Transfer recommendations ahead of Gameweek 24: Morgan Rogers and Liverpool priorities

LIVERPOOL, Aston Villa and Manchester City are the only three teams set to fulfil two fixtures in Gameweek 24.

Let’s dive straight into transfer recommendations prior to Friday’s 6:30pm deadline.

Morgan Rogers (£3.5m)

The Villains’ No27 is comfortably the most popular recruit this week and with good reason.

He scored one goal and assisted another against Tottenham last weekend for a return of 14 points, a haul that propelled him up to seventh in the midfield rankings.

Factor in his hat-trick against Celtic in Gameweek 21 and Rogers is statistically the game’s most in-form player at this point in time.

The silky dribbler will be unleashed upon 19th-placed Ipswich this weekend before a tough game against Liverpool in midweek.

However, that meeting with the Reds is essentially a free hit as most other players will have their feet up on Wednesday night.

Ollie Watkins (£5.1m) should also be considered a strong option if he shakes off his injury while Jacob Ramsey (£2.7m) is a tempting differential (0.6% ownership) having racked up 35 points across the last three Gameweeks via two goals and two assists.

Liverpool Stars

Let’s have it right, Liverpool players should be the top priority for Gameweek 24.

The Reds welcome relegation-threatened Wolves to Anfield on Sunday before their trip to Villa Park and, despite recent slip-ups against Plymouth and Everton, they remain the strongest team in the country.

Mohamed Salah (£8.2m), Virgil van Dijk (£5m), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£6m) and Cody Gakpo (£5.1m) are all among the most selected players in Dream Team and justifiably so.

However, Luis Diaz (£3.4m) has underwhelmed of late and it might be worth switching to Alexis Mac Allister (£4.1m) or Dominik Szoboszlai (£4.3m) for your midfield needs.

The Colombia international played 180+ minutes in Gameweek 23 and returned just four points.

Antoine Semenyo (£3.9m) and/or Justin Kluivert (£3.9m)

Away from the double headers, Bournemouth’s visit to Southampton is bursting with potential.

The Cherries have scored 11 goals in their last four outings while Saints have the worst defensive record in the top flight this season.

Midfielders Semenyo and Kluivert have 31 goal involvements between them this term and should enjoy themselves against Ivan Juric’s beleaguered troops.

Looking further ahead, Bournemouth have two fixtures in Gameweek 25 (Wolves and Brighton) and an FA Cup tie in Gameweek 26.

Ethan Nwaneri (£1.9m)

A rogue option to finish but not one devoid of logic.

Many Dream Team bosses will be put off by the idea of backing an attack-minded Arsenal player given their depleted resources at this moment in time.

Kai Havertz (£4.7m) has joined Bukayo Saka (£6.6m), Gabriel Jesus (£3.7m) and Gabriel Martinelli (£4.1m) on the sidelines but it’s these absentees that make Nwaneri a viable selection.

Mikel Arteta has used the 17-year-old sparingly but injuries will surely force his hand for the upcoming fixtures, starting with a trip to 18th-placed Leicester this weekend.

Nwaneri averages a goal every 100 minutes this season and certainly has the talent to take advantage of the Foxes’ leaky defence.

The highly-rated teenager appears in 0.9% of teams at the time of writing.

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk