The last time Fantasy Premier League Gameweek deadline was approaching, Manchester United were busy making the future gameweeks very intere...
The last time Fantasy Premier League Gameweek deadline was approaching, Manchester United were busy making the future gameweeks very interesting. The signing of Cristiano Ronaldo has affected every FPL manager’s plans for the season. The man who holds almost every goalscoring record in football can be an FPL monster.
Those playing Champions League fantasy would know and so would those old folks who were playing FPL the last time Ronaldo was around in the Premier League.
He is not the same player he once was. No more stepovers, no darting runs on the wings, not much trickery, but he’s substituted all that with a ruthlessness in front of goal that very few in modern football can claim to have.
Without even kicking a ball, Ronaldo is owned by 19% of FPL managers (and counting) making him top five based on ownership among forwards.
The Portuguese returned early from the international break to train with Manchester United but it remains to be seen if he will be handed a start this week by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. With a lot of the top players away on international duty, Ronaldo might not have got enough time with his new teammates. But there is no doubt that he...
