{"id":23561,"date":"2022-07-14T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/14\/how-brentfords-latest-signing-could-cause-issues-for-fpl-david-raya-owners\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:01:08","slug":"how-brentfords-latest-signing-could-cause-issues-for-fpl-david-raya-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/14\/how-brentfords-latest-signing-could-cause-issues-for-fpl-david-raya-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brentford\u2019s latest signing could cause issues for FPL David Raya owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brentford are closing in on the signing of Thomas Strakosha from Lazio, according to <strong>Fabrizio Romano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The goalkeeper has already signed his contract and the deal is just waiting to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Alainabian has been a top shot-stopper in Italy for some time and he will now make his dream move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thomas Strakosha, new Brentford player. Contracts have been signed and the Albanian goalkeeper will be unveiled soon. ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrentfordFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrentfordFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strakosha had Premier League dream since long time and it\u2019s now done.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1547591022133141505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>David Raya vs Thomas Strakosha for number 1 shirt<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1762200\" style=\"width: 637px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1762200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1762200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/raya-fpl.jpg\" alt=\"How Brentford\u2019s latest signing could cause issues for FPL David Raya owners\" width=\"627\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/raya-fpl.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/raya-fpl-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1762200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Raya the third most selected FPL goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Currently, Brentford\u2019s number one, David Raya, is the third most selected goalkeeper on FPL.<\/p>\n<p>14.1% of FPL managers have selected the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>He is a great value choice at just 4.5m, especially after his strong form during the last campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But, the arrival of Thomas Strakosha throws a potential spanner in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Raya is now no longer a guaranteed starter, with Strakosha likely to be pushing for a place in the line-up.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that the Bees are succession planning by signing Strakosha, with doubts over Raya\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old is yet to agree on a new contract with the west London club.<\/p>\n<p>His current deal still has two years left to run on it, but Brentford may be lining up a possible sale.<\/p>\n<h2>Raya alternatives?<\/h2>\n<p>Brighton\u2019s Robert S\u00e1nchez is the man David Raya owners could turn to if they decide not to take a risk sticking with the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez was one of the best cheap, performing shot-stoppers on the game last season and is once again 4.5m this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Seagulls also have a nice run of fixtures after Manchester United on the opening day.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Pickford is another 4.5m alternative and Everton have four green fixtures after Chelsea at home in their first match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ElementDialog__ElementHeading-gmefnd-3 fcMozp\">Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1 at 5.0m is also a good value option, especially given Wolves\u2019 opening six fixtures.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1680823\" style=\"width: 2561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1680823\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1680823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838.jpg\" alt=\"How Brentford\u2019s latest signing could cause issues for FPL David Raya owners\" width=\"2551\" height=\"1701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838.jpg 2551w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1239123838-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2551px) 100vw, 2551px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1680823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bBRIGHTON, ENGLAND \u2013 MARCH 12: Luis Diaz of Liverpool manages to get his head to the ball and score the opening ball before clashing with Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez during the Premier League match between Brighton &amp; Hove Albion and Liverpool at American Express Community Stadium on March 12, 2022 in Brighton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Charlotte Wilson\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford are closing in on the signing of Thomas Strakosha from Lazio, according to Fabrizio Romano. The goalkeeper has already signed his contract and the deal is just waiting to be officially confirmed. The Alainabian has been a top shot-stopper in Italy for some time and he will now make his dream move to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-23561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}