Arsenal’s top 5 2021/22 Fantasy Premier League performers

The conclusion of the 2021/22 Premier League season means another campaign for those who enjoy the fantastical realm of the sport is in the books.

It was a rather unprecedented FPL season with frequent COVID cancellations sending the vast majority of fantasy managers into meltdown. It was hard-fought campaign, and I salute the brave souls that continued until the last. It was a tough old season.

Arsenal’s woeful start to the [real life] campaign and the early respective absences of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette meant that the Gunners had little to offer for FPL managers. But as the season progressed and Mikel Arteta’s young guns started to come into their own, fantasy users started to take notice.

In the end, Arsenal would not boast a set of players that dominated the FPL landscape, but a few of their stars had fine individual campaigns that certainly sufficed the desires of their virtual bosses.

Arsenal’s top 5 2021/22 Premier League performers

Here are Arsenal’s top five highest FPL scorers from the 2021/22 season.

5. Emile Smith Rowe (125 points)

Emile Smith Rowe broke through midway through the 2020/21 campaign and would end the season with 74 FPL points as he notched seven league goal contributions.

The crafty midfielder started the recently closed campaign as a leading figure in Arteta’s side and, after a slow opening, he came into his own between matchweeks six and 19. During that period, Smith Rowe scored eight times and added two assists.

This sustained purple patch helped him to a 125-point FPL haul for the 2021/22 season.

Fitness issues saw him slow down down the stretch, but there’s no doubting that Smith Rowe has laid the foundations for a productive FPL career. Starting the campaign priced at £5.5m, the Arsenal starlet proved a bargain for users.

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