<p>As news of <strong>Romelu Lukaku (£11.5m)</strong> to <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-chelsea-fpl-players/"><strong>Chelsea</strong></a> settles in for Fantasy Premier League managers, <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisTanFPL"><strong>Chris Tan</strong></a> details what it could mean for our Gameweek 1 squads and beyond.</p>
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<h2>Lukaku is Back at <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-chelsea-fpl-players/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chelsea</a> &#8211; The Prodigal Son Returns</h2>
<p>Lukaku&#8217;s idol is Didier Drogba. He was happy in Milan, but he couldn&#8217;t turn down this opportunity to complete some unfinished business at Stamford bridge.</p>
<p>There have been a lot of big transfers this summer and there could be a few more to come. Is this transfer really that exciting? We’ve seen him before, we know what he’s all about.</p>
<p><strong>From an FPL perspective, I think this signing is huge</strong> and I will explain why below.</p>
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<h2><strong>Chelsea Under Thomas Tuchel</strong></h2>
<p>Since <strong>Tuchel</strong> has taken charge at <strong>Chelsea</strong>, no team has underperformed their <strong>expected goals (xG)</strong> by a higher amount.</p>
<p>They scored <strong>25 goals in 19 games, </strong>but, according to their xG, <strong>should&#8217;ve scored 36</strong>. In other words, they’re crying out for a quality striker. Creating chances isn’t an issue; converting them is.</p>
<p>The last striker to significantly outperform his xG at Chelsea was Diego Costa. Remember him?</p>
<p>Of all of Chelsea&#8217;s forwards last season, only <strong>Tammy</strong> <strong>Abraham (£6.5m)</strong> performed close to his xG. He scored six goals and had an xG of 5.9.</p>
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<h2><strong>How Will Lukaku Change Things?</strong></h2>
<p>Lukaku isn’t new to FPL. He’s scored <strong>113 goals in 252 games</strong>, which works out as almost one in two games (44.84%).</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a solid record over that period, particularly considering a large stint was spent at West Brom and <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/everton-fantasy-football-tips-team-preview/"><strong>Everton</strong></a>. To put that into perspective, <strong>Kane’s (£12.5m)</strong> Premier League record is <strong>166 in 245 (67.8%)</strong>.</p>
<p>He didn’t have a great spell at <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/premier-league-fantasy-football-manchester-united-best-player-picks/"><strong>Manchester United</strong></a>, but it was at Inter where he blossomed. The Belgian scored <strong>64 goals in 95 games (67.37%)</strong>, which includes six in 10 Champions League games.</p>
<p>We saw what he could do at the Euros and his record for <strong>Belgium</strong> is <strong>64 goals in 98 games</strong>.</p>
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<h2><strong>Is Lukaku Efficient?</strong></h2>
<div id="attachment_37231" style="width: 612px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-37231" class="wp-image-37231 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lukaku-Career-xG.png" alt="" width="602" height="194" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lukaku-Career-xG.png 602w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lukaku-Career-xG-300x97.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /><p id="caption-attachment-37231" class="wp-caption-text">Lukaku the Prodigal Son Returns &#8211; Lukaku&#8217;s Career xG | Source: understat</p></div>
<p>Based on his career <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> sourced from <a href="http://understat.com">Understat</a>, he appears to perform broadly in line with his xG. That means he’s a reliable rather than a clinical finisher.</p>
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<h2><strong>That all Sounds Good, but I&#8217;m Still not Convinced</strong></h2>
<p>I&#8217;m just getting started. Take a look at this:</p>
<div id="attachment_37232" style="width: 487px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-37232" class="size-full wp-image-37232" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Team-Points.png" alt="" width="477" height="613" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Team-Points.png 477w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Team-Points-233x300.png 233w" sizes="(max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px" /><p id="caption-attachment-37232" class="wp-caption-text">Lukaku and FPL &#8211; WGTA Talisman Team Points</p></div>
<p>Next we refer to the excellent <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/WGTA_FPL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@WGTA’s</a> <a href="https://whogottheassist.com/talisman-theory-2020-21-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talisman theory article</a>.</p>
<p>You can see that when it came to <strong>FPL points</strong> last season, only <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/the-best-manchester-city-fpl-players/"><strong>Manchester City</strong></a> tallied more than <strong>Chelsea. </strong>They also had a considerable gap over <strong>Man United</strong>. This highlights the FPL points potential of Chelsea.</p>
<p>Then we look at the actual talisman table:</p>
<div id="attachment_37234" style="width: 603px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-37234" class="size-full wp-image-37234" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Players-2.jpg" alt="" width="593" height="763" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Players-2.jpg 593w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Players-2-233x300.jpg 233w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Talisman-Players-2-400x516.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px" /><p id="caption-attachment-37234" class="wp-caption-text">Lukaku and FPL &#8211; Talisman Players</p></div>
<p>We can see the talisman list by teams. What stands out is that <strong>Chelsea are dead last</strong>. We know that they registered the second most FPL points, but they didn’t have a single player that scored the lions share for them.</p>
<p>It was defensive midfielder <strong>Jorginho (£6.0m)</strong> who ended up being their top scorer.</p>
<p>With <strong>Lukaku</strong> spearheading their attack, we potentially have a player that you would expect to get at least 12% (and that’s being conservative) of Chelsea’s returns. Based on last season’s total, that would be <strong>226 points</strong>.</p>
<p>It’s unknown <strong>whether Lukaku will be on penalties</strong>. He&#8217;s scored 30 out of 35 penalties in his career and took them for club and country. I would expect him to want them, as he’ll be aware that he’ll be judged by his <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c="1" title="FPL Stats by OPTA - Player and Team Stats">stats</a>.</p>
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<h2><strong>How Could Chelsea Line-up With Lukaku?</strong></h2>
<p>These look the most likely Chelsea line-up options:</p>
<div id="attachment_37229" style="width: 612px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-37229" class="size-full wp-image-37229" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chelsea-Line-Up.png" alt="" width="602" height="400" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chelsea-Line-Up.png 602w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chelsea-Line-Up-300x199.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /><p id="caption-attachment-37229" class="wp-caption-text">Lukaku and FPL &#8211; Potential Chelsea Line-ups</p></div>
<p>There’s always the chance that Tuchel will rotate him, but he’s a physical specimen and they don’t have anyone like him. Attacking midfielders, meanwhile, are more interchangeable.</p>
<p>If he becomes a constant like <strong>Mason</strong> <strong>Mount (£7.5m)</strong> was last season, then he should easily join the illustrious <strong>200 FPL points</strong> club.</p>
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<h2>Is Lukaku a Good FPL Player?</h2>
<p>Lukaku may not be as good a player as the likes of Harry Kane, but <strong>the best FPL players</strong> aren&#8217;t always the most talented.</p>
<p>What he <em>does</em> have in his favour is talisman status for a team that are likely to record one of the <strong>top FPL points totals</strong> in the league.</p>
<p>That makes him <strong>great FPL captaincy material</strong>. You can be confident that he&#8217;ll be involved with any attacking returns when <strong>Chelsea</strong> win games.</p>
<p>For that reason, I&#8217;ll be looking for a way of bringing him in for <strong>Chelsea’s fixture swing in Gameweek 7</strong>.</p>
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