If Tottenham can continue with their recent revival and put together a consistent run of form, there are several players within their squad who can be effective from a Fantasy Premier League perspective. The three I wish to highlight as potential targets for Fantasy Premier League manager are Kyle Walker, Rafael Van der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor. Although he is currently Tottenham’s second dearest defender on the game, coming in at 5.4, if Walker can cement the right-back spot ahead of Vedran Corluka then he could see some investment from Fantasy Premier League managers. He displayed his attacking credentials during his time spent on loan at Aston Villa last season, returning one goal and three assists. If he gets the game time, I can see Walker’s forays down the right hand side seeing him improve significantly on last season’s returns, when he was part of an uncharacteristically poor Villa defence.
In midfield, I would always advise to fork out the extra money and get Van der Vaart instead of Gareth Bale. Alhough Bale is obviously hugely talented, he can often be an extremely frustrating player from a Fantasy Premier League perspective. For instance, he registered just three assists last season despite playing the majority of it on the left wing. Conversely, Van der Vaart is a proven Fantasy Premier League performer whose consistency makes him a serious consideration for any Fantasy Premier League manager whenever Spurs have a favourable run of fixtures. Last season Van der Vaart returned thirteen goals and nine assists despite missing a significant proportion of the season due to a recurrent hamstring injury. This injury has already troubled him once again this season, causing him to miss the trip to Wolves. However, he is widely anticipated to return to the starting line-up against Wigan this coming weekend.
The recent capture of Emmanuel Adebayor on a season-long loan from Manchester City has brought Tottenham forwards back on the radar from a Fantasy Premier League perspective following their reliance on midfield players to contribute goals during the last campaign. Peter Crouch, Jermaine Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko all failed to reach double figures for Premier League goals last time round, meaning the contributions of Rafael Van der Vaart and Gareth Bale proved to be vital. Harry Redknapp will hope he has found a solution to this problem with the capture of Adebayor, a proven Premier League goalscorer with a point to prove. Adebayor has been nothing short of sensational in his first two Tottenham games since his arrival at White Hart Lane and will be looking to continue his prolific form. If he manages to do so it wouldn’t be so difficult to imagine him replicating or coming close to his best ever Premier League goals tally for a season of twenty four during the 2007/08 season whilst still with Arsenal. Should Adebayor produce what we all know he is capable of when he applies himself he could well prove to be a bargain, currently priced at just 8.2 in the game.
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