West Ham United’s newest signing Gianluca Scamacca may prove to be a clever signing for Fantasy Premier League managers currently picking their teams for the new season.
The Hammers completed the signing of the 23-year-old Italian on Tuesday night for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £30.5million, making him West Ham’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window after Alphonse Areola, Nayef Aguerd and Flynn Downes.
Scamacca’s arrival will put him in the popular online fantasy football game ran by the Premier League called Fantasy Premier League. In the game played worldwide by supporters and professional footballers alike, managers are given an £100m budget to spend the assemble a squad of 15 players, picking two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three strikers.