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Ever-present Aaron Cresswell has become a Fantasy Football cult hero because his stats are so good as West Ham make unexpected push for the top four... but Champions League challenge hasn't stopped the defender cleaning his own boots!

Aaron Cresswell laughs and turns to the person manning the Zoom call.

'Can I mute him,' he asks. I've just informed the West Ham left-back that I sold him from my fantasy football team a few weeks ago.

The reason all this has come up is because Cresswell has become a bit of a cult figure in the game.

Aaron Cresswell is enjoying a superb season as David Moyes's West Ham push for the top four
The Hammers head to Old Trafford on Sunday brimming with confidence after a fine season

He's the highest-scoring defender this season, with players given points for clean sheets, scoring and setting up goals among other things. No one can match him.

'One of my mates sent me a link to it so I could see the stats and I think it was something like 25 per cent of players have picked me,' he says.