John McGinn, the captain of Aston Villa, is a leader both on and off the field.
John McGinn, a standout for Aston Villa, has demonstrated in a novel way that he fully understands what it takes to be a successful captain.
The midfielder is one of many Premier League players that have joined the 10 million users of the Fantasy Premier League game worldwide.
Users choose a player from their squad to serve as captain for each Gameweek as part of the fantasy football strategy. The score of this individual is then multiplied by two and added to the team’s overall score for that round.
Users may experience difficulty choosing a player to receive the fantasy armband because few have dared to remove Erling Haaland, the stalwart of Manchester City, during the previous 12 months. But if fantasy managers are willing to take a chance each week on a different player, it can pay off handsomely.
McGinn’s team, the “Meatballers,” has demonstrated that. The Scotsman, who is also the captain of Aston Villa, has a talent for always understanding who should wear the armband.
Although the 28-year-old has participated in Fantasy Premier League every season since 2013, when he was 18 years old, the season’s start won’t have been as strong as it was in 2023–24.
X account All About FPL examined some statistics and discovered that, except one player who had used the Triple Captain chip, McGinn was the only person in the globe to have earned more points from captain picks this season.
In Gameweeks 1 and 4, the midfielder awarded the armband to Erling Haaland, who was an easy option because of his brace and hat-trick, respectively. In between those games, he was gutsy enough to step in as captain, and it paid off handsomely.
Diogo Jota, a standout for Liverpool, scored and assisted against Bournemouth in Gameweek 2, while Raheem Sterling, an England international who scored twice, collected an assist, and preserved a clean sheet against Luton Town, was McGinn’s choice to lead his team in Gameweek 3.
Players in the Fantasy Premier League implored McGinn to say who he might be captaining next week in response to the online statistics. One more said, “Like…what? John McGinn, you owner of a crystal ball,