Now that the World Cup is over, you could say that the off-season has begun. Clubs are all over the world making their tours. Everton are in Australia, Chelsea are about to go to Germany and Manchester United are in America. European Competitions have already begun. They actually started during the World Cup but the teams involved were so minor, very scant attention was given to them.

The Premier League doesn’t kick off for another four weeks. Till then there will be an interesting number of fantasy football questions to ponder:

Will the World Cup flops be able to rebound?
As written during the World Cup, some players seem better suited to club football, others flourish at the international game and others seem to do just fine at both. You couldn’t expect Wayne Rooney to perform for Manchester United as he did for England in South Africa. Similarly, Gonzalo Jara will have to rebound from playing for a quality side like Chile to a low-level side such as West Bromwich Albion.

Who will emerge from anonymity?
There are over 250 players to choose from every week when picking the XI for your fantasy football side. Is it going to be the same old usual suspects such as Lampard, Evra, Fabregas and Gerrard? That is most likely the case as just as the Big 4 dominate the League, they also dominate the fantasy football points. Players from Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal will score more goals, will have more assists and will keep more clean sheets.

Tottenham finished fourth and so members of the team such as Peter Crouch and Gareth Bale provided good fantasy value. Same with the players from Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Darren Bent provided fantastic fantasy football value with his 24 goals for Sunderland.

But from the lower two-fifths of the table, you aren’t likely to give any of those players a second look, no matter how well they played at the World Cup.

Speaking of Darren Bent, here is a montage of his fantastic season: