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🔝 THE BEST FPL MIDFIELDERS FOR 2021-22

📝 By @zophar666

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PREMIUM MIDFIELDERS

The pair of Salah and Fernandes don’t really need much justification so I will instead talk about the players that didn’t make the list, the likes of Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m), Sadio Mane (£12.0m), Raheem Sterling (£11.0m) and Son Heung-min (£10.0m).

Kevin De Bruyne actually had a disappointing season by his high standards. Sterling’s starting role is unclear and I don’t like the noises he’s making during EURO 2020 about his game time with the champions.

FPL have made the decision of going with Salah over Mane a no-brainer with the Senegalese’s pricing.
Son doesn’t really interest me until I know who Tottenham Hotspur’s manager is going to be and more importantly, where Harry Kane (£12.5m) will be playing.

MID-PRICED MIDFIELDERS

Riyad Mahrez (£9.0m)
Kai Havertz (£8.5m)
Jack Grealish (£8.0m)
Phil Foden (£8.0m)
Mason Mount (£7.5m)
Diogo Jota (£7.5m)
Harvey Barnes (£7.0m)

Mahrez and Foden both established themselves as first choices and were instrumental in Manchester City reaching the UCL final.
Mount is one of the most nailed players in the Chelsea team and at £7.5m he is a set-and-forget option that will keep ticking along with points.

I was a bit surprised that Kai Havertz was classified as a midfielder with the time he spent up top once Tuchel took over. If the Blues fail to sign another forward, I expect the German to be spearheading the attack more often than not.

Grealish is a man in demand in the summer transfer window, and if he stays at Aston Villa he offers great value at £8.0m with both goal and assist potential.
Jota has been priced £4.5m cheaper than Mane, which I found quite surprising.

Any injuries to their traditional front three would see the Portuguese get regular game time and he should get minutes off the bench even when he’s not starting.
Barnes interests me more than James Maddison if he can recover from his knee injury in time for the season start.

BUDGET MIDFIELDERS

Bukayo Saka (£6.5m)
Emiliano Buendia (£6.5m)
Raphinha (£6.5m)
Dele Alli (£6.5m)
Joe Willock (£6.0m)
Ismaila Sarr (£6.0m)
Emile Smith-Rowe (£5.5m)
Bryan Mbeumo (£5.5m)
Mathias Jensen (£5.0m)

I have a bit more faith in Arsenal this season with the lack of European fixtures which should see a more settled, rested line-up every week. The pair of Saka and Smith-Rowe should see consistent game time and offer great value for when the Gunners have a kind run of fixtures.

I don’t think anyone in midfield is as undervalued as Raphinha. The Leeds winger would have probably finished on something like 180 points if he played more in the first 10 games of the season. He offers set pieces and goal threat.

Emiliano Buendia’s numbers from the English second tier are absolutely staggering. He racked up 15 goals and 16 assists in 39 appearances and featured in the Championship team of the week a whopping 15 times. If he can offer even half that output, that’s a bargain.

Dele Alli showed glimpses of his old self under Ryan Mason and it remains to be seen if he can find some consistency under new management. He’s one I’m definitely keeping an eye on.

Joe Willock is still an Arsenal player at the time of writing and I am hoping he can seal his move to Newcastle. Allan Saint-Maximin (£6.5m) is classified as a forward this season and with Callum Wilson also priced at £7.5m, Willock could be the Magpies’ value attacker at £6.0m.

Ismaila Sarr had a strong finish to 2020/21 in a 4-3-3 under new manager Xisco. The Senegalese racked up 8 goals in the last 12 games of the season and was the Hornets’ talisman when they were last in the top flight.

Brentford scored the most goals (79) in the Championship in 2020/21, which is why I think their budget midfielders are worth a look. Mbeumo (eight goals, 10 assists) often played as a striker at times and saw more consistent starts than Sergi Canos (£5.5m).

Mathias Jensen (two goals, seven assists) is a great option as an eighth attacker at just £5.0m: his average of 1.5 key passes per game was the highest amongst their midfielders.

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