Fantasy Football: 5 Essential Transfers For Week 3

3. David Silva

Value: £9.2 Million Team: Manchester City Points In GW2: 5 It's safe to assume that Manuel Pellegrini had a few choice words with his Manchester City troops at the weekend following their embarrassing defeat to new-boys Cardiff City. With those words still ringing in their ears, the 2011/12 Premier League champions will be out with a point to prove against Hull City, another recently-promoted side who could be on the receiving end of a backlash. Hull will be travelling to the Etihad to face a woken giant and this one could be a good old thrashing. Expect David Silva to be on form - the Spain star is currently the joint-third-highest-scoring City player with 5 points taken from the first two game weeks and is likely to be in the thick of the action again here. Silva got an assist against Cardiff at the weekend and scored against Newcastle a week prior, and he and his team-mates could get a hat-full against Hull. Next Game: Hull (H)
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.