Sky Sports Fantasy Football returns for the new Premier League season
Friday 7 July 2017 16:11, UK
Sky Sports Fantasy Footall is back for the 2017/18 Premier League season with new features and a £100k prize fund.
The new game allows you to schedule a captain for every single day of Premier League action, while there's an easier-to-use transfer system and two windows for you to overhaul your team.
The points system has also been tweaked to ensure players are appropriately rewarded for their performances, with goalkeepers and defenders no longer penalised for the first goal conceded.
Sky Sports Fantasy Football's exclusive paid leagues also allow you to take on your mates for cash and show them whose boss.
Harry Kane has been priced up as the most expensive player in the game at £12.9m after landing the Golden Boot for a second successive campaign, closely followed by Sergio Aguero (£12.8m) and Alexis Sanchez (£12.7m).
Here's a look at who Sky Sports Fantasy Football rate as the most prizes assets in the Premier League...
GOALKEEPER
Thibaut Courtois goes into the new campaign as the most valuable goalkeeper in Sky Sports Fantasy Football. The Chelsea man is valued at £8m, alongside Manchester United's David De Gea. However, the Belgian edges De Gea due to his league-leading fantasy points total of 161 last term.
DEFENDERS
After a 2016/17 season that spawned 16 clean sheets, champions Chelsea make up the majority of the most valuable back four, with David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta getting the nod. The latter is the most expensive member of the trio at £10.3m after being the only player to start in every single game during their title-winning campaign.
Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld completes the defence. The Belgian looks well worthy of his £10.1m value after helping Spurs concede less goals than any other side.
MIDFIELDERS
The most valuable midfield in Sky Sports Fantasy Football has representatives from across last season's top four. Eden Hazard retains his spot as one of the game's most expensive acquisitions after a 16-goal performance for the Blues last campaign. Meanwhile, Spurs' Dele Alli - 2016/17's highest-scoring fantasy midfielder - is available for £11.6m.
Liverpool's solitary member of the most valuable XI, Philippe Coutinho, can be added to your fantasy outfit for £11.3m after contributing 13 goals and seven assists to the Reds' top-four push last season.
Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne is the final piece of the most valuable midfield in 2017/18. The £11.5m man earns his hefty price tag thanks to his 18 assists for Pep Guardiola's side last season - three more than any other Premier League player.
FORWARDS
The most valuable strike partnership in Sky Sports Fantasy Football throws up a tandem of the Premier League's top goal scorer and a man who was scored an exceptional 122 times in his Premier League career.
After netting on 29 occasions in 2016/17, it's hardly surprising that Spurs' frontman Harry Kane is valued at £12.9m going into the new season. The England international just edges former Premier League Golden Boot winner Sergio Aguero, who is available for £12.8m, with last season's top points scorer, Alexis Sanchez, just missing out.
