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New Signings 2015/16

New Signings – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16. Ayew, Eder, Tripier, Obiang, Payet, McClean

New Signings – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16. Ayew, Eder, Tripier, Obiang, Payet, McClean

FPL 2014/15 transfer round upThe transfer window has swung open and many teams are already on a player feast ahead of the new season. Some signings will be functional and some will be exciting but what we need to know is whether they will be fantasy gold or indeed just barely relevant enough to be bench fodder. Over the next few weeks we will endeavour to trawl through the transfer market and analyse the key transfers for you. We will look at each players past performances and try and give you a steer as to whether we feel they will be worth investing in.

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[/three_fourth]Andre Ayew
Swansea City
Age: 25
Position: Striker
Signed From: Free agent (previously Marseille)
Fee: Free

Not every player can say Pele is his dad. Well I suppose the great Brazilian did raise (cough) awareness of a male impotence cure so if he was indeed receiving payment of stock then maybe there are a lot out there who can rightly call him Papa Pele. Anyway I digress. My main point is that Swansea have signed Andre Ayew, the striking son of the great Abedi Pele or Abedi Ayew as he was christened in Kibi, Ghana. So, why doesn’t Ayew junior go with “Pele” instead of Ayew? Well, would you? Talk about a target on your back! In any event what Swansea have done is pick up a player with ten years of playing experience in France, mostly at Marseille but interrupted by loans at Arles and Lorient (where brother Jordan now plays) and they have picked him up for free. Andre is still only 25 and represents and interesting fantasy alternative should he be priced reasonably. He has scored 44 goals in 160 matches for OM and also has stacked 62 caps (11 goals) for the Black Stars of Ghana. It will be interesting to see how Swansea manager Garry Monk fits in his attackers this season but a change of formation to accommodate more than just a lone striker of Gomis looks likely. Ayew may find himself handily placed to be amongst the points. I think a watching brief should be taken on Swansea to see how they fit in their attackers. Speaking of which . .

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Eder
Swansea City
Age: 27
Position: Striker
Signed From: SC Braga
Fee: Undisclosed

The Portuguese international has now also completed his move from SC Braga to the Swans. A better than goal every three games ratio in his time with Braga has encouraged Swansea to part with a believed £5M for the Guinea-Bissau born striker. It would seem very unlikely that Swansea could shoehorn in Eder, Gomis, Ayew and Sigurdsson at the same time and with Routledge and Dyer also in the wings, it is definitely advisable to see both how Garry Monk lines his side up and how the player himself settles. Probably a bit of a risky pick to start with but then again look at Michu.

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Kieran Trippier
Tottenham Hotspur
Age: 24
Postion: Defender
Signed From: Burnley
Fee: £3.5M

The ex-Manchester City trainee (he’ll probably always be tagged this way) has found himself retaining a tag he’ll enjoy more, that of ‘Premier League footballer’. Pochettino has signed the right back who played more games for Burnley last year than any of his ex-clubmates. I don’t see him playing 41 matches this season. He is competing with England international Kyle Walker for a place in the team and each of them may find themselves in and out of the team especially with Europa League again on Spurs’ agenda. The Lilywhites’ other right back DeAndre Yedlin may be out of the equation as it is believed his employers are looking to loan the American out to gain experience so Trippier would at worst be second choice. It may well be worth watching to see who starts the league match at Old Trafford as that should be a good indicator of greater trust and therefore favouritism from the manager.

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[/three_fourth]Pedro Obiang
West Ham United
Age: 23
Position: Midfielder
Signed From: Sampdoria
Fee: Undisclosed

Pedro Obiang is 23. He has a number Spanish youth caps. He started his career at Atletico Madrid. Has played just one game short of a century in Serie ‘A’ for Sampdoria. And he isn’t Angelo Ogbonna. OK so those of you confused by that last sentence are not then familiar with West Ham co-owner David Gold taking to twitter to welcome his new signing to the club and posting a picture of Juventus player Ogbonna instead. Yep, ‘suck-air-through-teeth’ embarrassing. Gold clearly paid little attention during negotiations – probably dreaming about how to fill the Olympic Stadium next year or if big Sam knows any wrong ‘uns. Although the player may have potential to do a fantastic job for the Hammers I’ll say the two words that’ll have you immediately scanning to the next featured player. ‘Defensive’ and ‘midfielder’. Obiang scored just four goals in 132 games all-told for Sampdoria so whatever his price in the fantasy game, I wouldn’t advise taking the Spaniard from the off and expecting great things.

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[/three_fourth]Dmitiri Payet
West Ham United
Age: 28
Position: Midfielder
Signed From: Marseille
Fee: £10M

Allegedly courted by Chelsea and Liverpool during his time at St Etienne in France, one of his four former Ligue 1 clubs and where he made most appearances, Dmitri Payet is an attacking midfielder noted for his quick movement, excellent dribbling skills and killer passes which have enabled him to assist with impressive regularity. Having spent all his career in Ligue 1, his statistics make very appealing reading. He has played 337 matches in all competitions and has been directly involved in 148 goals (71 goals and 77 assists). That’s a direct goal involvement in better than every 2 and a quarter games. This past season at Marseille, who received a cool eight figure sum for the attacker, he created more chances than any other player in Europe’s big five leagues. Let that sink in. He created more chances than Messi (in fact he has for the past two seasons), Suarez, Ronaldo, Robben, Ribery, Hazard, Sanchez etc. Now if you consider that of course not all of these became assists, it still makes very encouraging reading that Payet does have an eye for a killer pass. For the record, he created 67 ‘big’ chances, 44 of which from open play. And in case you think he is a one-season wonder, then the season previously, again at Marseille, only Kevin de Bruyne of Wolfsburg created more – 109 to Payet’s 101. Payet has made 14 appearances for France scoring once against Belgium last month and has two international assists to his name, unsurprisingly.

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James McClean
West Bromwich Albion
Age: 25
Position: Midfield
Signed From: Wigan Athletic
Fee: £1.5M

The Republic of Ireland international could have been two divisions away from the Premier League this coming season as his former employers Wigan slipped in to League One but Tony Pulis has thrown the left-sided midfielder a Premier League lifeline, making him his first signing of the summer. I don’t think McClean will feature in many fantasy sides from the start as there will be other midfielders in his price range who probably offer better attacking returns. However if he holds down a regular place and finds form then this could change. Previously in the Premier League you could class him as a scorer of decent goals rather than a decent scorer of goals. How he fits in with Chris Brunt on the left hand side may be a factor this term.

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New Signings – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16. Ayew, Eder, Tripier, Obiang, Payet, McClean This article was written by The Gallant Pioneer

 


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  1. 2
    migs says:

    Morning Cookie! Absolutely bloody fantastic, great to get the new season going.
    Thanks GP for this article, did not know about the Pele connection to Ayew. He seems a cracking signing for them and one I will watch. Not so much Eder though, he is always hopeless for Portugal! Payet is another to watch, I reckon the Hammers will be good value this season.

  2. 3

    Cheers for this GP, great to have a review of the latest signings! So anyone planning on signing any of these from day 1?

  3. 4
    NIN says:

    Nice one GP, i’ll have a read of this now in a few. Eder is one that i personally will be staying well away from. Portuguese strikers are woeful for the most part, Ronaldo aside of course. Really cant remember the last decent Portuguese striker.

  4. 5
    Ant0800 says:

    Are there any players who are certs for your team?.

    • 5.1
      NIN says:

      Morning Ant. Assuming these player are fit, then i’ll likely be starting with them. 99% on Coleman should he sign for United, Schmeichel, Hazard, Sanchez, Depay, Aguero, Vardy. I’m very interested to see the price of Di Maria, Silva, De Bruyne (if he comes to City), Ivanovic, Benteke, Austin (If he gets a good club, he’s a banker for my team) and Giroud. Those are the routes i’m currently looking at anyway. Preseason may throw Walcott in there too if he’s getting games up front. If that’s the case for the actual season, then he’s 100% in my team, and captain regularly.

      • NIN says:

        Sorry, no idea why i typed in Ivanovic there. He’ll be 7.5m, no doubt about it. Actually meant to type in Koscielny there, not Ivan :cuckoo:

      • Silverback says:

        Hey NIN do you need to borrow any cash for this team :shiftyeyes:

        • NIN says:

          Heh heh 😉

          The first 7 come to a decent amount. The rest are just ones i want to see what the value is before thinking further on it. Schmeichel, Coleman, Hazard, Sanchez, Depay, Aguero and Vardy are my initial thoughts for a spine. I think it’s a good core of goals, assists and bp’s.

        • Silverback says:

          I agree there goals assists all over , I really like the look of Depay , I was hoping Wally will be played down the middle if he can get regular games I will have him over Sanchez also like the look of Payet

        • Ant0800 says:

          Ime thinking Sanchez and Hazard around 11.0m

        • NIN says:

          Yeah, Depay looks very good. Those set pieces of his are wicked, which is always a good thing for FPL. 8.5/9m would be a great price i think. I’m going to have a look at this Payet guy now, GP has turned my head with those stats.

        • NIN says:

          Yes Ant, they’ll be the heavy hitters. Hopefully they’re not any dearer than that. I think Hazard might be 12m to be honest.

        • NIN says:

          Yep, Payet looks a pretty good shout i must say. If priced well he’s certainly worth a looksie :thumbup:

    • 5.2
      Zizou says:

      Costa, Rooney, Cedric, Sakho, Kosc

      • NIN says:

        Not sure on Rooney Zizou, he didn’t really put up the numbers last season. Need to keep a close eye on United’s preseason before going there i think. Forgot about Cedric, he’s one to watch too.

        • Zizou says:

          I would say, timing is really important incase of Rooney because of his position issues. When he play as forward, his return were great.

          Rooney(c): 4 times, 58pts, 14.5 average which was only bettered by Kun in my team. I had him for 14GWs over season and he got 102pts averaging 7.3pts which is not bad imo.

          Getting him will also depend on United signings. If they sign any forward, then I will avoid.

        • NIN says:

          True i suppose, he does tend to work in bursts so good timing does come into it.

  5. 6
    Zizou says:

    Lampard added to MLS fantasy

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