Here’s 3 Players new to the Premier League who we have analysed. You can see their recent season stats and where they are likely to fit into their new Premier League teams. The analysis is succinct but with all you need to know without all the waffle. There’s Chelsea’s Nkuknu and Jackson and new Spurs GK Vicario
FPL New Player Profiles – Nkunku, Jackson and Vicario
Additional content on the FFGeek Patreon site (over 1,600 PAYING SUBSCRIBERS!)
£3.00 plus Vat per Calender month
*team reveals from 6 FFGeek Contributors Rob, Rick, Kev, Kris, Andrew and Joe. Live Transfer alerts and final team lineups
£2.50 plus Vat per Calender month (plus the above)
*access to Joseph Crilleys Transfer Planner and points projection tool plus FPL team run by it. 3k OR 21/22
*The FFGeek team including live transfers and the early thoughts article will this season be on the Patreon site 4 of last 6 seasons top 21k. Also 3 top 10ks
* Imaginary wildcard articles
*Slack Channel access for FPL Chat with all subscribers
* Following the teams of 10 top FPL managers who’ve finished in the top 10k OR the last 3 seasons
All Tiers – No Commitment beyond 1 Calender month although 16% discounted annual membership available
https://www.patreon.com/fantasyfootballgeek
Christopher Nkunku
Nkunku has signed for Chelsea from RB Leipzig for £51m.
Nkunku is a 25 year old French International versatile forward or attacking midfielder. He is 1.78 m tall and can play as a CF, Second Striker or attacking midfielder on either side.
He has played 10 times for France
Stats
Here’s his last 3 season stats
he last 2 seasons are a very impressive set of stats. Anytime anyone is returning at under a goal or assist every 100 minutes it’s incredibly impressive.
However we said that about Werner, Havertz and Haller all of which underperformed expectations.
How will he fit in at Chelsea?
As I said above Nkunku is very versatile and could play as a CF or any of the attacking midfield positions.
By all accounts and his own preference is to play as a second striker. If Pochettino plays 4-2-3-1 then he should play as the CAM behind the CF.
Whether that CF is Lukaku remains a doubt as it appears Lukaku isn’t that keen on returning. Nkunku in absence of another signing could take up the CF role where he has been successful but that doesn’t appear to be the optimum use of him.
It’s hard to imagine that Aubameyang will still be there or that there will be enough faith in Broja to lead the line so how the CF role plays out is still unknown.
Lastly there’s new signing Nicolas Jackson who we profile below. Will he be Chelsea’s starting CF? It’s hard to know at this stage but he doesn’t have that much experience to be the starting CF for a club with Champions League aspirations.
In FPL it will be interesting to see if Nkunku is classified as a Midfield or a Forward.
He definitely has the potential to be Chelsea’s penalty taker as well given Havertz, Mount and Jorginho have left.
Follow us over preseason and you will see how he fits in to the Chelsea team.
Nikolas Jackson
Jackson has signed for Chelsea from Villareal for £32m.
Jackson is a 25 year old Senegalese International Centre Forward. He is 1.88 m tall. He plays principally as a CF but can play RW.
He has played 3 times for the Senegal national team.
Stats
Here’s his last 3 season stats. Mirandes are in the Spanish second division
For the rest of the Nicolas Jackson and Guglielmo Vicario portions of the article go to our Patreon site which is linked below
The Patreon site is only £2.50 per calendar month with no commitment beyond a calendar month and there are many other features as outlined above. Advertising alone cannot make the site viable and Subscribers are vital to the continuing of the site and I hope you will choose to support it. There will still be free articles on this site
Here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-player-and-85465717
Other Posts
Rob Reid’s Season Review – 29k OR finish
Analysing the Contributors seasons by Stats
The Fixture Ease schedules for GW1-6
FPL season review – Player Rankings All Positions
The Newly Promoted Teams analysis – Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton
Follow us on Social Media
Follow FFGeek on twitter for article updates and news
