Fantasy football tips for gameweek 16: Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Phil Foden



It would be wise to leave it as late as possible to make your transfers this week because of the uncertainty surrounding illness and injuries.

The deadline is at 17:30 on Friday before the home game against the Hornets.

It seems very unlikely that the game will go ahead on Sunday due to the Covid outbreak in the Spurs camp and the positive tests that have been reported by theLeicester City players.

The impact will be felt in the next few gameweeks because of the upcoming match betweenLeicester andSpurs.

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It's time to splash out for him.

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For gameweek 16 I'm not going to change my captain, it's going to be Mohamed Salah again for Steven Gerrard's return to Anfield.

It wasn't a surprise to see him score in the first game of the season, but it was a bit of a surprise to see him do it again. He's only had one double-digit score in the past six gameweeks, but he's only had one blank this season.

The next decision for many managers will be whether or not to give the captain's role to a player who has spent over $12 million on himself.

Selling your big Spurs assets could be one way to do that, or you could replace Son Heung-min with a cheaper player, and then bring in a new player to replace one of your other strikers. There's almost a $2m shortfall that needs to be made up with the addition ofRonaldo.

Although he will get rested now and again with six Premier League games coming up in the space of 23 days, that will be the same for whoever you sign, and United's fixtures do look tempting.

I would like to see more of Manchester United before making any decisions about who else to go for. We mentioned Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho in dispatches last week, Mason Greenwood's clever finish caught the eye against Young Boys on Wednesday, and Diogo Dalot has started the past two league games at right-back.

When the Egyptian is away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Bruno Fernandes could be a potential replacement for him.

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There is a case for the defences.

The topic of whether we should be sticking with our big-hitting defences came up in this week's Fantasy 606.

In the past three gameweeks, neither team has kept a clean sheet and so many managers have doubled up on the players at the back.

Statman Dave told them to stick with it, because the guys that will occasionally bring us the 20-plus point haul are Marcos Alonso, Joao Cancelo and Reece James.

If you want to make money for other purchases, you should consider West Ham's Vladimir Coufal who looks like he'll be starting regularly again with Ben Johnson out injured, and the other one, the one who got in some great, the one who got in some great.

Three of the most popular signings so far this week are Mason Mount, Bernardo Silva and Jarrod Bowen. I like the fact that he's only 4.6% ownership and that West Ham embark on a run of games you'd expect them to do well in.

In the past 10 league games, Silva has played the full 90 minutes and scored six goals. I'd like to hear about Phil Foden's injury after he came off at half-time against Leipzig on Tuesday. He costs more than Silva but is owned by less than 20% of managers, and I love the idea of a Foden-Ilkay Gundogan double. The rewards could be worth the risk.