Fantasy Premier League 2018-19 Tips : 10 New Players To Sign
These players could nab a goal or assist on their Premier League debuts.
When the 2018-19 Premier League season kicks off, there'll be quite a few new faces lining up for most teams. As usual, English clubs have been spending big bucks over the course of the summer, reinforcing their ranks with talents from all over the world.
Signing new players in your Fantasy Premier League squad is always a bit of a risk. Nobody can be quite sure how these players are going to adapt to the English top flight. Even if they have great records elsewhere, they might need some time to settle in with their new sides.
This means that new players represent a bit of a risk, but they also tend to priced much lower than established Premier League stars, so they can provide some major value for your squads as well, offering potential big points returns on low investments.
Dozens of new players are set to make their Premier League debuts very soon, and they'll all be eager to impress from the off and nab themselves a starting spot for the weeks and months to come. They won't all succeed, but these players could earn a lot of fantasy football points in the early weeks of the season and might even score in their very first games.
10. Ricardo (Leicester)
Ricardo Pereira, commonly just referred to as 'Ricardo', joined Leicester in a £22m deal from Porto. The right back is priced at only £5m in Fantasy Premier League and could provide some major value. Last season, the Portugal international scored twice and created five more goals at Porto.
Delving deeper into his statistics, we can also see that Pereira created around 35 chances for teammates over the course of the season, marking him out as one of the most creative full-backs in Europe, and he's shown consistency too. In the season before last, while playing on loan at Nice, he supplied another two goals and four more assists in just 24 league appearances.
The Portuguese adapted to the French league very quickly and could do the same again in England. Leicester forked out a lot of cash for him so clearly have high hopes for Ricardo and he should be starting games often. Defensively speaking, the 24-year-old is solid and a strong tackler, and he could aid Leicester in securing a few clean sheets too.