Fantasy Football: 6 New Premier League Players You Need To Sign
6. Marouane Fellaini
Team: Manchester United Value: £8.5 million With Marouane Fellaini joining Manchester United in a dramatic, eleventh hour move from Everton last night, you'd have to think the Belgian international is set to pick up more points in Fantasy Football this season. Fellaini was a good shout for selection to begin with, considering he was the Toffee's top goal-scorer last season with 11 strikes from midfield, and a persistent threat from set-pieces. But he's an even better bet now with high expectations (from a United perspective) that he will live up to his £27.5 million fee by stepping up to the plate for the champions and helping them with their title defence. Expect the powerful midfielder to ratchet up more clean sheet bonuses now that he is at Old Trafford, while, with the greatest respect to Everton, his goals-tally could be given a boost now that he's going to be receiving better service. At £8.5 million, Fellaini is cheap and affordable - for now.
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.