<p>The best Manchester City FPL players are often the most contentious picks for Fantasy Premier League managers.</p>
<p>Pep Guardiola is notorious for rotating his key assets, making selecting the best FPL players incredibly tough.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be taking all of this into account, as we evaluate the best Manchester City FPL options for the 2022/23 season.</p>
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<h2>The Best Manchester City FPL Players 2022/23: City in brief</h2>
<p>With such an abundance of attacking and defensive talent, the challenge for FPL managers isn&#8217;t finding the useful players from City; it&#8217;s choosing just three of them.</p>
<p>Statistically, Man City dominate in basically every single metric.</p>
<p>They scored the most goals (99) last season, and conceded the joint-fewest (26) along with Liverpool.</p>
<p>The caveat, as any FPL manager will already know, is settling on which City players will definitely start in the Premier League.</p>
<p>With the Champions League still eluding Guardiola, the task of selecting assured Manchester City starters in FPL is a tricky one.</p>
<p>After another Premier League title last season, the narrative amongst some observers is that another domestic title is of little importance now.</p>
<p>Whilst Guardiola will publicly deny such claims, FPL managers might not have the luxury of assuming that the Spaniard will definitely play his best players where possible in the top flight.</p>
<p>There are a lot of factors at play here &#8211; but here are the <strong>three </strong>assets from City that we think are worth your time and money in FPL.</p>
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<h2>The best Manchester City FPL players: Erling Haaland (£11.5m)</h2>
<p>City have shared the goals around their star-studded squad for the last few seasons, but it may well be that their attack finally has a focal point.</p>
<p>Pep Guardiola made an attempt to sign a forward in <strong>Harry Kane (£11.5m)</strong> at the beginning of last season, but now he finally has his striker in <strong>Erling Haaland</strong>.</p>
<p>The signing of Haaland may alter the way that City attack entirely. We&#8217;ve seen <strong>Phil Foden (£8.0m) </strong>and <strong>Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m) </strong>slot in at false 9, allowing the likes of <strong>Riyad Mahrez (£8.0m) </strong>to play as inside forwards, drifting central to get amongst the goals.</p>
<p>With the introduction of Haaland, you would expect to see these attacking midfield players forced wider, with more crosses aimed for the centre of the penalty area, as opposed to frequent cut-backs to the midfielders.</p>
<p>Perhaps this tactical reshuffle, plus City&#8217;s very reasonable opening <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-fixture-list-for-2022-23-season-revealed/">fixtures,</a> provide some explanation for Haaland&#8217;s 58% ownership in FPL &#8211; he is currently the second highest owned player after <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/gabriel-jesus-fpl-sky-tff-and-dream-team-prospects-as-arsenal-player/">Gabriel Jesus.</a></p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-47636" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35.jpg" alt="fpl haaland fixtures" width="1060" height="860" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35.jpg 1060w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35-300x243.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35-1024x831.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35-768x623.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-15.23.35-610x495.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px" /></p>
<p>But can we really put so much of our budget into the forward position, given how FPL forwards have performed in recent seasons?</p>
<p>In fact, five players scored 200+ FPL points in 2021/22, and not a single one of them was a forward.</p>
<p>The failures of big money strikers last season may put FPL managers off spending a large chunk of their budget up top, but Haaland should offer a very different prospect.</p>
<p>For one, Manchester City are a completely different level of attack compared to the likes of Manchester United, which straight away makes him a far more appealing option than someone like <strong>Cristiano</strong> <strong>Ronaldo (£10.5m)</strong> who did well to score 17 in a poor United side last season.</p>
<p>Big money signing <strong>Romelu Lukaku’s</strong> inability to assimilate at Chelsea can be somewhat attributed to the other forward options Tuchel had at his disposal, with Kai Havertz (£8.0m) and Timo Werner (£8.0m) eating into the striker’s minutes.</p>
<p>Haaland meanwhile will only really have new signing <strong>Julian Alvarez (£6.5m) </strong>to contend with in the forward position, although of course Pep could always utilise a midfielder there.</p>
<p>The comparative goalscoring pedigree offered by Haaland is on another level, however.</p>
<p>The 21-year-old scored 62 goals in 67 league games for Borussia Dortmund, and comes to the Premier League as arguably the most complete striker in the world, joining the most complete team in the world.</p>
<p>Injuries permitting, I think Haaland will be given at least 60 minutes in the majority of Premier League games, and should be the player highest up the pitch for Manchester City.</p>
<p>If this is the case, the Norwegian is surely going to hit 20+ goals this season, given the incredible amount of chances Pep&#8217;s side creates.</p>
<p>In fact, if he starts all 38 games, you wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see him break the Premier League goalscoring record &#8211; currently held by <strong>Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) </strong>with 32 goals.</p>
<p>Haaland is even off the mark in pre-season, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich.</p>
<p>We will certainly know a lot more about his fitness when City face an energetic Liverpool side in the Community Shield on Saturday.</p>
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<div id="attachment_47507" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-47507" class="wp-image-47507 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1410535103.jpg" alt="haaland" width="1024" height="676" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1410535103.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1410535103-300x198.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1410535103-768x507.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1410535103-610x403.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-47507" class="wp-caption-text">Erling Haaland. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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<h2>The Best Manchester City FPL players: Joao Cancelo (£7.0m)</h2>
<p>Portuguese wing-back <strong>Joao Cancelo</strong> continues to put up some pretty incredible attacking numbers.</p>
<p>Along with a mammoth 19 clean sheets, he picked up 11 assists last season, but the figure of real note is the number of shots Cancelo took in 2021/22.</p>
<p>With 81 shots in the Premier League, he racked up 30 more goal attempts than any other defender. <strong>Alexander-Arnold (£7.5m) </strong>took the second-most, with 51.</p>
<p>Take a look at the chart below for some visual perspective of just how big this gap was.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-47634" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46.jpg" alt="cancelo shots most fpl" width="1512" height="856" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46.jpg 1512w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46-300x170.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46-768x435.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46-610x345.jpg 610w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-14.57.46-1080x611.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px" /></p>
<p>Of course, it&#8217;s important to note that Cancelo actually only scored one goal last season.</p>
<p>However, the eye-test will tell you that he is clearly capable of striking a ball with real quality on both feet, hitting the woodwork on several occasions last season.</p>
<p>The law of averages would suggest he is due a few goals this season, but even if this doesn&#8217;t transpire, he is worth the £7.0m price tag for clean sheets and assists alone.</p>
<p>You certainly want some coverage of the City defence, given they were first for pretty much every <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta/">defensive statistic</a> last season.</p>
<p>The likes of <strong>Ruben Dias (£6.0m) </strong>and <strong>Aymeric Laporte (£6.0m) </strong>may provide you with plentiful clean sheets, but offer essentially no threat from open play.</p>
<p>Consider the fact that Cancelo gives you this clean sheet output, along with significant goal and assist threat, for just £0.5m more than <strong>Danny Welbeck (£6.5m)</strong>!</p>
<p>Putting all of this into perspective, the City man begins to look like a bit of a bargain.</p>
<div id="attachment_47218" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-47218" class="wp-image-47218 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1396266404.jpg" alt="cancelo" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1396266404.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1396266404-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1396266404-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1396266404-610x407.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-47218" class="wp-caption-text">Joao Cancelo. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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<h2>The Best Manchester City FPL players: Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m)</h2>
<p>The man who rocked our 2021/22 FPL season with 4 goals in a single game.</p>
<p><strong>Kevin De Bruyne </strong>comes in at a higher price of £12.0m this year, but still provides the most nailed and consistent route into Manchester City&#8217;s midfield.</p>
<p>The concerns around minutes with the likes of Foden and Mahrez are simply not a realistic issue for De Bruyne, who remains the key man for Guardiola.</p>
<p>Despite some injury issues last year, his attacking numbers were nothing short of incredible.</p>
<p>In just 25 starts, he managed 15 goals and 8 assists, and frankly could have had more assists, if not for some poor finishing by his teammates.</p>
<p>Perhaps having <strong>Erling Haaland</strong> to aim for in the box could go some way to correcting this.</p>
<p>Promisingly, towards the end of last season, De Bruyne was playing almost as a centre-forward, drifting into dangerous attacking positions across the front three, and often interchanging positions with the wingers.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-47640 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58.jpg" alt="de bruyne kdb fpl heatmap average position" width="1058" height="860" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58.jpg 1058w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58-300x244.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58-768x624.jpg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screenshot-2022-07-27-at-16.10.58-610x496.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1058px) 100vw, 1058px" /></p>
<p>This trend continued to an extent during City&#8217;s pre-season match against Bayern.</p>
<p>At times, their formation in this game was almost a 4-2-4, with De Bruyne playing as a second striker alongside Haaland, and the pair of them leading the press from the front.</p>
<p>We know Pep likes to experiment though, so it may not be wise to assume this will continue in the Premier League.</p>
<p>Wherever he plays on the pitch however, KDB is a bonus points magnet.</p>
<p>He picked up more bonus points (33) than any other player in FPL last season, despite starting just 25 games. That&#8217;s a pretty incredible statistic, and one that is largely down to the creativity and quality the Belgian shows every time he is on the ball.</p>
<p>Following the arrival of Haaland, we could see something slightly different in terms of KDB&#8217;s role in the team, but he undoubtedly remains one of the most explosive and consistent assets in the game.</p>
<div id="attachment_45362" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45362" class="wp-image-45362 size-full" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KDB.jpeg" alt="" width="1024" height="669" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KDB.jpeg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KDB-300x196.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KDB-768x502.jpeg 768w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KDB-610x399.jpeg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-45362" class="wp-caption-text">Kevin De Bruyne. Picture by Getty Images</p></div>
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