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Five must-have Fantasy Football buys: Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Romelu Lukaku and more

Dele Alli (right) says Tottenham 'do not need to spend loads of money'
Image: Harry Kane and Dele Alli: Essential selections?

With the new Premier League season only a week away, last year's Sky Sports Fantasy Football champion has provided us with five must-have selections.

Dan Cox's team 'The Chosen One' beat almost a million others to the £25,000 jackpot and has provided us with a sneak preview of who will make his title-defending line-up.

Our champion is backing Tottenham to shake off the Wembley curse, including three Spurs players here in the five he has dubbed as "no-brainers"…

Kieran Trippier (£8.1m)

STRATFORD, ENGLAND - MAY 05:  Kieran Trippier of Tottenham Hotspur comes on as a second half substitue for Kyle Walker of Tottenham Hotspur during the Prem
Image: Kieran Trippier is first-choice following Kyle Walker's exit

Kieran Trippier will be Tottenham's first choice right-back now Kyle Walker has moved to Manchester City and, for only £8.1m, he's a cheap way into Spurs' solid defence.

Trippier scored 56 points last season in just 12 games, managing five assists in those few games, which shows he likes to get forward and provide quality deliveries, which is the perfect combination to get you points from a full-back.

If you treble his points to represent a full season, he could be scoring well over 150 points this year - compared to a more expensive option like Toby Alderweireld, at £10.1m, who scored 138 points last season.

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Michael Keane (£7.9m)

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: Michael Keane of England gestures to his team mates during the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier between England and Lithuania at W
Image: Michael Keane received international recognition for his form

Everton are tipped to do well this season and Michael Keane is reasonably priced at £7.9m.

He played every game last season for Burnley, scored a couple of goals and racked up 101 points. That's with Burnley keeping 10 clean sheets last year, which I expect Everton to improve on.

I'm expecting him to improve at Goodison Park. He should be solid and keep plenty of clean sheets.

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Dele Alli (£11.6m)

Tottenham Hotspur' Dele Alli who has won the PFA Young Player of the year award for Outstanding Contribution to Football during the 2016 PFA Awards at the
Image: Dele Alli won the PFA Young Player of the Year last season

With his price tag increased for the new season, he is quite expensive, but Dele Alli was the midfielder with the most points last term and you've got to pay a premium to have those top quality players.

Everyone is talking about Wembley, but I don't think that will affect Spurs that much, especially once they settle in. I think they will do well again this year and finish second or third.

Alli scored 17 goals last season so it's no surprise he's in 26 per cent of teams, and when everyone has him you've got to have him as well to compete.

Harry Kane (£12.9m)

Harry Kane retained the Premier League Golden Boot with 29 goals
Image: Harry Kane retained the Premier League Golden Boot

Simply a no-brainer. Kane scored 26 goals last year, racked up 282 points and I'm expecting the same from him again.

He should be well up there for goals and points again and you've just got to have him.

If Kane and Spurs do struggle, it's easy enough to ship him out. But he's scored so many goals over the last few seasons that I can't see him not doing so again.

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Romelu Lukaku (£12.4m)

Manchester United forward Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring a goal during the International Champions Cup soccer match against Manchester City at NRG
Image: Romelu Lukaku will look to fill Zlatan Ibrahimovic's void

Romelu Lukaku scored 24 goals last season and he's another popular one who you've got to have when everyone else does - he's in 40 per cent of teams.

I think he'll settle in well at Manchester United. He's already scored a few in pre-season and I think they'll have a good season.

He's already linking up well with Paul Pogba too. Pogba will get forward a lot more now that United have signed Nemanja Matic, so we can expect more of that, making Lukaku even more of a must-have.

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