Author: Chris Perarnau

Any Draft Fantasy Football player should know that pre-season is like their very own opportunity to scout out the unexpected talents who will emerge as great picks in the draft. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? Whilst some fade and never live up to the hype they generate in meaningless friendlies, others show signs of becoming first team stars. Here are three of the biggest stars of pre-season so far… Michy Batshuayi – Chelsea The Belgian barely figured in his first season at Stamford Bridge, but has been in...

The two top forward picks in Draft Fantasy Football so far this summer, and two of the top three players overall, Harry Kane and Romelu Lukaku are the men to look out for. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? Kane has the advantage, with his average draft position being 2.2, compared to 4.5 for Lukaku. Both were amongst the top scorers last season as Kane notched up 191 points again narrowly beating Lukaku’s 188. That would suggest that Lukaku could be the man to go for. Now, in a far...

Kyle Walker may have left Tottenham for Manchester City, but his rivalry with Kieran Trippier remains a talking point for Draft Fantasy Football managers. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? They will both be vying for the starting right-back spot for England this summer and given that they play the same position, there will be a lot of debate regarding who will be the better draft pick this season. Tripper is certainly a more reliable pick when it comes to game time, as he doesn’t have any real competition...

Given his quality as one of the best central defenders in the Premier League, if not the world, it may come as a surprise that so few players are considering Southampton’s Virgil Van Dijk as an early round pick. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? One reason why, is that he continues to be surrounded by transfer speculation. Strongly linked with Liverpool, BBC Sport report that he has been training alone after demanding a move. Uncertainty is never attractive in Draft Fantasy Football, with players unaware of which club he...

One of the best performers in Draft Fantasy Football last season, the potential transfer of Gylfi Sigurdsson to Everton could be bad news for managers. BBC Sport claim that the Toffees had a £40 million bid rejected this week, but if a move is completed, it may have a drastic impact on his season points tally. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? At 166 points last season, he became a dark horse shining in many teams, but the three reasons below may show why he could fail to live up to...

The season is quickly approaching and there are a number of question marks regarding which players are the best options for your team in Draft Fantasy Football this year. Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli and Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne will be high on every player’s list of targets heading into this season’s draft. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? They both finished in the top five midfielders in the game last season and are expected to be there again this time around. It is unlikely that you will be...

No player has divided opinion in such a manner as Wayne Rooney. Much maligned and often criticised, the fact remains that he is the record goalscorer for both Manchester United and England. In surpassing the great Bobby Charlton, the 31-year-old striker has surely written his name among the greats of the game. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? When he hangs up his boots he will be looked back upon as one the country’s great talents. But, for now, there is one more footballing chapter in his impressive story....

In the early rounds of a draft, it is easy to focus on the prolific goal scorers and the creative midfielders. Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso presents a different option. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? The Spaniard is one of the most valuable players to pick early on, based on last season’s form. Having surprised many with his displays throughout the previous campaign, he will hope to do so again in 2017/18. Why would Marcos Alonso be such a good pick? Alonso topped the charts for defenders last season...

Manchester City are entering the season as one of the favourites for the league title and Pep Guardiola will be keen to prove doubters wrong by finishing top of the pile. It was always going to be a difficult job for the Spaniard at the Etihad Stadium, as he inherited an ageing squad that needed to be refreshed with younger stars. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? One player that impressed during the second half of last season was German winger Leroy Sane and he is likely to be...