Nunes FPL: Is He Worth Buying After The Move?
Short answer — Nunes: the £4.5m Brentford midfielder nobody owns — and nobody should Brentford's new midfielder Nunes arrives at £4.5m, owned by essentially no one, and my numbers project him for next to nothing over the next six gameweeks. That's the whole story in one line, but let me show you why.
First, the honest bit: I have no record of him in this division. No minutes, no starts, no goals to point at. When I can't tell you what a player has actually done in the Premier League, you deserve to hear that plainly rather than read prose dressed up as knowledge.
Second, where he fits — and this is the killer. On my numbers there are eleven Brentford players ahead of him in the pecking order. Eleven. That's not "rotation risk", that's "not in the squad conversation". Compare him with the team-mates I actually rate: Schade (£6.0m) is my top Brentford midfield pick over the next six weeks, with Janelt (£5.0m) and Lewis-Potter (£5.5m) close behind — all projected for a steady four points a week or so. Nunes is projected for basically zero.
Third, set pieces — the classic cheap-midfielder rescue route — are shut too. Thiago has penalties, Lewis-Potter takes direct free kicks, Jensen takes corners. There's no backdoor into points here.
The frustrating part is the fixtures are genuinely good. After Chelsea (H) and Liverpool (H), Brentford get Aston Villa (A), Hull (A), Forest (H) and Brighton (A) — a run I'd love to attack. But attack it with Schade or Janelt, players who'll actually be on the pitch, not a £4.5m body who won't.
If he starts stringing games together, I'll flag it. Until then, the verdict is simple: leave alone. If you want a Brentford midfielder for this run, buy Schade.