Telegraph Fantasy Football: team-by-team selection guide

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Picking your team: getting the right balance

One of the trickiest parts of selecting your Telegraph Fantasy Football team is deciding how to distribute your transfer budget.

Should you go big on an expensive strikeforce? Is devoting mega bucks to your backline in a quest for clean sheets the way to go? Are there any budget gems out there primed to take the Premier League by storm?

To help you decide on your transfer strategy, we have put together a team-by-team guide with three selections from each team for you to consider from the big hitting favourites, to the underpriced minnows.

 

Arsenal

• 1st: Magalhães (£4.9m)
• 2nd: Mosquera (£3.7m)
• 3rd: Tzolis (£4.0m)
  
   

Aston Villa

• 1st: Gomes (£3.3m)
• 2nd: Buendia (£3.6m)
• 3rd: Konsa (£3.5m)
  
   

Bournemouth 

• 1st: Scott (£2.8m)
• 2nd: Hill (£2.6m)
• 3rd: Rayan (£3.6m)
  
   

Brentford

• 1st: Thiago (£4.6m)
• 2nd: Sangaré (£3.1m)
• 3rd: Schade (£3.6m)
  
   

Brighton and Hove Albion

• 1st: Vušković (£2.8m)
• 2nd: Hinshelwood (£2.8m)
• 3rd: Groß (£3.7m)

Chelsea

• 1st: Pedro (£5.1m)
• 2nd: Palestra (£2.7m)
• 3rd: Rogers (£4.3m)
  
   

Coventry City

• 1st: Grimes (£2.5m)
• 2nd: Rushworth (£2.6m)
• 3rd: Thomas (£2.3m)
  
   

Crystal Palace

• 1st: Sarr (£3.9m)
• 2nd: Canvot (£2.5m)
• 3rd: Mitchell (£3.6m)
  
   

Everton

• 1st: Ndiaye (£3.3m)
• 2nd: Garner (£3.1m)
• 3rd: Dewsbury-Hall (£3.7m)
  
   

Fulham

• 1st: Garcia (£3.7m)
• 2nd: Palacios (£2.8m)
• 3rd: Charles (£2.9m)
  
   

Hull City

• 1st: McBurnie (£2.9m)
• 2nd: Slater (£2.5m)
• 3rd: Giles (£2.6m)
  
   

Ipswich Town

• 1st: Davis (£2.6m)
• 2nd: Maeda (£2.8m)
• 3rd: O’Shea (£2.5m)
  
   

Leeds United

• 1st: Calvert-Lewin (£3.9m)
• 2nd: Trafford (£3.0m)
• 3rd: Stach (£2.8m)
  
   

Liverpool

• 1st: Wirtz (£4.9m)
• 2nd: Szoboszlai (£4.6m)
• 3rd: van Dijk (£4.9m)
  
   

Manchester City

• 1st: Haaland (£8.3m)
• 2nd: Semenyo (£4.9m)
• 3rd: O’Reilly (£4.2m)
  
   

Manchester United

• 1st: Fernandes (£6.5m)
• 2nd: Mbeumo (£4.4m)
• 3rd: Maguire (£3.3m)
  
   

Newcastle United

• 1st: Thiaw (£3.3m)
• 2nd: Barnes (£4.4m)
• 3rd: Hornicek (£3.6m)
  
   

Nottingham Forest

• 1st: Gibbs-White (£4.1m)
• 2nd: Williams (£3.1m)
• 3rd: Diomande (£2.6m)
  
   

Sunderland 

• 1st: Le Fée (£3.3m)
• 2nd: Roefs (£3.1m)
• 3rd: Brobbey (£3.3m)
  
   

Tottenham Hotspur

• 1st: Kinsky (£3.2m)
• 2nd: van Hecke (£3.3m)
• 3rd: Fernandes (£3.6m)

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