At this time of year, there is an intense amount of transfer speculation and apart from that a few actual transfers; following a World Cup it is insane.

Already we have had Joe Cole move from Chelsea to Liverpool; David Silva signed with Manchester City as did Yaya Toure.


If a player moves from one Premier League club to another,  as a supporter you maybe feeling either happy or sad about that, but in terms of fantasy football it makes a negligible difference. You can only pick three players from the one club so the fact that Joe Cole has moved to Anfield and you pick him means that if you now select him for your fantasy side you can only choose another two Liverpool players. If you select him and Yossi Benayoun there is no difference whatsoever as they swapped clubs.

In more real terms, there is what to consider in terms of fantasy football when a player changes clubs. Some players relish and thrive under the new set-up and environment while others struggle. Take Robbie Keane for instance – he did very well at Tottenham, not so much as Liverpool. You could say the same thing about Dimitar Berbatov and his move from Tottenham to Manchester United. (Although truth be told his records at the two clubs are quite similar, you just would have never known it)

With the bigger clubs stockpiling players as they need the depth for a long campaign, the goals are shared around and thus it can make it tricky to know who to select. Last year, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-Sung scored 14 league goals between them.

All this is just another thing to consider ahead of the new fantasy football season.