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The best midfielders in FPL this season

The best midfielders in FPL this season

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Midfielders have been our go-to for top performing players and enablers in recent seasons. So who are the best options ahead of the 2022/23 campaign?

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Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) has to be the first name on our fantasy team sheets, after finishing as the Premier League top goalscorer in three of his five seasons with Liverpool. His underlying numbers from 2021/22 were also very impressive: he was top for both shots and shots on target.

He’s going to be a key player when it comes to captaincy, particularly since Liverpool have favourable fixtures over their first six games. He faces Fulham in Gameweek 1 and Bournemouth in Gameweek 4, where he’s likely to be the most captained. 

Heung-Min Son (£12.0m) has seen a significant price hike following his 23 goals last campaign, but he should still be considered as one of our premium attackers. He has scored the most fantasy points of any player in this calendar year.

Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m) is another premium player to consider: he was the top goalscorer at Manchester City last season with 15 goals. He’s the creative force at the Etihad, dominating set pieces and he collected more bonus points than any other player last campaign.

Further down the midfield price list we have Raheem Sterling (£10.0m) and Bruno Fernandes (£10.0m). Sterling could flourish with regular minutes at Chelsea: a lack of game time at Manchester City was his biggest hurdle to fantasy points last season.

Should Cristiano Ronaldo depart Old Trafford this season, then Bruno Fernandes (£10.0m) could become fantasy gold once more: in 2020/21 he accumulated 32 attacking returns, dominating set-pieces including penalties. 

However, we could see a different role for him with Christian Eriksen (£6.5m) joining the club: we may need to bide our time before deciding which of these playmakers is worthy of fantasy investment. 

Jarrod Bowen (£8.5m) comes in a fraction higher than the bulk of our favourite fantasy assets from the traditional top six clubs. He was among the top five…

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