Captaincy options for Gameweek 22: Mohamed Salah to light up Carabao Cup semi-final?

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DREAM TEAM managers indispensable retrieve to prime their skipper for Gameweek 22 earlier Saturday's 11am deadline.

Generally speaking, it's omniscient to instrumentality the armband connected a subordinate with 2 point-scoring opportunities if possible.

And truthful assets from Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool and Tottenham are successful the spotlight arsenic those 4 clubs are acceptable to propulsion treble work successful Gameweek 22, courtesy of the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd legs.

Mohamed Salah successful  Liverpool's Dream Team jersey.

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Salah is the harmless prime for a reasonCredit: Dream Team

Mohamed Salah (£8m) is the archetypal sanction that comes to caput arsenic helium leads the mode with 339 points overall.

Liverpool are owed to look Bournemouth connected Saturday earlier hosting Spurs connected Thursday night.

Two seasons ago, the Reds bushed the Cherries 9-0 but a batch has changed since then.

Right now, Bournemouth are arguably the Premier League's astir in-form broadside having dusted Newcastle 4-1 and thrashed high-flying Nottingham Forest 5-0 successful their 2 astir caller outings.

Andoni Iraola's broadside besides boast the champion antiaircraft grounds successful location fixtures this season.

On paper, Salah faces a stern trial this weekend.

Bournemouth players celebrating a goal.

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Bournemouth person outplayed respective beardown opponents this seasonCredit: Getty

That being said, the Egyptian superstar averages 10.6 points-per-game this play and adjacent if helium is constricted by Milos Kerkez (£3.6m) and institution connected the southbound seashore past helium whitethorn currency successful against an injury-ravaged Spurs astatine Anfield a fewer days later.

Ange Postecoglou's broadside bushed Liverpool 1-0 successful the archetypal limb and truthful Arne Slot is expected to sanction a beardown starting line-up connected Thursday nighttime with a presumption to targeting his archetypal trophy arsenic Anfield boss.

If Salah is going to beryllium rested soon, it volition surely beryllium against Plymouth successful the FA Cup 4th round.

Many Dream Team bosses volition beryllium wary of overthinking captaincy this Gameweek and truthful the prolific 32-year-old provides a safe, logical option.

Gaffers looking to instrumentality Salah connected successful Gameweek 22 would bash good to see Alexander Isak (£6.1m).

Alexander Isak of Newcastle United celebrating a goal.

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A uncommon treble Gameweek for Newcastle makes Isak an appealing optionCredit: Getty

Fulham (league) and Arsenal (cup) is acold from a favourable treble header for Newcastle but the Magpies are the lone squad with the luxury of 2 location games this Gameweek.

The Toon's Swedish striker has racked up 230 points via 19 goals this run - Salah and Erling Haaland (£7.9m) are the lone names supra him successful the rankings.

Isak volition beryllium up against 2 bully defences this coming Gameweek but his blistering signifier means helium astir transcends the schedule.

Let's not hide helium banked 13 points against the Gunners successful the Carabao Cup semi-final archetypal leg.

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, looks on.

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Arsenal person 2 large fixtures successful Gameweek 22Credit: Getty

Mikel Arteta's broadside are not to beryllium underestimated but it would instrumentality a brave gaffer to confidently prime retired a skipper among their ranks astatine this juncture.

Gabriel (£5m), Leandro Trossard (£3.9m) and Kai Havertz (£4.7m) person notched their just stock of points lately but Arsenal's treble header of Manchester City and Newcastle is simply a hard 1 to predict.

If Bukayo Saka (£6.6m) was acceptable and firing past helium would beryllium a beardown campaigner for the armband but sadly that's not the case.

It's a akin communicative for Spurs.

Son Heung-min (£5m), Pedro Porro (£4.2m) and Dejan Kulusevski (£4.4m) person delivered plentiful points this word but it's a agelong to deliberation immoderate of them are stronger captaincy options than Salah oregon Isak... isn't it?

Cody Gakpo celebrates scoring a extremity   for Liverpool.

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A bold alternativeCredit: AFP

Cody Gakpo (£4.7m) is among the astir fashionable recruits up of Gameweek 22 and his caller owners mightiness beryllium tempted to slap the armband consecutive connected him pursuing his mighty 29-point instrumentality successful Gameweek 21.

The Dutchman is technically Liverpool's astir in-form subordinate close present but again, it would instrumentality immoderate courageousness to opt for him implicit Salah.


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