a different story!
Just noticed Cedric hasn’t played a minute of football in preseason. Is he not back from holidays yet?
Nope, which is why I don’t have him!
Yeah I think I’m going to get rid. I thought he was back already so screw that! Might go with Steve Cook. Just noticed Bournemouth have some brilliant fixtures to start. Pity Daniels has competition and might not be nailed anymore.
Pity Bournemouth are Bournemouth too!
I don’t like anyone at £4.5m tbh, bar Tomkins and perhaps Cedric if fit.
Or Schlupp 😀
Yeah the 4.5 options are frustrating this year. I am going with Doherty and want someone to rotate him with so Cedric was looking good until I didn’t know he was still on his hols! Bloody crap teams being crap 😉
Apparently he’s not on holiday – see Zed below!
I can see Schlupp getting dropped after a few weeks!
Yeah same here!
Yeah too true, him playing on the wing as an oop is intriguing, but yeah he’s probably not nailed enough…
His manager will realise he can’t hit a barn door soon enough!
It’s Hodgson so it might not be that soon! hahah
Cedric returned on Monday, has been training with the squad!!! There are still pre-season games to go, Cedric will most likely be featuring in them, I can’t see him not starting in GW1 to be honest, as we have no alternative for him really…
Oh, thought he was still away! Cheers Zed!
Ah cheers Zed this is good news!
Do you guys think Sessegnon is a good shout and justified of the price tag? if not any alternatives?
Hey up Zeke, i’ll mail you tomorrow.