Fantasy Premier League Tips: 15 Best Point-Scoring Midfielders For 2017/18

7. Mesut Özil

Club: Arsenal

Cost: £9.5m

Let's just assume, for now, that Alexis Sanchez is going to do what Arsenal fans really don't want him to and leave for a massive amount of money this summer. That will rob the club of their most valuable attacker, but there is a ready-made stand-by to be crowned the king of assists if he does go.

For a while, Mesut Ozil was Arsenal's top boy when it came to chance creation, and while he went slightly off the boil last year (by his own high standards), he still added 11 assists and 8 goals to his overall tally. And despite accusations of being a "luxury player", he's going to be even more valuable to the Gunner this season.

And with Sanchez possibly gone, he should have a good chance of getting closer to the 19 assists he helped Arsene with in 2015/16. And while it's more pressure, he will thrive and he will score a lot in Fantasy Football.