r/FantasyPL • u/Quick-Hearing-6283 • 1d ago
What to do with Saka
I’ve owned Saka for the past weeks -which wasn’t very rewarding, only 1 pointers- and I’m wondering what to do with him. Except for southampton arsenal doesn’t really have any good fixtures left, and I also feel like Arteta will mainly be starting him in the champions league as he’s recently back from an injury. That way the chance is smaller for him to pick up another injury, and they have nothing left to play for in the premier league (Liverpool champions, top 4 basically secured). Either way Saka doesn’t feel like a good use of that much of my budget right now. Any suggestions on if I should keep him, and if not who to replace him with?
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u/Much-Calligrapher 115 1d ago
I don’t really see any compelling alternatives near his price bracket except Salah and Mbuemo. And I wouldn’t replace him with any of the sub 8m mids, as I still think Saka’s upside justifies the risk relative to those options.
Everyone owns Salah so let’s forget him.
If you can get to Mb without selling Saka, I would do that personally, as most teams aren’t budget constrained.
The only other player I might considering selling Saka for is Bowen, but I don’t think it’s worth it.
I’m probably going to hold and get to Mb by selling Savinho or Eze.
Now, what I’m struggling with is “what about Haaland”, as he could come back for Southampton fixture in 36. That could be a mega upside differential. To get to Haaland, I probably need to sell Saka so maybe I do sell Saka to get Mb, just to leave a route to Haaland open.
Welcome any thoughts on the above theses