Fantasy Football Tips: 5 Essential Transfers For Gameweek 21
3. Santi Cazorla
Team: Arsenal Value: £9.5 million Points In GW20: 3 With Theo Walcott out for the rest of the season with a knee injury, it is up to the likes of Santi Cazorla to step up to the plate if Arsenal are to cope without the England wideman. Walcott's long-term injury is a big blow, particularly as they are also suffering with casualties up front at the moment, but fortunately for the Gunners, Cazorla is enjoying a purple patch of form. The Spaniard curled in expertly to help dispatch London rivals Spurs in the FA Cup last weekend and, with an extended run in the side to be expected over the next five months given Walcott's woes, there's no reason he can't add to his two league goals for the season. Aston Villa memorably beat Arsenal 3-1 on the opening day of the season but I don't envisage a similar shock here. Paul Lambert's side are on the slide at present, dumped out of the FA Cup 3rd Round by Sheff Utd with just one win to their name in their last six league games. That sole victory game against basement boys Sunderland and I don't expect them to cause the table-toppers too many concerns.
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.