The Fantasy Premier League season begins on Friday 21 August so, to help managers as you tinker with your teams before the deadline, we've gone through all 20 teams and ranked some of their assets. Our four experts - Pras, FPL Heisenberg, Gianni Buttice and Holly Shand - have each chosen: A talisman - each team's key player and one to own, if you can afford the price. A differential pick - a low-owned player who could end up being an FPL star.
A player to avoid - an asset unlikely to justify their price tag or be productive enough to win your league. Pras: The Brazil centre-back is easily the standout pick for the champions. He finished as the top-scoring defender last season (209 points) and remains the most reliable, albeit expensive, way into the strong Arsenal's defence.
Differential: Ben White (£5.5m, defender) Pras: The England right-back offers attacking threat and a realistic path to regular minutes while Jurrien Timber remains out. White might not be a season-keeper but is a strong pick to start off with. Player to avoid: Christos Tzolis (£6.5m, midfielder) Pras: The new signing has talent and has been involved in quite a few pre-season goals, but manager Mikel Arteta's rotation among the wide left attackers makes consistent starts far from guaranteed for the Greece international.
Plus, they seem to be in the market for another left winger. Holly: Watkins has seen a £1m price drop going into this campaign and will likely be Aston Villa's main man following the departure of Morgan Rogers to Chelsea in the transfer window. He remains incredibly consistent, scoring on average 16 goals in his past four seasons at the club and he's also potentially a penalty taker now Youri Tielemans has gone to Manchester United.
Differential: Matty Cash (£4.5m, defender) Holly: Villa's defence remains a consistent one for investment, with nine clean sheets last campaign. Cash sits in around 8% of sides, and is first choice as right-back. He produced six goal involvements last season, three goals and three assists.
He had 30 shots on goal and made 30 key passes, highlighting his routes to points. Player to avoid: Alejandro Garnacho (£6m, midfielder) Holly: Former Manchester United man Alejandro Garnacho may be well fancied after arriving at Villa on loan from Chelsea this summer, but Emi Buendia may be hard to displace in midfield. Garnacho comes in kindly priced, but played just 1,261 minutes last season, providing one goal and four assists.
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