Josko Gvardiol a perfect cog for Manchester City’s winning machine but how will he impact Dream Team?
DREAM TEAM managers will have to cough up £5million of their initial £50million budget if they wish to back Josko Gvardiol ahead of Gameweek 1.
The Croatian defender has been added to the game at the same price as John Stones (£5m), Luke Shaw (£5m) and Virgil van Dijk (£5m), three defenders who have produced plenty of points between them in recent years.
So why has Manchester City's new signing been slapped with such a costly price tag when he's unproven on English shores?
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One of the major changes Guardiola implemented during City's treble-winning campaign was the positioning of accomplished defenders (centre-backs by trade) either side of Ruben Dias (£5.5m) while Stones occupied the hybrid role.
Oleksandr Zinchenko (£3.5m) and Joao Cancelo (£4m) were replaced with Manuel Akanji (£4.5m) and Ake, making City less vulnerable to counterattacks - Gvardiol fits right in.