Fantasy Football Tips: 5 Players It's Worth Using Your Wildcard On
5. Leighton Baines
Team: Everton Value: £7.6 million Points in GW5: 16 There's little wonder Manchester United fought so hard in their efforts to sign Leighton Baines over the summer, because the Everton left-back has been in superb form in recent weeks. The Toffee's are the Premier League's only unbeaten team this season with Baines and co. keeping three clean sheets in their opening five matches of the campaign. The England international also showed he has an eye for goal last weekend when he scored from two majestic freekicks in the 3-2 win over West Ham United, making him the overall top-scoring defender on Fantasy Football with 42 points. Everton are at home to strugglers Newcastle at the weekend and you have to feel as though another clean sheet is coming the way of the Merseysiders, meaning yet more points for Baines. £7.6 million is a lot to pay for a defender, but going off his recent exploits, he would appear to be worth every penny.
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