Murillo, Nottingham Forest, defender, £5.5m
Both Nottingham Forest centre-backs are excellent options again this season and, even with price rises to £5.5m, they no doubt will both reward owners early on with their favourable fixture run.
While Nikola Milenkovic has the higher ceiling with his greater goal threat, Murillo has the higher floor. The Brazilian is better than his team-mate for both bonus points and the new defensive contribution points, where based on last season he would pick up the addition two points in over half his games.
Only a handful of defenders in the league can match Murillo’s combined totals for tackles, blocks, interceptions and clearances.
Florian Wirtz, Liverpool, midfielder, £8.5m
The German is the new chief creator at Liverpool and has impressed pre-season, playing as the number 10. He’s combined well with Mohamed Salah and appears to be on all set-pieces other than penalties.
In the past two seasons in the Bundesliga he’s picked up an impressive 46 goal contributions (21 goals, 25 assists) in 63 matches, and has equally impressive stats in the Champions League and at international level.
Premier League fans are lucky to have him and he’s arguably the closest player to Kevin de Bruyne we have seen in England for some time. Expect elite-level output from the German, who comes in to FPL at only £8.5m – a price I thought was £0.5m-£1m too low.
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