Sky Sports Fantasy Football managers scramble to sign up Gabriel Jesus
Wednesday 8 February 2017 16:11, UK
No Premier League player has been transferred in more by Sky Sports Fantasy Football's managers than Gabriel Jesus following the Manchester City star's stunning start.
The 19-year-old Brazilian scored one and set another up on his full debut at West Ham United last Wednesday, before scoring twice in Super Sunday's 2-1 victory over Swansea City, seeing him rack up more points than any other player so far this month.
Having been priced up at £10.6m, less than the likes of Wilfried Bony and Christian Benteke, the teenager has been transferred in twice as many times as any other player over the last week.
He is, however, still owned by just 2.4 per cent of all Sky Sports Fantasy Football managers, although City are without a Premier League fixture on February 25/26 due to the EFL Cup final.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is second in terms of most transferred in after taking his goal tally to 15 at the weekend, while the league's top points-scoring defender - Marcos Alonso - continues to gain popularity after netting for the fourth time this season.
Team-mate Diego Costa continues to attract recalls after concerns over his future resulted in mass sales in January, while Romelu Lukaku was the weekend's highest scorer with 29 points thanks to his four-goal haul against Bournemouth.
Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola's faith in the new young star has understandably raised concerns over of the game's most-expensive player, Sergio Aguero (£13m), who has been the second-most transferred out player following back-to-back starts from the bench.
Somewhat surprisingly, the season's top points scorer Alexis Sanchez is the only injury-free player to have been ditched by more managers amid worries over Arsenal's troubling form.
A drop in form for Liverpool has also clearly alerted those with Adam Lallana in their team, with the England midfielder failing to provide a goal or assist in his last six appearances.
Virgil van Dijk has understandably been dropped by the majority of his owners after suffering an ankle injury, while popular bargain pick Charlie Daniels is also facing a spell on the sidelines.
