Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku is now the most owned player on FPL (47.7%)

Can Fantasy Premier League managers afford to leave Romelu Lukaku out of their FPL teams for Gameweek 1?

Lukaku made his big money move to Manchester United just weeks ago, after spending 4 successful seasons at Everton FC.







Last season, the Belgian was a hugely popular pick amongst FPL managers, scoring 25 goals, 6 assists and a staggering, 33 FPL bonus points.

He’s coming into the United side to take the lead strikers role from Zlatan Ibrahimovich, who managed 17 league goals in 28 games, but how do the two compare from last season?

Lukaku had 110 shots at goal last season and was on-target with 64% of those – compared to Zlatan, who had 116 shots at goal and only 55% on target.

Last season, at Everton, Lukaku had a shot conversion rate to goals of 26%, which is impressive for a player in an Everton team that struggled at times.

The main criticism of Manchester United last season was that they did not score enough goals – they struggled to open teams up and drew too many games.







They scored the fewest amount of goals out of the top 7 teams (54), and now Mourinho has brought in Lukaku to fix this issue, as The Red Devils look to mount a serious title challenge this time around.

Lukaku is likely to be the first name on Mourinho’s team-sheet (when fit) and is a safe bet for those FPL managers who’re concerned by his £11.5m price-tag.

Lukaku is now owned by 47.7% of overall teams and is the most popular pick in the game – FPL managers will be hoping Lukaku can replicate last seasons form under Jose’s watchful eye.







Big Rom has looked in decent pre-season form, scoring goals in both of The Red Devils’ friendlies and has looked at home in the red shirt, alongside best friend and team-mate, Paul Pogba

Lukaku looks even more attractive in the early weeks, as United have favourable opening fixtures against West Ham (h), Leicester (A) and Swansea (h).

It’s also worth noting that United do not play a team from last seasons top 6 until October, so wouldn’t be surprised to see Lukaku hit the ground running.

Being the main man at one of the biggest clubs in the world, this could well be the opportunity that Lukaku wanted to push on and join the truly elite forwards in world football today.

The issue which many Fantasy Premier Leagues bosses now face is, which premium strikers will they choose for their Gameweek 1 squads?

With Kane priced at £12.5m, Aguero £11.5m and Chelsea new-boy Alvaro Morata at a tempting £10.0m, the 52+% of FPL bosses who don’t own Lukaku, are left with a big decision to make ahead of the Gameweek 1 deadline.

Personally, I want Lukaku in my Gameweek 1 team for many reasons – United’s opening fixtures, his pre-season form and ownership percentage being too high to ignore – to name but a few.

However, my question to our fellow FPL readers is this – at 47+% ownership and a fairly reasonable price-tag of £11.5m, can you afford NOT to have Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku in your Fantasy Premier League squad come Gameweek 1?

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