Fantasy Football Tips - 5 Essential Transfers For Gameweek 18

2. Wayne Rooney

Team: Man Utd Value: £11.4 million Points In GW17: 11 The latter half of 2013 has not been particularly happy for Manchester United fans, who first saw legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson disappear into retirement to be replaced by David Moyes. Under Moyes's regime, United find themselves eighth in the table going into the Christmas break, and while there hasn't been much to sing and dance about at Old Trafford, the one shining light in times of darkness has been the form of Wayne Rooney, who appears to have put his troubles of last season behind him. The England star has scored 10 goals in 22 overall appearances this season and seeing him play with a smile on his face again is a priceless commodity. Against Hull, you would expect the Red Devils to emerge victorious, and in the absence of Danny Welbeck and Robin van Persie, it will be up to Rooney to lead the charge against old boy Steve Bruce's Tigers. I'm backing him to help himself to a few and give his side a bit of Christmas cheer.