Best Cheap Defenders for the upcoming season!

With all the exciting premiums here's a list on the best cheap attacking defenders to fit your team together!
Ruben Vinagre (4.5)
With Johnny injured for 6 months the 21 year old 4.5 becomes nailed on for the attacking wingback. After the restart Wolves had one of the best defenses in the league.
CS: 5 (2nd)
GC: 6 (2nd)
xGC: 6.4 (1st)
BCC: 6 (1st)
Shots conceded in box: 49 (1st)
Vinagre played 16 games this season (6 starts) but I fully expect him to play plenty of more minutes. We can clearly see on his heat map that he has been getting forward a lot, unfortunately he hasn’t been able to produce very great stats but that’s got to do with his minutes.
He only had 5 shots but the good part is that everyone of them has been in the box so even though his xG was 0.11 he still posses some decent goal threat. With 5 KP, 3 BCC and an xA of 1.38 I really believe that he’ll get a couple assists.
Reece James (5.0)
Another exciting player for next season is Reece James, if he’s nailed on he could be a very underrated choice since he's very attacking.
His stats and heatmap also confirms his attacking potential:
Shots: 18
In box: 6
BC: 0
Goals: 0
xG: 0.68
KP: 25
BCC: 6
Assists: 2
xA: 3.4
Successful crosses 24% (TAA has 21%)
The problem is that Chelsea aren’t great defensively, so I wouldn't buy if they don't buy some defenders
Luke Ayling/Stuart Dallas (4.5)
I believe that both Luke Ayling and Stuart Dallas will be quality assets for the upcoming season. I think that Leeds will be good defensively this season, I won’t go in detail why since I’ll post a longer text later this week so look out for that!
Their attacking stats from the championship are great but won't go in depth since there has been 9876 threads on them!
Ayling vs Dallas
Games: 34 vs 44
Mins: 3176 vs 3933
Goals: 4 vs 4
Assists: 4 vs 3
Shots per game: 0.7 vs 1.3
KP per game: 0.8 vs 0.9
BCC: 8 vs 11
BCM: 0 vs 7
KWP (4.5)
KWP is a very attacking fullback, he doesn’t shoot much, only 2 shots and a xG of 0.06. After the restart he also got 1 assist, 4 KP, 2 BCC, and 0.94 xA. His PPG after the restart was 2.9 and his xPPG was 4.2 despite 3 of his 9 appearances being from the bench.
Southampton have actually been looking decent at the back after the restart keeping 3CS (joint 5th). They only conceded 8 goals (5th) and 98 shots (7th) despite them having nothing to play for during most games. With the signing of Salisu I think KWP can provide you great points
James Justin (4.5)
He played 10 games after the restart where they kept 3 CS (joint 5th). Altough their defensive stats was very average I still think Justin could be decent if they have great fixtures. With Ricardo Perriera still injured Justin is nailed to start.
He’s a very attacking fullback, with 7 shots with 4 of them being the box. Despite not getting an assist he played 10 KP and had a xA of 0.46. His PPG was 2.8 and his xPPG was 4.3.
Charlie Taylor/Erik Pieters/Phil Bardsley
Don’t have to say much on them, 4.5 million and you’re getting a free ticket into the Dyche and Pope defense who loves a clean sheet more than I love my family.
Luke Shaw (5.0)
A very underrated FPL asset and he’ll most likely be a big differential. I think he’ll be overlooked despite playing for a solid defensive team and being very attacking. He just need to be fit and he'll likely be in my team.
After the restart United have been solid at the back
CS: 5 (2nd)
GC: 6 (2nd)
xGC: 7.94 (2nd)
BCC: 7 (2nd)
SiBC: 51 (3rd)

His heat map is solid and his attacking stats are also very good.
Shots: 11
In box: 6
BC: 1
Goals: 0
xG: 1.27
KP: 20
BCC: 1
Assists: 0
xA: 1.46
Fixtures are very important when choosing between these players but my ranking without fixtures would be:
1. Ruben Vinagre
2. Luke Ayling/ Stuart Dallas
3. Luke Shaw (if fit)
4. Burnley
5. Kyle Walker-Peters
6. Reece James (if no new signings)
7. Tariq Lamptey
8. James Justin
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