Assessing the FPL appeal of top Deadline Day signings
Nikola Vlasic (West Ham United) – £6.0 MID
West Ham continues to strengthen their squad through a range of big signings this summer, including Nikola Vlasic.
Despite spending almost all of his time in a central attacking role last season for CSKA Moscow, the Croatian is a very versatile attacking player. Vlasic managed 12 goals and 6 assists from 34 appearances last season, which are very decent returns for an attacking midfielder.
Due to his versatility, Vlasic could be utilised by David Moyes anywhere in the attacking third for West Ham – whether it be central, left, right, or even as a striker.
However, considering Moyes has been set with the current front 4 of Antonio, Benrahma, Bowen & Fornals in all of the league games this season, we need to monitor where Vlasic will exactly fit in, and who now becomes a rotation risk.
If given regular starts, he could become a potential budget gem in midfield, similarly to Benrahma at the beginning of this season.