New FPL Transfers Arsenal Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette
Hello and welcome to New FPL Transfers Arsenal Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette. Welcome back to a brand-new season of Fantasy Premier League! The Transfer Window has been in full swing since the 1st of July with plenty new faces coming into the league giving us fantasy managers more options to pull our hair out over. In the coming weeks, we will see multiple drafts, probably all from Mitro, containing different combinations of some of these new faces so to make it easier for him and everyone else; below I have written up an analysis of some of those faces. With so much money flooding into the English League in the recent years we are seeing some ridiculous transfers and transfer fees up and down the divisions (Ruben Neves to Wolves for £15 million, anybody?!!!) In the below article we focus on Arsenal’s latest additions. Two players whom Arsenal fans hope can help them back to their promised land and a 4th place finish
Sead Kolasinac
Defender
FPL Price: £6.0m
New season but same old Arsenal!! Wenger is still in the hot seat but only time will tell if Arsenal can turn things around. Old Arsene has started early by bringing in a new left-back but obviously he didn’t let any funds leave the budgeting department by nabbing Sead Kolasinac on the free. Kolasinac is a 24-year-old from Bosnia who has spent the last 5 years at FC Schalke. In that time, he made 123 appearances scoring 4 goals and getting 13 assists. These stats don’t light the world on fire but Kolasinac is versatile and can play centre back, left midfield and defensive midfield. The versatility that Kolasinac offers should be a Godsend to Arsenal, manager and fans alike, as he can slot in whenever the inevitable injury crisis starts. Arsenal’s first six games see matches against Stoke, Bournemouth and West Brom which could be three clean sheets for the new recruit if he does in fact walk straight into the side but with the form Nacho Monreal was in at the end of last season it will be hard to tell what Arsene’s plans are! With Kieran Gibbs gone there is less competition for the Bosnian at left back but it’s still a wait and see in my opinion.
Alexandre Lacazette
Forward
FPL Price: £10.5m
Hold the phone, stop the presses!! That’s right lads and lassies the world as we know it is coming to an end! Arsenal have not only loosened the purse strings but cut them wide open by spending a club record fee of £53 million on Frenchman, Alexandre Lacazette. Lacazette may not have the gorgeous looks of the Frenchman we all know and love to hate, Olivier Giroud, but one would have to assume Lacazette is the younger replacement for Olivier. Lacazette has been linked with the English game for a long time now usually with rumours of a move to Liverpool but as usual they missed out and the highly rated striker decided he wanted a spin on the London Eye. Lacazette arrives with a lot of expectations on his shoulders and it is well deserved as the 26-year-old has played 275 times for OL Lyon scoring 129 times and assisting a further 43 goals which compared to Giroud is a lot better. In Giroud’s time at Arsenal he managed 2 less assists than Lacazette which isn’t bad but Giroud was worse in front of goal only scoring 98 times in 227 appearances. These stats should signify the end of Giroud at the Emirates and with interest coming from within England from Everton and West Ham or his home country, with Marseille and Lyon looking to attain his services Lacazette could find himself leading the Arsenal line in their hopes of returning to their throne, 4th place!
Thanks for reading New FPL Transfers Arsenal Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette. This article was written by Matt
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Hi Guys
Do you think Leroy Sane is a guaranteed starter? Im kinda skeptical regarding his game time
Was thinking of either him or Silva as Im priced out of De Bruyne and Im not sure which of the 2 strikers will play
Im referring to David Silva here
Isn’t Silva injured at the moment ? So bung Sane in for now. I think most people want KDB but the rest of the squad suffers.
Do you think he starts most of the games though?
Theres bound to be rotation with Citeh as there will be with most teams in Europe.
Just thinking, is Costa deffo offski ? Haven’t heard much transfer news about him. If he ends up staying, will Moratas playing time be reduced ?
Hi Elle, even if he doesn’t leave he won’t be played, I don’t think.
Telegraph article: “Costa gave another clear hint over his future plans earlier this week when he posted a video on holiday in Brazil wearing an Atleti jersey. As previously reported by Telegraph Sport, the forward has already said his goodbyes to the Chelsea squad.
“However, his next move will be complicated by Atletico’s transfer ban, which prevents them from signing players until January. Conte has moved to replace Costa by completing the £58million capture of Alvaro Morata.”
Cheers AT. Posted below where i’m at with my squad, add Morata to that for now.
Razman, welcome back. Drop me a mail re the regulars league.
Hope you got my mail Elle. Cheers
Certainly did Nish. :thumbup:
Team 1
De Gea Elliot
Alonso Trippier Dawson Yedlin Rangel
Sane Willian Ramsey Zaha Mc Arthur
Lukaku Kane Gayle
Team 2
Foster Elliot
Alonso Trippier Yedlin Mee Rangel
KDB Eriksen Willian Tadic Mc Arthur
Lukaku Laccazette Gayle
which one of the two gents?
That’s a tough one Nishant. I like the midfield of the 2nd team but the rest of the 1st team.
Cheers Matt
Alonso eats up so much fund :cuss:
Need GW 1 to come soon
Yeah I think I’ll be going with Courtois as the cheapest route into the Chelsea defence
Frees up some serious funds though
If I do DDG to Courtois
Alonso to Blind
That releases 1.5 mn allowing me to upgrade Sane to KDB in team 1
Then I would definitely do that mate!!
Maybe you could drop Alonso to a 6 mil defender, say David Luiz for same coverage; and Kane to Morata. That would release 3.5 mil. Since you’d have Morata already, you could then switch out Willian and Ramsey to Alli and Eriksen (budget permitting, I’m not accessing the prices right now) to account for the missing Kane.
Or make a straight swap of Willian to Hazard when he returns.
Pobably not the final team…
Can’t Remember if Fabregas was injuried last season or did he just spend a lot of time on the bench anyway?
Will Jesus spend a lot of time on the bench if Agüero is fit?
Or this one?
This one
I like this team a bit better also, but I a touch worried about Sterling’s minutes.
Heres where i’m at for now.
They are 8 out of the 9 players I have nailed on in my team too Elle.
Morata with Luk now.
Could be a big mistake but I don’t have Morata or Luk but things could change if Perisic joins depending on his price it’s either him or Luk 😉
Who are your strikers at the moment Silvers ?
Elle Kane , Kun & Austin but keeping eye on him 😉
Decent strikers there though Silvers.
Those look like 4 strikers there Silvers, I keep Kun, Kane and Elle for sure. Think that last one can definitely steal plenty of points.
:big-lol:
Who is the one missing in your squad Matt ?
Ramsey. Don’t think I will be going with any Arsenal cover to be honest.
As per my answer to Silvers, next page. May go Courtois and ditch Luiz.
Same midfield as me, Elle, although I’m punting on Salah atm. Have Rashford over Lukaku at the moment and my Forster/Blind cover may well become DDG/Cedric if the United left-back spot does not become clear. Also have Trippier. Sitting out from having a Chelsea defender currently.
AT If Rashford starts he going str in my team could be the bargain of the season he is looking good