Erling Haaland Fantasy Premier League price confirmed as Man City players' fees revealed
The start of the Premier League campaign is just one month away and so that means the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will also be back in our lives.
Millions of football fans from all over the world get in on the action every season as they try to outscore friends and rivals with their player selections each week. A number of new players will be available this time around thanks to their switch to top-flight English clubs.
The most obvious of these is Manchester City signing Erling Haaland. The majority of FPL managers are expected to pick him in their initial starting XIs with the attacker tipped to take the league by storm.
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As with all top players, his acquisition is costly. Haaland is priced at £11.5m, just behind the club’s most expensive asset Kevin De Bruyne, who is £12m.
Fellow new recruits Stefan Ortega, Kalvin Phillips and Julian Alvarez have also been priced up. Managers can get their hands on Ortega for £4m, Phillips for £5m and Alvarez for £6.5m.
City’s third-most expensive player is currently Raheem Sterling at £10m, although this will change if a move to Chelsea is secured. The most expensive defender is Joao Cancelo at £7m while Ederson stands at £5.5m.
The Brazilian, along with Alisson Becker and Hugo Lloris, is the joint-most expensive shot-stopper in the game. Below is the full list of current FPL starting prices.
GOALKEEPERS
Ederson: £5.5m
Stefan Ortega: £4m
Zack Steffen: £4m
Scott Carson: £4m
DEFENDERS
Joao Cancelo: £7m
Ruben Dias: £6m
Aymeric Laporte: £6m
John Stones: £5.5m
Kyle Walker: £5m
Nathan Ake: £5m
Oleksandr Zinchenko: £5m
Luke Mbete: £4m
Josh Wilson-Esbrand: £4m
MIDFIELDERS
Kevin De Bruyne: £12m
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