Fantasy Premier League tips 2022/23: Forwards to sign
Your complete guide to Fantasy Premier League forwards you should sign in 2022/23.
Fantasy Premier League has overseen a major shift away from forwards to midfielders over the last decade, but the pendulum may be swinging back the other way given a major summer for big No.9 signings.
Erling Haaland is the biggest signing in world football so far this summer and will slot into Manchester City's attack effortlessly. He will be determined to thrive on the service he receives in 2022/23.
Beyond him, Liverpool new boy Darwin Nunez has shown plenty of promise in his early appearances for The Reds, while Gabriel Jesus is primed and ready for an explosive campaign leading the line for Arsenal.
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Harry Kane remains a fierce competitor with terrific form under Antonio Conte, and there are a number of budget strikers to look out for up front.
Goals win leagues, strikers score goals, finding three of the best in the business for your side will go a long way towards toppling your mates.
RadioTimes.com brings you our Fantasy Premier League tips, including the forwards you should sign for your FPL team in 2022/23.
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Best FPL forwards 22/23
Budget FPL forwards
Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace) £5.5m
Edouard showed flickers of greatness in his debut season at Selhurst Park last time out, and he will be desperate to justify more first-team action in 2022/23.
Palace look like a solid, growing, settled unit under Patrick Vieira ahead of this season and Edouard will benefit greatly from the likes of Wilfried Zaha, Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze heading into the season fit and ready.
Edouard scored six and set up four in less than half of the available playing minutes and will hope he can extrapolate that point-scoring form across a whole season.
Armando Broja (Chelsea) £5.5m
As things stand, Broja remains a Chelsea player. Not only that, he's the only natural, out-and-out striker in the squad aside from the unfavoured Timo Werner.
That is likely to change by the end of the transfer window, but Broja is very much in contention for action with the Blues and his £5.5m price tag makes him an ideal third striker for your bench.
His potential upside is that he could indeed be on the move himself with Newcastle and Everton both linked to his signature. Should one of those moves take place, he will be a starting striker at a decent Premier League club at a bargain-bucket price.
Mid-price FPL forwards
Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) £8.0m
Here we go, our pick for 'must-have player of the season' is Gabriel Jesus. The beauty of the new Arsenal star is that he can fit into your team as the first, second or even third striker.
You could pair him with premium cost stars like Harry Kane and Erling Haaland, or he could lead the line for your team as a lone wolf, freeing up major funds to be spent in midfield.
Jesus has it all. He has recorded massive point hauls despite only playing half of the available minutes in previous seasons with Manchester City, and he will be a nailed-on starter for Arsenal this term. He could conceivably go close to the fabled 200-point mark.
Premium FPL forwards
Harry Kane (Tottenham) £11.5m
Haaland is the name on everyone's lips with 64 per cent ownership at the time of writing, but Harry Kane is the player you should start the season with if you're stuck choosing between the pair.
Kane is owned by just over 16 per cent of teams right now and is a safer bet than Haaland, who could explode into life, but may need time to adjust.
Since becoming a first-term regular with Spurs, Kane has hit the 190-point mark six times in eight seasons. In the remaining two seasons, he racked up 160 and 158.
It was a slow start to the season for both Tottenham and Kane last year, but under Antonio Conte, he was playing some of the greatest football of his career, supported by Son Heung Min and Dejan Kulusevski. Simply, he is the third-highest ranked player in the ICT Index and could well approach his all-time high score of 242 points if he stays fit in 2022/23.
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