‘Good value’: Nketiah shares Arsenal 21-year-old was first player he picked for FPL

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Eddie Nketiah has shared that his Arsenal teammate Bukayo Saka was his first pick when selecting players for Fantasy Premier League this season.

The striker added that Saka is ‘good value’, with the Arsenal 21-year-old priced at £7.8m, the second-most expensive player at his club, behind summer signing Gabriel Jesus (£8.0m).

Whilst Saka took a while to get his engine going this season, his points in FLP are starting to pick up – he has racked up 39 points so far.

There are a few expected Arsenal players ahead of Saka, in terms of total points picked up so far, including star man and summer capture, Gabriel Jesus.

But there are also some unexpected names proving to be more than value for their money, none other than midfielder Granit Xhaka, who has 40 points to his previously-criticsed name.

Despite those players shining bright for the Gunners, when Nketiah was asked who the first player he picked for FLP from anybody in the league was, he put Saka’s name forward, as he told MOTDx.

“I put Saka in this year, you know,” said Nketiah. “That’s good value for money.”

WHO WILL PROVE THEIR WORTH AGAINST LIVERPOOL?

Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League table on Saturday when they thrashed Southampton 4-0 at the Etihad.

The most-selected player in FPL this season – Erling Haaland with 84% users – was on the scoresheet for an incredible 15th time yesterday.

There is no stopping that runaway train and it seems as though Mikel Arteta’s side are the only ones that can stop the current champions in their tracks.

Beating an under-performing Liverpool will certainly help the Gunners, and if Arteta is to end his side’s barren run against the Reds, then the likes of Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Jesus have to step up.