The start of the 2022/23 Premier League season is just around the corner – and that means time is running out to select your fantasy team ahead of the first gameweek!
West Ham United bolstered our attacking options this week with the signing of Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca from Serie A side Sassuolo, and we think he could be the perfect addition to your team, too!
Priced up at £7m on the Premier League’s official fantasy game, Scamacca looks to have all the attributes to become one of the three attackers in your squad.
Arriving in England on the back of a 16-goal campaign in Italy’s top flight, the 6’5 striker is in red-hot form as he settles into his new surroundings.
His goalscoring exploits for Sassuolo, where he was a teammate of former Hammers midfielder Pedro Obiang, saw him make the breakthrough for the Azzurri – Italy’s national team – last season too.
Not only was the 23-year-old a prolific scorer of goals in 2021/22, he was also a ruthless taker of chances. In fact, he kept great company among Europe’s elite forwards in his chance conversion and volume of goals, as this stat below proves.
🌎 In 2021/22, four players across Europe had:
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) July 27, 2022
⚽️ 15+ goals
🥅 5 big chances missed or fewer
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland (22/5)
🇮🇹 Gianluca Scamacca (16/5)
🇮🇹 Domenico Berardi (15/5)
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne (15/0)
🎯 #WHUFC have secured one of Europe’s best finishers pic.twitter.com/EJSb3TfgT3
It all adds up to a player who looks geared up to continue his upward trajectory in the Premier League – so you wouldn’t want to miss out on his point-scoring potential for your fantasy team.
Once again this season we’re offering Hammers fans the chance to battle it out for the chance to be named Fantasy Premier League (FPL) West Ham United Official League champion!
FPL is a true test of your managerial skills, requiring you to recruit players within a set budget, transfer in new players before they become stars and drop them before they lose form.
With the added complications of a limit of three players from any single Premier League club, and deciding when to use your valuable Bench Boost, Free Hit, Triple Captain and Wildcard chips, topping the table is a challenge like no other.
Thousands of you took on the challenge last season, with the top-scoring FPL managers each month winning Claret and Blue prizes, while supporter Darren Valet and his team Crockerdile Hunter was our overall 2021/22 winner.
If you think you can emulate Darren, all you need to do is click here to join! or use the code jiymp8
The deadline for Gameweek One registration, and hence your chance to gain points from the start of the 2022/23 campaign, is at 6.30pm on Friday 5 August!
