WEEKLY WILDCARDS 2017/18: FPL Gameweek 35

Ahead of each round of Premier League games The Hype Train analyses the best wildcard player options for your Fantasy Premier League teams. Historically, weekly FPL Dream Team’s comprise of mostly differential players whose selection falls with a low selection percentage of overall players, to which there is no doubt that their influence cannot be ignored. With such an abundance of points coming from the FPL’s hidden gems The Hype Train selects one player from each Premier League match in the upcoming Gameweek to decide who could be the differential that sets your team apart. All aboard.

WILDCARDS: WHAT IS A DIFFERENTIAL PLAYER?

The rules for the 2015/16 season were easy enough to follow. The only rule was that a player had be to selected by less than 5% of the FPL's populace. With 2016/17's price changes, and player selection trends, we were been forced to revise our rules on what constitutes a differential. Now in the 2017/18 season, after testing the waters with selection, there are just not enough differentials with the classification in each position from years past, so we have introduced position specific rules regarding what is and isn't a wildcard/differential player in the FPL that we believe is representative to the game this season.

Goalkeepers

- Any shot stopper outside of the top 8 selected. A differential Goalkeeper is now considered outside of the top bracket due to the overwhelming ownership selection % of the top 8 GK's for any one Gameweek.

- A GK's ownership must not exceed 10%

Defenders

- A Defender's ownership must fall below 8%, with the top 20 owned defenders all harbouring 8% ownership or more.

- The Outsider Rule: This new rule applies to defenders who are the last defensive option in a team who we provide an exception to as the 4th of 5th most owned defender from one team if they offer a different value. For Example, if Chelsea or Spurs have three defenders with 10% plus ownership, and their 4th defender choice has downwards of 10% ownership, we will include them as a differential, as they are outside of the common conversation when picking defenders, even from within their own squad. This rule will mostly be used when adding defenders from top half clubs, who lack proper differential status for their defensive options.

Midfielders

- Any Midfielder under 8% ownership is classified as a differential.

- Our percentage criteria of 8% is due to a greater wealth of premium midfielders. There is a monopoly of top midfielders for most Premier League clubs, leaving only a handful of Midfielders that provide differential options on a weekly basis.

Forwards

- The top 10 most owned Forwards in the FPL at any given time can not be touched as a differential.

- Any Forward outside of the 10% ownership range, who is not in the top 10 owned forwards.

DIFFERENTIALS: GAMEWEEK PERFORMANCE (GW34)

Our scoring procedure is exactly the same as the FPL's, and each week a good barometer of success is whether or not our weekly selections outscore the average points for a Gameweek. Each week the results vary due to rotation, and unpredictable scorelines, which applies more so to differential players. We have an invested interest each and every week at finding the different players to make a difference, especially since it is easy to say Aguero or Kane will get on the score sheet.

See below for how our wildcard selections got on this past Gameweek.

Gameweek 34 Average Points: 64 points Gameweek 34 Wildcard Points: 45 points

DIFFERENTIALS: 2017/18 SEASON PERFORMANCE

To help track our progress throughout the 2016/17 season, below you can check how our wildcard selections have done by week to week in the Fantasy Premier League

Best Wildcard Week: GW12 - 67pts, 7 player returns

Worst Wildcard Week: GW28 - 17pts, 1 player return

Average Points: 58 (1), 44 (2), 43 (3), 44 (4), 58 (5), 60 (6), 51 (7), 41 (8), 50 (9), 46 (10), 44 (11), 56 (12), 43 (13), 47 (14), 44 (15), 43 (16), 48 (17), 52 (18), 60 (19), 62 (20), 45 (21), 45 (22), 58 (23), 50 (24), 47 (25), 43 (26), 61 (27), 49 (28), 46 (29), 41 (30), 46 (31), 48 (32), 32 (33), 64 (34) = 1,669pts

Wildcard Points: 36 (1), 40 (2), 48 (3), 21 (4), 44 (5), 37 (6), 41 (7), 43 (8), 34 (9), 38 (10), 45 (11), 67 (12), 29 (13), 35 (14), 41 (15), 38 (16), 53 (17), 34 (18), 35 (19), 44 (20), 48 (21), 48 (22), 33 (23), 54 (24), 32 (25), 21 (26), 28 (27), 17 (28), 49 (29), 26 (30), 37 (31), 53 (32), 22 (33), 45 (34) = 1,297pts

Best Gamweek Wildcard Player(s)

GW1: Steve Mounie (Crystal Palace vs. Huddersfield) - 12pts

GW2: Jack Butland (Stoke vs. Arsenal) - 11pts

GW3: Alvaro Morata (Chelsea vs. Everton) - 12pts

GW4: Stephen Ward (Burnley vs. Crystal Palace) - 8pts

GW5: Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle vs. Stoke) - 8pts

GW6: Philippe Coutinho (Leicester vs. Liverpool) - 13pts

GW7: Philippe Coutinho (Newcastle vs. Liverpool) - 10pts

GW8: Raheem Sterling (Man City vs. Stoke) - 15pts

GW9: Virgil van Dijk (Southampton vs. West Brom) - 9pts

GW10: Eden Hazard (Bournemouth vs. Chelsea) - 11pts

GW11: Jan Vertonghen (Spurs vs. Crystal Palace) - 9pts

GW12: Eden Hazard (West Brom vs. Chelsea) - 18pts

GW13: Will Hughes (Newcastle vs. Watford) - 8pts

GW14: Sadio Mane (Stoke vs. Liverpool) - 13pts

GW15: Philippe Coutinho (Brighton vs. Liverpool) - 18pts

GW16: Riyad Mahrez (Newcastle vs. Leicester) - 9pts

Wilfried Bony (Swansea vs. West Brom) - 9pts

GW17: Nick Pope (Burnley vs. Stoke) - 11pts

GW18: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton vs. Swansea) - 9pts

GW19: Charlie Austin (Southampton vs. Huddersfield) - 8pts

GW20: Marko Arnautovic (Bournemouth vs. West Ham) - 15pts

GW21: Ederson (Crystal Palace vs. Man City) - 14pts

GW22: Riyad Mahrez (Leicester vs. Huddersfield) - 14pts

GW23: Marko Arnautovic (Huddersfield vs. West Ham) - 16pts

GW24: Eden Hazard (Brighton vs. Chelsea) - 16pts

GW25: Christian Benteke (West Ham vs. Crystal Palace) - 8pts

GW26: Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace vs. Newcastle) - 5pts

Alexis Sanchez (Man United vs. Huddersfield) - 5pts

GW27: Alfie Mawson (Swansea vs. Burnley) - 7pts

GW28: Sadio Mane (Liverpool vs. West Ham) - 7pts

GW29: Troy Deeney (Watford vs. West Brom) - 9pts

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Brighton vs. Arsenal) - 9pts

GW30: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal vs. Watford) - 9pts

GW31: Cenk Tosun (Stoke vs. Everton) - 13pts

GW32: Alexis Sanchez (Man United vs. Swansea) - 14pts

GW33: Virgil van Dijk (Everton vs. Liverpool) - 6pts

GW34: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace vs. Brighton) - 14pts

FPL Wildcards 2017/18: Our Top Points Returns

1 - Eden Hazard (CHE): 18pts (GW12)

1 - Philippe Coutinho (LIV): 18pts (GW15)

3 - Marko Arnautovic (WHU): 16pts (GW23)

3 - Eden Hazard (CHE): 16pts (GW24)

5 - Raheem Sterling (MCI): 15pts (GW8)

5 - Marko Arnautovic (WHU): 15pts (GW20)

Gameweek Wildcard History

GW1: 36 points, 3 player returns

Holding (1), Alexander-Arnold (0), Mounie (12), Josh King (2), Sane (1), Klaassen (1), Yoshida (6), Batshuayi (1), Ritchie (1), Mkhitaryan (11)

GW2: 40 points, 4 player returns

Phil Jones (6), Josh King (2), Stephen Ward (2), Fuchs (6), Wijnaldum (3), Yoshida (5), Butland (11), Mounie (1), Ben Davies (2), Ederson (2)

GW3: 48 points, 5 returns

Danilo (5), Benteke (1), Lossl (6), Antonio (2), Richarlison (3), Blind (6), Morata (12), Nyom (8), Wijnaldum (3), Trippier (2)

GW4: 21 points, 1 return

Emre Can (1), Moses (2), Sigurdsson (2), Phil Jones (1), Alexis Sanchez (1), Yoshida (0), Knockaert (2), Stephen Ward (8), Abraham (2), Mounie (2)

GW5: 44 points, 6 returns

Gross (7), Forster (7), Mahrez (2), Emre Can (4), Lascelles (8), Mendy (6), Nyom (1), Trippier (6), Hazard (1), Rashford (2)

GW6: 37 points, 3 returns

Davinson Sanchez (1), Wood (2), Defoe (2), Mendy (0), Phil Jones (9), Cahill (1), Fabianski (1), Coutinho (13), Ritchie (2), Ramsey (6)

GW7: 41 points, 4 returns

Davinson Sanchez (6), Josh King (2), Rashford (9), Butland (2), Femenia (1), Naughton (2), Pedro (1), Alexis Sanchez (6), Niasse (2), Coutinho (10)

GW8: 43 points, 4 returns

Emre Can (3), Wood (7), Cahill (1), Sterling (15), Davinson Sanchez (6), Naughton (6), Alexis Sanchez (0), Sigurdsson (2), van Dijk (1), Schmeichel (2)

GW9: 34 points, 4 returns

Cresswell (0), Hazard (5), Rashford (7), Stones (6), Joselu (1), Butland (1), Abraham (2), van Dijk (9), Pickford (3), Joe Gomez (0)

GW10: 38 points, 4 returns

Trippier (0), Alexis Sanchez (2), Wilfried Zaha (7), Joe Gomez (6), Kiko Femenia (1), Ederson (1), Hazard (11), van Dijk (2), Mahrez (6), Ritchie (2)

GW11: 45 points, 5 returns

Mahrez (7), Lossl (8), Yedlin (2), Pope (8), F. Fernandez (1), Sturridge (0), Vertonghen (9), Ederson (2), Hazard (3), Andre Gray (5)

GW12: 67 points, 7 returns

Alexis Sanchez (7), Zaha (7), Hazard (18), Pope (8), Coutinho (13), Mahrez (2), Hadergjonaj (-1), Smalling (7), Gray (5), Murray (1)

GW13: 29 points, 2 returns

Mahrez (2), Zaha (2), Smalling (6), Will Hughes (8), Davinson Sanchez (2), Callum Wilson (2), Coutinho (2), Baines (1), Pope (2), Kompany (2)

GW14: 35 points, 3 returns

Murray (2), Davinson Sanchez (1), Zeegelaar (0), Rondon (2), Alexis Sanchez (8), Pope (2), Hazard (1), Sigurdsson (5), Kompany (1), Mane (13)

GW15: 41 points, 4 returns

Christensen (2), Coutinho (18), Niasse (0), Mahrez (6), Shaqiri (8), Davinson Sánchez (-2), Mamadou Sakho (8), Alexis Sanchez (1), Kompany (0)

GW16: 38 points, 4 returns

Christensen (2), Pope (6), Sakho (1), Murray (2), Trippier (2), Bony (9), Mahrez (9), Sanchez (5), Coutinho (1), Kompany (1)

GW17: 53 points, 6 returns

Pope (11), Mignolet (0), Ederson (7), Christensen (6), Martial (3), Mahrez (8), A. Sanchez (3), Son (8), Zaha (5), Gayle (2)

GW18: 34 points, 3 returns

Pope (6), Butland (2), Ederson (2), Christensen (8), Kabasele (0), Smalling (2), Mahrez (2), Sanchez (3), Mane (0), Sigurdsson (9)

GW19: 35 points, 3 returns

Mane (2), Pedro (3), Andre Gray (2), Ederson (6), Austin (8), Butland (4), Zaha (1), Cresswell (1), Son (3), Mahrez (5)

GW20: 44 points, 4 returns

Ederson (6), Christensen (0), D. Sanchez (1), Robertson (6), Arnautovic (15), Mata (2), Mahrez (8), Sigurdsson (3), Ozil (2), Depoitre (1)

GW21: 48 points, 6 returns

Ederson (14), Pope (6), Moses (1), Wagué (6), Lascelles (6), Sigurdsson (2), Mane (6), Lingard (2), Sanchez (5)

GW22: 48 points, 4 returns (from 11 matches)

Matt Ryan (3), Mane (8), Mahrez (14), Crouch (2), Rashford (1), Southampton (2), Davinson Sanchez (0), Arnautovic (5), Ederson (3), Christensen (1), Son (9)

GW23: 33 points, 2 returns

Gomes (1), Ryan (1), Christensen (1), Lascelles (2), Shaw (6), van Dijk (0), Mustafi (1), Tosun (2), Zaha (3), Arnautovic (16)

GW24: 54 points, 4 returns

Butland (9), Dragovic (6), Stones (2), Aurier (2), Hazard (16), Zaha (2), Martial (10), Lanzini (3), Mane (2), Tosun (2)

GW25: 32 points, 3 returns

Mkhitaryan (1), Benteke (8), Mane (6), Hazard (2), Dragovic (1), Jacob Murphy (1), Soares (2), Ederson (6), Alexis Sanchez (2), Shaqiri (3)

GW26: 21 points, 2 returns

Laporte (0), Wilson (2), Ryan (2), Dragovic (2), A. Sanchez (5), Sturridge (2), Walcott (2), Benteke (5), Mane (3), Rudiger (0)

GW27: 28 points, 2 returns

Butland (3), Mawson (7), Walcott (1), Deulofeu (2), Bernardo Silva (2), Ibe (1), Mane (3), Alexis Sanchez (2), Aubameyang (2), Giroud (5)

GW28: 17 points, 1 return

Federico Fernandez (0), Zanka (2), Trippier (0), Christensen (1), Mahrez (2), Stanislas (2), Gudmundsson (2), Mane (7), Niasse (1), Aubameyang (0)

GW29: 49 points, 5 returns

Schmeichel (1), Davinson Sánchez (6), Robertson (6), Arnautovic (1), Sane (3), Alexis Sanchez (5), Barnes (7), Guido Carrillo (2), Deeney (9), Aubameyang (9)

GW30: 26 points, 2 returns

van Dijk (1), Morgan (2), Moses (0), Davinson Sánchez (2), Izquierdo (2), Andre Ayew (2), Antonio (2), Bernardo Silva (1), Gayle (5), Aubameyang (9)

GW31: 37 points, 3 returns (from 4 matches)

Stanislas (10), Zaha, (3), Tosun (13), Robertson (11)

GW32: 53 points, 5 returns

Robertson (8), Cedric Soares (1), Alexis Sanchez (14), Kenedy (6), Stanislas (1), Ozil (7), Hazard (2), Glenn Murray (0), Barnes (6), Jesus (8)

GW33: 22 points, 2 returns

van Dijk (6), Chilwell (1), D. Sanchez (2), A. Ayew (2), Ramsey (0), Hazard (2), King (5), Murray (2), Barnes (2), Jesus (0)

GW34: 45 points, 4 returns (from 14 matches)

Hazard (7, 1), Barnes (1), Zaha (14), Pereyra (1), Mawson (2), Milner (1), Kompany (6), Mustafi (1), Alexis Sanchez (2, 0), Arnautovic (2), Davinson Sanchez (0), Chilwell (7)

WILDCARDS: HALL OF FAME

To honour the exceptional diamonds in the rough, below is a a Hall of Fame highlighting the top performing differentials in our Weekly Wildcards series, now into its third season.

2015/16: Top 5 Wildcards 1 - Troy Deeney (WAT): 15 appearances, 77 points 2 - Christian Fuchs (LEI): 10 appearances, 48 points 3 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (SWA): 6 appearances, 43 points 4 - Nicolas Otamendi (MCI): 9 appearances, 39 points 5 - Daniel Sturridge (LIV): 5 appearances, 38 points

2016/17: Top 5 Wildcards 1 - Marcos Alonso (CHE): 9 appearances, 70 points 2 - Gylfi Sigurdsson (SWA): 8 appearances, 62 points 3 - Patrick van Aanholt (SUN & CRY): 6 appearances, 55 points 4 - Troy Deeney (WAT): 13 appearances, 47 points 5 - Gini Wijnaldum (LIV): 10 appearances, 45 points

FPL DREAM TEAM: 2017/18 ANALYSIS

Each week we assess the FPL's overall Dream Team, pinpointing who were classified as differentials or non-differentials, and which category of player is appearing more for each Gameweek.

2017/18 Gameweek Dream Team's

GW1: 131pts (8/11 differentials)

GW2: 136pts (7/11 differentials)

GW3: 121pts (8/11 differentials)

GW4: 146pts (7/11 differentials)

GW5: 133pts (6/11 differentials)

GW6: 137pts (6/11 differentials)

GW7: 138pts (6/11 differentials)

GW8: 119pts (9/11 differentials)

GW9: 130pts (8/11 differentials)

GW10: 122pts (8/11 differentials)

GW11: 127pts (9/11 differentials)

GW12: 145pts (7/11 differentials)

GW13: 120pts (9/11 differentials)

GW14: 148pts (9/11 differentials)

GW15: 131pts (8/11 differentials)

GW16: 125pts (9/11 differentials)

GW17: 129pts (9/11 differentials)

GW18: 141pts (7/11 differentials)

GW19: 135pts (7/11 differentials)

GW20: 152pts (6/11 differentials)

GW21: 128pts (8/11 differentials)

GW22: 122pts (7/11 differentials)

GW23: 151pts (8/11 differentials)

GW24: 144pts (10/11 differentials)

GW25: 137pts (9/11 differentials)

GW26: 128pts (8/11 differentials)

GW27: 146pts (7/11 differentials)

GW28: 125pts (8/11 differentials)

GW29: 115pts (9/11 differentials)

GW30: 150pts (9/11 differentials)

GW31: 127pts (9/11 differentials)

GW32: 133pts (8/11 differentials)

GW33: 125pts (6/11 differentials)

GW34: 142pts (10/11 differentials)

Totals: 4,383pts (269/368 differentials)

Gameweek 34: Dream Team

Wildcards: Foster, Smalling, Moses, Bednarek, Alexander-Arnold, Zaha, Gudmundsson, Izquierdo, Giroud, Perez

Non Wildcards: Gross

Points achieved by Wildcards: 130pts

Points achieved by Non-Wildcards: 12pts

GAMEWEEK WILDCARD DIFFERENTIALS

• For each FPL Gameweek we select a wildcard player from each game.

• We do not select a back-up player for the differentials we bank on – that’s the whole point, being a wildcard.

• The selection percentage and player price is accurate with the posting of the article.

• Our rundowns of player selections are representative of the Premier League’s TV fixture list.

Weekly Differentials (GW35)

From fourteen fixtures to just six this week, the rollercoaster of the Premier League continues. Fantasy players will be looking for differentials in a week where they most likely use their free hit chip, or have points deducted to make up the numbers. Differentials in a week such as this are crucial to having a good week, and there are a lot of underrated gems this week.

Goalkeepers (1/6):

Ederson (MCI)

We start with the return of Ederson to the differentials. The Brazilian goalkeeper has been a rock for the newly crowned Premier League champions, and with five of the most favourable fixtures approaching the end of the season, Ederson could be the answer to having City coverage in your defence without sweating over rotation. Manchester City are chasing Premier League records, and without anymore clubs from the top six left to face, we expect Guardiola to go all out to make this a team worth remembering for years to come. Ederson will play every second between now and the end of the season, mostly because of the lack of trust in Claudio Bravo.

Manchester City’s final five fixtures:

GW35: Swansea (H)

GW36: West Ham (A)

GW37: Huddersfield (H)

GW37: Brighton (H)

GW38: Southampton (A)

Defenders (1/6):

Virgil van Dijk (LIV)

Just one defender this week, and the honour goes to Liverpool’s Dutchman, Virgil van Dijk. Since joining the Merseyside club the Reds have kept six clean sheets from eleven fixtures that Virgil has featured. The impact the new signing has had is profound, with Liverpool finding themselves competing with Manchester United for the right to say they had the best defence this campaign.

Manchester United have seventeen clean sheets, whilst Liverpool have fifteen, and if you were to ask any neutral if they rated Liverpool’s defence as one of the best before the season started the resounding answer would have been ‘no’. Virgil is a staple for Liverpool currently, he is un-droppable as the Reds aim to keep momentum going into their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday.

West Brom shouldn’t be tough fixture for the Reds, their probably won’t be that many goals from an early kick-off, so it should be the defenders who are the big winners from this fixture.

Midfielders (1/6):

Wilfried Zaha (CRY)

Crystal Palace’s Ivorian winger is this week’s Key Differential. The truth behind Crystal Palace is simple, Zaha is their superstar. When the winger doesn’t play they lack penetration from their attackers, as evident when Zaha was injured earlier in the season. The winger tops our list of differentials this week because he has consistently picked up fantasy points in recent fixtures, and his performance against Brighton illustrated his goal scoring prowess.

The other option to captain the differentials was Alexandre Lacazette, but there is a real distrust of Arsenal assets in Europa League weeks, and in general. When you look at captaincy options you look for players who can turn up in any fixture, and fortunately for us Wilfried Zaha is the standout player.

Utilised as a striker against Brighton, his pace and movement forces defenders back, and he also possesses the mind of a poacher too. In the summer we can see Spurs and Liverpool go in for the attacker due to his versatility and pace. For the time being Zaha remains at Palace and is their best hope of avoiding the drop down to the Championship.

Wilfried Zaha Key Stats:

• Zaha has five fantasy returns in his last five fixtures. Two assists and three goals, with the most recent haul a fourteen-point return after scoring two versus Brighton at Selhurst Park.

• Crystal Palace hare unbeaten in their last two away games (Huddersfield & Bournemouth). The Eagles have scored two goals in both fixtures.

• Furthermore, Palace have scored in their last nine away fixtures in the Premier League. The last time they failed to score on the road was a 0-0 draw with West Brom during GW15. They have also scored in their last six fixtures overall, last time they couldn’t score was GW28 in a 1-0 loss to Spurs.

• The reverse fixture (GW17) finished: Crystal Palace 2-1 Watford. Zaha picked up an assist in the Eagles victory over the Hornets.

Forwards (3/6):

Alexandre Lacazette (ARS), Ashley Barnes (BUR), Ayoze Perez (NEW)

Half of this week’s differentials are forwards options surprisingly, but when three in-form strikers are in a reduced gameweek you listen to your gut. We start with Alexandre Lacazette who was in the running to be our key differential, missing out to Zaha. The Arsenal forward started his new relationship with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang by scoring a perfectly timed goal versus Newcastle last weekend.

Arsenal are up against West Ham this week, and with Wenger’s recent announcement that he will leave Arsenal at the end of the season we can see this having a knock-on effect to the rest of the team, perhaps it might even spur them on to win such an important fixture for the fans. A player of Lacazette’s talent should be a great pick on paper against West Ham.

Next up is Ashley Barnes, the Burnley forward has been a recent revelation to fantasy players after scoring five goals in his last seven games. The cheap option will be present in every Gameweek till the end of the season, and it starts with a fixture away to Stoke which looks a good place to kickstart the end of Burnley’s monumental campaign this season. Stoke are struggling on all fronts, so you shouldn’t think twice about placing faith in either Barnes or Wood who are both massively underrated going into GW35.

The last player in the reduced gameweek with the limelight on him is Newcastle’s very own Ayoze Perez. The Spaniard has been a vital cog in the recent fortunes for the Toon, and in the last three games alone Perez has picked up a whopping thirty-one points. Two consecutive twelve-point weeks has seen the stock of this player dramatically rise. Newcastle are a team on the up, what Rafa Benitez has done is nothing short of miraculous this season, and the same can’t be said for Sam Allardyce who has quite simply gotten a very talented Everton side ‘over the line’. You go with form players, and nobody in this fixture is as red hot as Ayoze Perez.

Other Considerations

Roberto Pereyra (WAT, MID, £5.8mil, 0.3% ownership)

Troy Deeney (WAT, FWD, £6.3mil, 1.0% ownership)

Will Hughes (WAT, MID, £4.6mil, 0.3% ownership)

Kiko Femenia (WAT, DEF, £4.3mil, 1.6% ownership)

Loris Karius (LIV, GK, £4.9mil, 1.7% ownership)

James Rodriguez (WBA, FWD, £5.3mil, 2.1% ownership)

Petr Cech (ARS, GK, £5.3mil, 4.6% ownership)

Shkodran Mustafi (ARS, DEF, £5.5mil, 4.7% ownership)

Alexandre Lacazette (ARS, FWD, £10.2mil, 6.4% ownership)

Johan Berg Gudmundsson (BUR, MID, £5.0mil, 1.4% ownership)

Ashley Barnes (BUR, FWD, £5.4mil, 4.8% ownership)

Chris Wood (BUR, FWD, £6.3mil, 3.1% ownership)

Cenk Tosun (EVE, FWD, £6.8mil, 2.5% ownership)

Yannick Bolasie (EVE, MID, £6.4mil, 0.2% ownership)

Seamus Coleman (EVE, DEF, £6.4mil, 0.5% ownership)

Ayoze Perez (NEW, FWD, £5.3mil, 3.2% ownership)

Kenedy (NEW, MID, £4.8mil, 2.6% ownership)

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