These eight players will help you win FPL

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Have you settled connected your Fantasy Premier League squad yet, aliases are you still astatine nan tinkering stage?

Either measurement you whitethorn want to see 1 of these players successful your team, according to our FPL experts.

Here are nan 8 players - speech from nan evident premium picks specified arsenic Mohamed Salah and Erling Haaland - we deliberation tin thief you person a successful season.

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Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool, defender, £6m

Picking defenders successful FPL has ever been astir 3 things - cleanable expanse potential, attacking threat and reliability of starting consistently. The caller rules astir defensive publication points gives america an important 4th facet to consider.

Van Dijk starts almost each crippled and Liverpool kept nan astir cleanable sheets successful nan convention past season. But it's nan protect publication points wherever nan Dutchman besides shines. Of each nan defenders priced astatine £6m this season, he would person gained nan astir protect publication points (22) successful 2024-25.

Attacking threat? He has that too. Last season, Van Dijk was joint-top among defenders for headed efforts (21) and joint-sixth for shots successful nan container (23).

He is nan cleanable 'set and forget' defender to alteration utilizing nan free transfers elsewhere.

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Once fit, Dominic Solanke is apt to beryllium Tottenham's main striker, connected penalties and pinch nan imaginable for a hatful of goals

Dominic Solanke, Spurs, striker, £7.5m

New Spurs head Thomas Frank has history of mounting his squad up to guarantee his starring striker gets large chances consistently. Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa deed 20 and 19 goals respectively successful caller seasons.

Add to this nan truth that Son Heung-min's departure has near a large spread of goalscoring duties and perchance penalties for Solanke to fill. It doesn't get amended than a location crippled against nan promoted Burnley successful gameweek one.

Worth keeping an oculus connected Solanke's fitness, however, aft a 'minor' wounded successful pre-season. Frank said Solanke will "be disposable rather soon" but if he doesn't commencement successful Wednesday's Super Cup, nan guardant is 1 to hold a mates of weeks for.

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Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United, midfielder, £9m

Fernandes is simply a awesome action this play for his accordant output and durability - he's seldom injured and usually plays 90 minutes. In a struggling Manchester United squad past season, he still mixed goals (eight) pinch assists (12) and he should amended connected those numbers this campaign.

The Portuguese midfielder has galore routes to points - penalties, set-pieces, open-play assistance threat and decent extremity threat too. This play we besides person protect publication - he would person earned 22 other points past season.

Fernandes' pre-season shape has been fantabulous too, giving him a beardown chance to deed nan crushed moving successful gameweek one.

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Iliman Ndiaye, Everton, midfielder, £6.5m

Ndiaye is an breathtaking fund prime this play - he'll beryllium looking to hit past season's Premier League extremity tally of nine.

Priced astatine £6.5m, he offers fantabulous worth pinch Everton's favourable early fixture run. Five of their opening 7 fixtures supply Ndiaye pinch nan imaginable for attacking returns arsenic they look Leeds, Brighton, Wolves, West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Importantly, Ndiaye has been reclassified arsenic a midfielder this play - but his domiciled successful nan squad will beryllium to support nan centre-forward arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

He's besides connected punishment work for nan Toffees, which is hugely important successful FPL.

Added prize - dissimilar different attacking midfielders he's decent successful position of protect contributions too.

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Chris Wood scored 20 goals from an xG of 13.56 past play - will he repetition that overperformance?

Chris Wood, Nottingham Forest, striker, £7.5m

Wood looks for illustration he could beryllium awesome worth erstwhile again this season, pinch Nottingham Forest having fantabulous opening fixtures against Brentford, Crystal Palace and West Ham.

Promotion to nan Europa League intends nary midweek fixtures for his broadside successful August, and keeping Morgan Gibbs-White, 1 of Forest's champion creators, successful this model is different cardinal positive.

Wood scored 20 goals past season, making a accelerated commencement to nan campaign. A afloat pre-season will thief him, aft wounded hampered nan second stages of 2024-25.

Morgan Rogers, Aston Villa, midfielder, £7m

Rogers has accrued successful value this play but should stay awesome worth aft amassing 19 extremity involvements past campaign.

He is simply a reliable player, who regularly completes 90 minutes. Villa person enticing early fixtures, extending crossed nan opening 8 gameweeks.

Keep a adjacent oculus connected his fittingness earlier his opening crippled against Newcastle United, aft an ankle rumor forced him disconnected successful a pre-season game.

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Murillo, Nottingham Forest, defender, £5.5m

Both Nottingham Forest centre-backs are fantabulous options again this play and, moreover pinch value rises to £5.5m, they nary uncertainty will some reward owners early connected pinch their favourable fixture run.

While Nikola Milenkovic has nan higher ceiling pinch his greater extremity threat, Murillo has nan higher floor. The Brazilian is amended than his team-mate for some prize points and nan caller protect publication points, wherever based connected past play he would prime up nan further 2 points successful much than half his games.

Only a fistful of defenders successful nan convention tin lucifer Murillo's mixed totals for tackles, blocks, interceptions and clearances.

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Florian Wirtz impressed successful nan Community Shield conclusion to Crystal Palace connected Sunday

Florian Wirtz, Liverpool, midfielder, £8.5m

The German is nan caller main creator astatine Liverpool and has impressed pre-season, playing arsenic nan number 10. He's mixed good pinch Mohamed Salah and appears to beryllium connected each set-pieces different than penalties.

In nan past 2 seasons successful nan Bundesliga he's picked up an awesome 46 extremity contributions (21 goals, 25 assists) successful 63 matches, and has arsenic awesome stats successful nan Champions League and astatine world level.

Premier League fans are fortunate to person him and he's arguably nan closest subordinate to Kevin de Bruyne we person seen successful England for immoderate time. Expect elite-level output from nan German, who comes successful to FPL astatine only £8.5m - a value I thought was £0.5m-£1m excessively low.