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<p><i>Who is the best replacement for Ferran Torres in FPL? With the Spaniard rested for the last two Premier League games, <a href="https://twitter.com/FPL_JianBatra">Jian Batra</a> analyses a multitude of good FPL alternatives.</i></p>
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<h2>Should you Replace Ferran Torres (£7.1m)?</h2>
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<p>I&#8217;ll start by acknowledging that he&#8217;s a top player, and will be successful throughout his career.</p>
<p>The problem isn&#8217;t anything to do with his ability. It&#8217;s not to do with his FPL price either, because a player of that quality at £7.1m is a steal. It&#8217;s not the <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fixture-ticker/"><strong>fixtures</strong></a><strong>: </strong>as we saw against <strong>Chelsea</strong>, Manchester City are practically fixture proof.</p>
<p>It lies in his <strong>lack of minutes</strong>. A theory I discussed in my first preseason article, &#8220;<strong>Lessons Learnt</strong>&#8220;, is that you only really want players who are the <strong>talismans for their team</strong>, and certainly not<strong> players subject to rotation</strong>. Not only do you miss out on the individual&#8217;s points, but restructuring the squad to have a stronger bench to accommodate this will inevitably lose you points as well.</p>
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<h2><strong>Ferran Torres Minutes From Last Season</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Total Premier League appearances</strong> &#8211; 24 (1307 minutes, average of 34.4 minutes for the 38 games)</p>
<p><strong>Total Cup appearances</strong> &#8211; 12 (804 minutes, 38% of total minutes from 33% of the games).</p>
<p>This highlights Pep&#8217;s preference to play him more in the <strong>cup tournaments</strong>, rather than the league.</p>
<p>In <strong>Fantasy Premier League terms</strong>, City don&#8217;t have a talisman and their attackers haven&#8217;t been good value for money for a considerable length of time. Most assets in your team should have the capability to provide some sense of longevity to ensure a lack of micro-managing is needed.</p>
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<h2>The Best Ferran Torres FPL Replacements</h2>
<p>Before stating <strong>which midfield replacements would be best</strong>, it&#8217;s important to consider where we should reallocate the funds. For me, my ideal strategy would be to <strong>downgrade Torres</strong>, enabling me to reinvest the money elsewhere.</p>
<p>In particular, the <strong>Chelsea and Manchester City</strong> defences look worthy of investment.</p>
<p>Many of the current popular midfielders face <strong>fixture swings</strong> for the worse in the next few weeks. In comparison, the defences listed above could provide better value for money.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I understand that not everyone will agree or be in such a flexible position, so here are my favourite <strong>midfield replacements for Ferran Torres </strong>in order of preference.</p>
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<h2>1. Raphinha (£6.5m)</h2>
<p><strong>Fixtures: </strong>WAT, sou, WOL, nor</p>
<p>The next four fixtures are close to being as good as they come. With <strong>Marcelo Bielsa</strong> persistent in his approach of &#8220;chaos&#8221;, including the extremely intense press and Raphinha being nailed on, he&#8217;s a steal at <strong>£6.5m</strong>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s returned 8 points and scored in both his last two games, but has only completed <strong>66 and 68 minutes</strong>. He was nursing an injury previously, and should get closer to completing 90 minutes as time goes on.</p>
<p>This heightens his ceiling hugely, as not only can he acquire a greater amount of attacking returns but is also <strong>more likely to receive maximum bonus</strong>.</p>
<p>A injury depleted defence isn&#8217;t actually a bad thing for him either. It could mean a more open, free-scoring game; conditions under which Leeds tend to thrive . The result doesn&#8217;t matter to <strong>FPL managers</strong>, but the attacking freedom Raphinha might be afforded during this fixture run certainly does.</p>
<p>Norwich (12.7 xGC) and Watford (10.1 xGC) particularly boast<strong> poor defensive underlying <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a></strong> as well.</p>
<p>Apart from his injury, there&#8217;s very little downside to Raphinha.</p>
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<h2>2. Bukayo Saka (£6.2m)</h2>
<p><strong>Fixtures:</strong> bha, CRY, AVL, lei</p>
<p>After a very good performance against <strong>Spurs</strong>, Saka looks set to be one of the few Arsenal attackers who is likely to be <strong>free of rotation</strong> for the most part.</p>
<p>From <strong>Gameweek 7 &#8211; Gameweek 20,</strong> Arsenal have a <strong>good fixture run</strong> ahead of them. Bringing in <strong>Saka</strong> is essentially a set and forget transfer, and at that price gives you more funds to spend on the rest of the squad.</p>
<p>Over that period you can&#8217;t expect him to return <strong>double figure hauls</strong> every single week, but he certainly should return a solid amount of FPL points per 90. He&#8217;s a facilitator with the occasional high ceiling game: those players are needed in FPL to achieve an extremely good rank.</p>
<p><strong>Arsenal</strong> only look to be getting better going forward, and he could form a good partnership with the new signing; <strong>Takehiro Tomisayu (£4.5m).</strong></p>
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<h2>3. Jack Grealish (£8.0m)</h2>
<p><strong>Fixtures</strong>: liv, BUR, bha, CRY</p>
<p>You wouldn&#8217;t be transferring him in for the <strong>Liverpool</strong> game, but the three fixtures after are brilliant. This would most definitely be a punt, but as with all City players, there&#8217;s a high reward too.</p>
<p>City attackers have extremely high ceilings against low blocks (<strong>Brighton</strong> are not included in this), so if <strong>Grealish</strong> has just one very good game, the transfer will have paid off.</p>
<p>The thing I like about Grealish is he&#8217;s affordable and the <strong>most nailed on City attacker</strong> at the moment. He&#8217;s formed a fantastic relationship with <strong>Joao Cancelo (£6.1m, a fantastic option himself)</strong>, and, from a tactical perspective, Pep clearly has a preference to play a <strong>left footed Number 8 and right footed Left Winger</strong> to create constant overlaps.</p>
<p><strong>Raheem Sterling</strong> and <strong>Phil Foden</strong>, the other left wing options, both seem to be preferred as a <strong>false 9.</strong></p>
<p>Grealish has been unfortunate with his attacking returns, but I&#8217;m sure with his brilliant performances and positive underlying numbers they will come to fruition.</p>
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<h2>4. Demarai Gray (£5.8m)</h2>
<p><strong>Fixtures</strong>: mun, WHU, WAT, wol</p>
<p>This is a difficult one. <strong>Gray</strong> is in brilliant form, however his<strong> fixture run</strong> coming up is mixed. Having watched <strong>Everton</strong>, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that he&#8217;s quite integral to their attack, especially due to his ability to carry the ball on the transition.</p>
<p>It means he&#8217;ll constantly be involved and he&#8217;s direct in his approach. That&#8217;s a benefit for FPL managers, as it leads to a likely higher attacking output. At his price he&#8217;s difficult to ignore: he allows you to spend so much money on the rest of the squad and has a relatively high ceiling.</p>
<p>Finally, I don&#8217;t think the fixture run is as bad as as the FDR shows. All five defences are suspect at times, which should mean <strong>points for the taking</strong>.</p>
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<h2>5. James Ward-Prowse (£6.4m) and 6. Wilfred Zaha (£6.9m)</h2>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t split the two, quite similar in terms of points potential, hence combining them.</p>
<p><strong>Ward-Prowse&#8217;s fixtures</strong>: che, LEE, BUR, wat</p>
<p><strong>Zaha&#8217;s fixtures</strong>: LEI, ars, NEW, mci</p>
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<p>For the <strong>last two seasons</strong> they have both returned a similar amount of points, at a similar price point and also accumulate points in a similar way (they tend to go on a run of blanks before securing a double digit haul).</p>
<p><strong>Ward-Prowse has the simpler fixture run. </strong>Zaha&#8217;s is more of a sandwich.</p>
<p>Both will get at least some returns, but the Palace attack is flowing better currently. Zaha edges it for me if you are willing to persist with the option for a longer period of time. He&#8217;s more integral to the Palace side, and they seem to have found their attacking rhythm when compared to <strong>Southampton</strong>.</p>
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