Don’t ignore Liverpool’s fixture swingpublished at 16:00 GMT
16:00 GMT
Pras
FPL veteran with eight top-25k finishes and co-host of The FPL Wire podcast
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Despite losing five out of the past six Premier League matches, Liverpool are a team that are increasingly on the radar.
Their performances are improving – victories over Aston Villa and Real Madrid for example.
And they have a great run of fixtures where they play Forest, Leeds, Wolves and Sunderland, all at home, and West Ham and Leeds away. No team has a better set of fixtures until the end of December.
However, the key question is who do we pick?
Mohamed Salah has improved recently, but without captaincy doesn’t look to be worth the price at £14.2m.
Strikers Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike look to be sharing minutes when both are fit. Same is true for Cody Gakpo and Florian Wirtz as the left-sided forwards.
For me the viable options are:
Dominik Szoboszlai (£6.6m), who has proved himself to be assured for minutes and this season has taken over most set-piece duties. My worry remains his open-play threat, with no shot in the box in the past four gameweeks.
Virgil van Dijk (£5.9m) is the pick of the backline, with his guaranteed minutes, set-piece threat and potential to accumulate defensive contribution points. Ibrahima Konate (£5.4m) is a decent alternative as well, for a cheaper price.