Two likely title contenders welcome back important players ahead of the latest round of Premier League fixtures, as a raft of deadline-day signings prepare for their debuts.

Chelsea are boosted by Petr Cech's quick return to fitness and the Czech Republic international is expected to reclaim the gloves from Henrique Hilario for Saturday's trip to Sunderland.

The Blues also have young forward Daniel Sturridge available after he completed a three-match ban but concussion rules out Didier Drogba following his nasty fall against Norwich.

Also back from suspension is Kolo Toure as his ban for

Player values are not arbitrarily decided by a person, but
by a complex calculation based on previous performance.

What this does mean, however, is that players who are new to
the Premier League are given a nominal value that can often make them
tremendous bargains.

Let's take a look at the top 10 signings among this year's
batch of newbies.

10-Grant Holt (FW, Norwich City, 6.55)

Okay, so the forward is as slow as John Carew running on sand, but Holt is an out-and-out goalscorer and he will throw his weight around to ensure that he nets a decent tally of goals for the Canaries. At this

Arsenal will be even more depleted than they were last weekend when they travel to face champions Manchester United on Sunday.

In addition to losing Samir Nasri to Manchester City, the Gunners will be without the services of Emmanuel Frimpong and most likely Laurent Koscielny for the trip to Old Trafford.

Frimpong's red card in last Saturday's home defeat to Liverpool means he joins Gervinho and Alex Song on the club's suspended list, while Koscielny had to be replaced after just a quarter of an hour of the same match.

For United, captain Nemanja Vidic is sill sidelined for a few more weeks

A surprising amount of people pick their Fantasy team without having any
real idea how the game works.

It should hardly need saying that a player who is good in real life is not
necessarily going to excel in Fantasy.

So, without further ado, let's find out how your players actually get points
on the board.

A full list of scoring categories can be found here.

ATTACKING: A goal might officially be worth seven points,
but in reality you get more than that, as there is an additional three for a
shot on target to make 10.

Furthermore, you get two more if it is a match-winning goal - if a player

The Fantasy Football
season is off and running, and the debate is raging as to which players demand
selection.

As is often the best way, Fantasists the world over will be busy scrutinising the results from the opening week of action, and noting which players have made electric starts and deserve consideration.

The top-scoring player in
gameweek one remarkably did not even start for his club, Manchester City.

Sergio Aguero lit up the
opening week of Premier League action with a scintillating display in which he
scored two goals and set up another.

Aguero scored 27.50
points in all, with Gary

Manchester United could potentially be forced to try the untested partnership of Phil Jones and Chris Smalling at centre half as their first-choice back four may all be unavailable following the West Brom clash on the opening weekend of the season.

Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Rafael are definitely out whilst Patrice Evra is a doubt.

Tottenham only have two major concerns ahead of the match at Old Trafford with Steven Pienaar and Sandro the two missing players. However, more are doubtful.

Arsenal are without both Abou Diaby, who is suffering with an ankle injury, and Alex Song, who is

Fantasy Football 2011/12 is here, so let's start the countdown
to the big kick-off with a recap of the basics to help you build a winning team.

What is Fantasy Football?
Really, you don't know? Well, OK, if you insist. It's a game
that allows you to pick a fictional team made up of real players, who then
score you points based on what they do on the pitch in actual Premier League
games. The aim - it should be patently clear - is to score as many points as
possible.

How do my players score points?
The Yahoo! Eurosport
game has a relatively sophisticated scoring system that we will explore in more

Manchester United open the defence of their Premier League crown with a trip to West Brom on Sunday but they will be deprived of Mexico striker Javier Hernandez due to concussion.

With Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia and Danny Welbeck also doubts, it gives Sir Alex Ferguson a minor selection headache ahead of the first weekend of the Premier League season.

He is not alone. Predictably, Arsenal are also suffering. Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri may well have left the club prior to their match against Newcastle on Sunday, while Abou Diaby also continues his