Alvaro Morata and Paul Pogba make Matt Le Tissier's Sky Sports Fantasy Football XI
Monday 7 August 2017 23:17, UK
Matt Le Tissier has provided us with his Sky Sports Fantasy Football team for the season, backing Alvaro Morata to shine in his debut Premier League campaign.
The Spaniard, who has big boots to fill in replacing Diego Costa as Chelsea's main striker, missed a penalty in Sunday's Community Shield shoot-out with Arsenal after starting from the bench.
Le Tissier is also expecting the world's most expensive defender Benjamin Mendy to settle in at Manchester City, while backing Paul Pogba and Vincent Kompany to enjoy big campaigns and, unsurprisingly, selecting four Southampton players.
Here is Le Tiss' line-up in full...
Hugo Lloris - Tottenham (£7.6m)
Tottenham conceded the least goals in the Premier League last season and a lot of that was down to having a world-class goalkeeper, who you can always rely on to be alert.
Cedric Soares - Southampton (£7.9m)
Southampton actually recorded 14 clean sheets last season, the same as Manchester United and Arsenal, so if Cedric Soares can contribute a bit more going forward then he's a bargain buy.
Jack Stephens - Southampton (£6.5m)
I'm obviously hopeful that Virgil van Dijk will stay but if he's not ready to start the season then we have a very capable understudy in Jack Stephens, who is even cheaper than Soares.
Vincent Kompany - Man City (£8.5m)
Pretty much everybody is making Manchester City the favourites for the title but it could all come down to whether Vincent Kompany stays fit. He could strike up a fantastic partnership with John Stones and as long as he's fit then he'll be in my side.
Benjamin Mendy - Man City (£8.3m)
He's a bit cheaper than the other Manchester City defenders but seems to be the one assured of a starting berth given they haven't signed another left-back - yet that is!
Nathan Redmond - Southampton (£8.6m)
He's still young and scored seven times last season so if he can add some more assists then he'll be a real asset, both to Southampton's team and mine.
Paul Pogba - Man Utd (£11.2m)
After signing Nemanja Matic I'm excited to see how Paul Pogba does with a bit more freedom to operate in a more advanced position. I'd like to see him take games by the scruff of the neck and show everybody why he's worth the £89m paid for him.
Gylfi Sigurdsson - Swansea (£10.4m)
He's a goals and assists machine and should get even more points playing for Everton, if Ronald Koeman can get the team to gel.
Matt Phillips - West Brom (£8.3m)
Despite playing less minutes, he scored the same amount of goals and had more assists than David Silva last season and costs significantly less.
Alvaro Morata - Chelsea (£12.2m)
He's one of the players I'm looking forward to seeing in the Premier League this season. He scored prolifically for Real Madrid and will have the team set-up to create chances at Chelsea.
Manolo Gabbiadini - Southampton (£10.3m)
His season was interrupted by injury and it will be interesting to see him with a pre-season under his belt and linking up with Charlie Austin. I think Mauricio Pellegrino will try to get both in the team somehow.
