Haaland captaincy headache – stick or twist? FPL gameweek eight dilemmas

BBC Sport FPL expert Holly Shand looks at some of the biggest dilemmas facing FPL managers heading into gameweek eight. Enzo Maresca confirmed on Tuesday night that Erling Haaland (£13.7m) is fit to start against Aston Villa on Saturday, having been an unused substitute in Manchester City's 5-1 Champions League win against AEK Athens. That immediately puts him at the top of the captaincy contenders this weekend. He has eight goals from seven league games this season, but has not scored in his past four Premier League appearance against Aston Villa. Chelsea attackers headline the list of alternative options, with Joao Pedro (£7.9m) their best fantasy asset to date, with five goals and three assists.

Cole Palmer (£9.7m) has the higher ceiling, though, given that he takes penalties. Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (£9.6m) picked up a quadricps injury in the Champions League on Wednesday night, to add to the injury woes of our template fantasy midfielders, with Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai (£6.8m) and City's Antoine Semenyo (£8.3m) already ruled out long term. There is plenty of interest in City's midfield, with a hope that rotation will be eased with Semenyo ruled out. Rayan Cherki (£8m) is seeing the most transfer traffic, but it was Phil Foden (£6.8m) who shone with a hat-trick in midweek. Jeremy Doku (£7.5m) has three goal involvements in