Fantasy Football Tips - 5 Essential Transfers For Gameweek 16

2. Wayne Rooney

Team: Man Utd Value: £11.1 million Points In GW15: 0 Wayne Rooney will be ready and raring to go against Aston Villa on Sunday after sitting out Manchester United's last Premier League game through suspension. The England international returned to the fold mid-week against Shakhtar Donetsk to help his side see off the Ukrainians to reach the last-16 of the Champions League as group winners, and will be looking to have a similar impact at the weekend as the defending champions look to pick up what represents an essential win. United have lost two and drawn two of their last four league games and suffered back-to-back defeats at Old Trafford in the process, and anything less than victory against the Villans will put the sword to their title defence. Villa aren't in a great run of form themselves, losing 2-0 to basement side Fulham last time out and, though they impressively beat Southampton prior to that, that was only their third win in 10 league games. Villa could go level on points with United with a win this weekend, but surely the Red Devils will avoid that particular ignominy by putting to an end their own slump in form?
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