Fantasy Premier League: make your picks from the ultimate squad from last season
- Reassess your 2020/21 picks by sifting through last season’s top performers
- Do Pope, Alexander-Arnold, De Bruyne and Vardy make the list? Or do price hikes and position changes cause for overhaul?
The Premier League 2020/21 season is around the corner and fantasy football fans will be excitedly (or reluctantly) assembling a team filled with proven stars, tasty bargains and untested newbies. Naturally, sacrifices will be made as players balance their budgets around high-priced and previously high-scoring stars – but which are the cream of the crop?
The following 15 players are 2019/20 season’s top performers in each position – substitutes included – according to Fantasy Premier League’s template. While some may have changed positions, moved clubs or been pushed down the pecking order for the forthcoming season, they are nonetheless the highest-scoring in their position at that time. Each player will be supplemented with the number of points scored last season, their new price for the 2020/21 season and any relevant change.
Nick Pope – Burnley (170 pts, 5.5m) – goalkeeper
The Burnley stopper was the highest-selected goalkeeper with an impressive 15 clean sheets last season. A guaranteed starter in manager Sean Dyche’s notoriously disciplined side, England international Pope will likely gain an even bigger slice of his 22.9 per cent user selection percentage from their last campaign.
Dean Henderson – Sheffield United (160 pts, 5.5m) – goalkeeper (now at Manchester United)
With a fresh long-term deal signed and clearly in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s books for the future, Henderson will want to take his form on loan at Sheffield into the Man Utd set-up. He is priced the same as first-choice keeper David de Gea and will be vying for that number one spot.