Telegraph Fantasy Football 17/18 tips: Five players to scout out in this Sunday's Community Shield Final

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Chelsea's Alvaro Morata, valued at £6.5m in TFF 17/18 Credit: 2017 Getty Images/Thananuwat Srirasant

Sunday’s Community Shield Final between Premier League champions Chelsea and FA Cup winners Arsenal acts as the curtain raiser for the new domestic season and offers Telegraph Fantasy Football managers the perfect opportunity to scout a handful of the new signings brought in over the summer.

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Although the match itself doesn’t score you any TFF points, it does give a slight indication as to who might feature in both of these sides’ starting line-ups next weekend.

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Here are the players we think you should be keeping an eye on:


Alexandre Lacazette (£6.0m)

Arsene Wenger parted with £46.5 million to acquire the services of Alexandre Lacazette so it would be a real head-scratcher if he didn't start this Sunday.

The France international bagged 100 goals in 203 appearance for Ligue One side Lyon and looks set to lead the line for the Gunners this season ahead of his fellow countryman Olivier Giroud.


Alvaro Morata (£6.5m)

Not to be outdone in the how-much-money-can-we-spend-on-a-striker category, Chelsea paid Read Madrid £58 million for 24-year old Alvaro Morata.

The Real Madrid academy product had a spell at Juventus before returning to Los Blancos and has a proven reputation of scoring goals both domestically and in the Champions League.

Whether he can bring his midas touch over to England remains to be seen but Sunday will be the first real insight we get into Morata's goalscoring powers.


Sead Kolasinac (£3.8m)

Another new recruit at the Emirates for the 2017/18 season is left-sided defender Sead Kolasinac.

A relatively unknown name in English football, the Bosnia and Herzegovina cap-winner has plyed his trade in Germany, most recently with Schalke 04.

A free transfer that'll set you back £3.8m of that all-important £50m budget, Kolasinac could be a winner this season.


Tiemoue Bakayoko (£3.4m)

Another France international that we'll see on Sunday is Chelsea' new-boy Tiemoue Bakayoko.

A holding midfielder by trade, he's likely to come straight in alongside N'Golo Kante since Nemanja Matic departed for Manchester.

Hardly a goal scoring threat, Bakayoko only scored three times in 63 outings for Monaco but at just £3.4m could be one to help free up budget across the rest of the pitch.


Antonio Rudiger (£3.9m)

Last and not least, is Chelsea's new defender Antonio Rudiger. He's the cheapest of all of Antonio Conte's defensive options, despite costing £29 million during his switch from Roma.

German efficiency rings true in Rudiger, he's played 17 times for his country and could be a hit in the Premier League. He's already done enough to convince Conte that Kurt Zouma will be surplus to requirements this season.


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