The Premier League is taking a drinks break while the English League Cup (now also known as Carabao Cup) and FA Cup say, ‘Play on!’. Therefore, the ten million FPL managers around the football world can take a back seat, sip some coffee, and hit the panic button later.
These are the ideal times for scouting your next pick. There are FPL fanatics who would switch TV in the middle of the night to watch games, spot footballers, take notes, and make the best of transfer strategies to sign new players in the following gameweek.
In the middle of injury updates popping up on our mobile screens and ahead of GW21, let’s explore three differential assets that can do wonders for you in FPL.
Ashley Young (£4.7m)
Ashley Young? Not the old one, right? Yes! What? The one who played under Sir Alex Ferguson? Yes! Holy $*#@! How on earth is he still playing in the PL? The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind that stirs FPL.
Young is not only one of the oldest players in the league this season but someone who has already bagged 70pts. When we consider his budget price tag that’s pretty decent for a defender. Surprisingly, he is owned by only 3.4% of the FPL managers.
Everton might be battling to avoid relegation, but they have something in their DNA to produce clean sheets under their under-fire manager, Sean Dyche. The fixtures look kind to Young till gameweek29, making him an interesting differential pick to own in FPL.
Damsgaard (£5m)
Alexa, choose an FPL midfielder from Brentford. Bryan Mbeumo. Noooo. He already belongs to the template.
Hi! My name is Mikkel Damsgaard. I am a midfielder and I play for Brentford FC. I cost only £5m in FPL and have scored 75pts in the campaign so far. Oh! One more thing, I am still owned by just 1.3% of the FPL teams.
Though Brentford faces Manchester City and Liverpool in the next two, Damsgaard looks fixture-proof because of Thomas Frank’s well-oiled attacking unit and Damsgaard being an integral part of it.
Strand Larsen (£5m)
With popular FPL forward choice Cunha still serving the suspension, Strand Larsen is leading the line for the Wolves. He has big shoes to fill but collected 79pts to date, while mostly coming from the bench.
Larsen has an ownership of less than 3%, with the required skill set to be at the right place, at the right time. The fixtures may seem difficult for the next few gameweeks but the Wolves are a proven goal-scoring side in the ongoing season.
Feel free to add this Norwegian forward to your team, who has already smashed seven goals in the league.
