At a time when Liverpool is waking up from the nightmare of a shock defeat to Championship’s bottom-placed Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup fourth-round and gearing up for the last Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park, transfer policy and chip strategy for the double gameweek 25 occupies our headspace.
There are FPL managers who will be going for the assistant manager chip in DGW25 and Unai Emery happens to be a great option for them. And the ones who have already played this all-new disrupting chip in DGW24, will be barred from playing any other chip before GW27.
But the teams which still have the ace called triple captain up their sleeve, can have some exciting options to choose from as this gameweek presents another opportunity to make the most of this powerful chip. Let’s have a look at the horses for this course.
Mohamed Salah(£13.7m)
I am at a loss of words when it comes to describing Salah’s fantasy season 2024/25. The Egyptian must be carrying a secret wand. Otherwise, being the best player at 33 and that too by a distance, in such a high-demanding league like PL, seems out of this football world.
Countless triple captain chips were played last week and most of them had his name written on them. He appears a great option again this week, as we have another double gameweek.
Liverpool will be playing Wolves at home, who have been patchy for the better part of the season, before travelling to Villa Park. Salah carries an xGI of 1.04, offering little room for thinking otherwise.
Morgan Rogers(£5.6m)
Morgan Rogers pumped in three goals past Celtic’s defence, as Villa went to the last-16 of the UCL last month. He is registered as a midfielder in the fantasy but plays out-of-position in the Villa attacking third. With a shadow of doubt over Emery’s first-choice no.9, Ollie Watkins, Rogers can be seen in a more central role too.
The English forward offers you a high ceiling for points, as he has outnumbered both his xG and xA in the Fantasy Premier League 2024-25. Captain Rogers can be a great option for the triple captain chip in double gameweek 25. He would be a differential triple captain too — making it a high-risk, high-reward affair for you.
Moreover, Aston Villa will be playing both of their DGW25 matches at Villa Park — against Ipswich Town, a plum fixture and table-toppers, Liverpool.
