A squad of Aguero Alternatives

Aguero is coming back. Fantastic! Especially for those of us who consider ourselves proper Fantasy Football players. The self-proclaimed experts.

We are all secretly nodding to each other in our imaginary conference rooms or school yards, over the heads of all of those ignorant Casuals. There are imaginary handshakes and imaginary notes being passed around imaginary class; 'it's almost time to buy back Aguero'. We all know we will buy him the minute he gets up off the bench (and undoubtedly scores a fifteen-minute brace).

They, the unknowledgeable, won’t be buying Aguero for at least...well...maybe a couple of days after we do. But we will get there a good £0.1million ahead of the average joes, and sit back victorious in our imaginary thrones.

Or will we? Aguero is not the only returner, and not the most durable of players. We have a tasty looking wildcard to deal with and maybe this is the opportunity to gain ground on the other so-called experts. The top 1000 specialists. We divert our eyes shadily from our imaginary comrades.

Yaya Toure and Bony will return from the African Cup of Nations in gameweek 26, if not earlier, along with the in-form Mane, the budget-bracket Sahko and the out-of-position Schlupp.

Jedinak, the second best midfielder in Europe, returns from the Asian cup by gameweek 24.

The formidable Sturridge is expected to return from injury 'sometime in late January' (yes, a familiar story) as well as Aaron Ramsey and the defensively reliable Kompany.

The idiotic Giroud’s suspension is over.

The talented Angel Di Maria is still recovering, as is Nathaniel Clyne. The marauding Glen Johnson, Man United’s Rojo and Tim Krul (LINK) may also return to fitness soon, particularly if you believe the player information on the FPL website.

And who knows, maybe Baines could even return to attacking ways, particularly if he continues to play in midfield.

Without even taking into consideration the possible new signings, we could easily find ourselves with a team unlike any other. The contra-template. Above is a squad that I could achieve if I replaced my entire team with players who should be returning by gameweek 25 at the latest. Currently an ultra-unpopular squad, whose value is set to plummet before the wildcard expires. This is a threatening looking team, constructed from a squad with a good team value, but there’s still no room for Kun in there.

Dare I attempt such an outrageous strategy and risk being sent to the imaginary corner?