Ex-FPL world number one's Gameweek 2 team reveal

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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Chalobah
Andersen

Foden
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Rice

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Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Konsa Ngoyo
Alderete
Le Fée

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Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	98.9%	Likely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	97.7%	Likely
Burn	NEW	5.1m	98.9%	Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.4m	86.9%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	93.8%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.4m	89.1%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	88.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	87.2%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.6m	73.5%	Unlikely
Rice	ARS	7.1m	82.2%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	74.8%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	69.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	69.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	69.8%	Unlikely
Raúl	FUL	6.2m	60.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	67.0%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	67.9%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.2m	64.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	64.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	62.7%	Unlikely
Hincapie	ARS	5.4m	50.8%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	55.4%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	52.9%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.3m	46.3%	Unlikely
White	ARS	5.3m	42.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	49.0%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	44.8%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	45.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.3m	38.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.2m	39.5%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.8m	38.8%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	42.5%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.3%	Unlikely
Chukwueze	FUL	5.3m	38.7%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	39.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	37.2%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.5m	42.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
DaCosta	BOU	4.5m	8.8%	Likely
Estêvão	CHE	6.6m	100.2%	Very Likely
Agbinone	CRY	4.4m	99.1%	Likely
José Sá	WOL	4.3m	100.1%	Very Likely
Saliba	ARS	6.0m	100.1%	Very Likely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Hato	CHE	4.7m	98.3%	Maybe
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	98.1%	Maybe
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	96.7%	Maybe
Johnson	TOT	6.6m	96.2%	Maybe
Bergvall	TOT	5.4m	94.4%	Maybe
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	93.7%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	96.3%	Maybe
Milenković	NFO	5.2m	94.0%	Maybe
Webster	BHA	4.4m	94.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Diouf	WHU	4.2m	92.4%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	91.2%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
H.Jones	SUN	4.4m	88.4%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.1m	92.4%	Unlikely
Patterson	SUN	4.3m	92.3%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	92.4%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.4m	88.0%	Unlikely
Calafiori	ARS	5.8m	87.9%	Unlikely
Aznou	EVE	4.3m	91.7%	Unlikely
Adingra	SUN	5.0m	90.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	90.8%	Unlikely
Zubimendi	ARS	5.3m	90.9%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	87.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.3%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.3m	87.8%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	88.6%	Unlikely
Hee Chan	WOL	5.7m	90.5%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	87.9%	Unlikely
Mateta	CRY	8.0m	78.1%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	88.6%	Unlikely
Boly	NFO	3.9m	84.5%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	85.0%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Sels	NFO	B
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:36am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	A, Sus
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	de Ligt	MUN	B, Inj
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A, £
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:41am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Gakpo	LIV	B, Vs, Rest
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
Up	Schade	BRE	C
No Change	Anderson	NFO	A, £
Down	Fernández	CHE	B

Last updated: 6 Dec, 2025 12:48am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A, Vs
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
No Change	Woltemade	NEW	B

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£5.0m Stach one to watch in FPL + the DefCon leaders

22 August 2025 266 comments

Tom Hadley

Tom Hadley – a one-time world number one in FPL – is the newest addition to our ever-growing team of contributors for 2025/26.

He’ll be providing data-driven articles every week this season, continuing with this one.

His own Gameweek 3 team plans can be found towards the foot of this article.

FPL kicked off in typical fashion. Late clean sheet wipeouts, big hitters blanking and some narrow DefCon misses. A warm welcome back indeed!

Can Stach compete with the other cheap midfielders?

It was the week of the budget midfielder, with Tijjani Reijnders (£5.6m) undoubtedly the star of the show.

Forget Pep roulette: you’ve got a goalscoring midfielder (with pedigree) in that City team for just £5.6m. It’s a no-brainer and the one pick I’m still kicking myself for not going for!

Elliot Anderson (£5.5m), whom I do own, did impress me a lot, mind. He was relentless against Brentford, taking corners, creating chances and coming close himself on a couple of occasions. He was only one away from the DefCon threshold, too – on another day, it was a big haul.

Above: FPL midfielders sorted by defensive contributions in Gameweek 1

Anton Stach (£5.0m) gave a somewhat similar performance to Anderson’s. On corners, he created four chances and took four shots – all whilst actually hitting the DefCon threshold. For £0.5m cheaper, he is definitely one to watch.

Above: FPL midfielders sorted by chances created (CC) in Gameweek 1

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Letsgo!
3 months, 20 days ago
What will you do if you were me?
My defenders are porro hoever diouf decuyper konsa
As of now i am starting porro diouf decuyper, will u sell konsa or diouf for probably dorgu and start dorgu instead?
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1. AAAFootball
  3 months, 20 days ago
  yes you def is really lacking tbh
  
  Mine is to so mo judgement but surely you do someting to shore it up?
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2. STHH
  3 months, 20 days ago
  My approach here would be:
  
  1. Who is starting this week if I did nothing? I would go with Porro (attacking threat, premium defender), De Cuyper (good pick that had a bad first week) and Hoever (worth another week with potential xGI against a weak Bournemouth defence). I expect this will net you 6-10 points, with either an assist for Porro or a clean sheet for De Cuyper.
  2. What is my defence going to be in GW3? I would go with Hoever (EVE), Porro (BOU), Konsa (CRY).
  
  Diouf is sticking out as not featuring in either week and probably for the next few weeks may not be a strong pick at all (CHE, nfo, TOT, CRY, eve, ars). For £4.5m I would be looking elsewhere. Man Utd have two good fixtures and Dorgu looks very attacking and a great replacement. When United have weaker fixtures in GW4 and 5 you have other options (e.g. GW5 you have defenders against sun, bha, LEE, CHE, TOT).
  
  I could also see Dorgu netting a double-pointer this weekend, meaning you put Hoever on the bench as first defence.
  
  Big improvement to the squad overall!
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  1. Letsgo!
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Hoever might not be playing after this gameweek due to the new addition to the team.
    So i will most likely sell diouf for dorgu
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3. THE CON MAN
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Why sell Konsa? He's missing 1 game and then has a good run.
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Kodap
3 months, 20 days ago
Think im pretty set and good to go here, Bowen has one more week for me, Palmer maybe too..

Dubravka
Gudmondsson - Munoz - RAN
Sarr - Wirtz - Bruno - Palmer - Reijnders
Haaland (c) - Bowen

Sels - Diouf - VDV - Guiu
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1. AAAFootball
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Diouf ahead of gudmunsson for the flukey goal
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  1. Kodap
    3 months, 20 days ago
    People are saying this, but I have Palmer.. so feels weird to play him against?
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    1. AAAFootball
      3 months, 20 days ago
      I can see 3:1 Chelsea win but Diouf score
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Mom, Butters just gave me a…
3 months, 20 days ago
Why is everyone buying Haaland (c)?

Did no one read the previous article?
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1. ☈☾
  3 months, 20 days ago
  I did not, what does it say ?
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2. JGIANTS2024
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Articles are just opinions, go with ya gut 🙂
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Tore Andre Flo
3 months, 20 days ago
Hoy! Mbuemo or Cunha? Who looked better first game?
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1. #FPLBhuna
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Cunha
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  1. Tore Andre Flo
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Why?
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2. ☈☾
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Bruno
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  1. Tore Andre Flo
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Ha ha! If he cost 6,5 I go Bruno!
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3. Malkmus
  3 months, 20 days ago
  I think at the end of season they will have very similar points, barring injury. Cunha more central and involved in build up, and looks great, Mbeumo more attacking threat from the right, will get more crosses in and with sesko at 6ft5 and a huge leap that could be interesting. I would go Mbeumo personally.
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  1. Tore Andre Flo
    3 months, 20 days ago
    I am leaning towards Mbuemo…. A lot of people transferring him out! Could be a gem…
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4. JakubPinkowski
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Mbuemo
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5. STHH
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Honestly both looked great. Hard to judge as Cunha played as CF for a bit, so if Sesko starts there on Sunday he will go to LWF, Mbeumo on RWF and Bruno in the 10.
  
  Both looked thirsty to score and there is a healthy bit of competition developing between the two of them. Could see both getting to 20 attacking returns this season.
  
  If I had to choose one, it's Cunha. Last season when he visited Craven Cottage he picked up 2 goals and 1 assist. He'll have happy memories. Perfect fixture for him to kick on at United.
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  1. Tore Andre Flo
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Thanks! Feels like a coin flip! Can’t have both, but might go Sesko for next game if he goes crazy this round!
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    1. STHH
      3 months, 20 days ago
      Any of these new strikers could end up being the best option this year. I really hope it's Sesko but we will know a lot more by Sunday evening.
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☈☾
3 months, 20 days ago
Forest considering to sack Nuno.
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1. Sun God Nika
  3 months, 20 days ago
  dafaq
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2. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Wild. That owner is a malaka to be fair
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panda07
3 months, 20 days ago
Does this free hit team look ok?

Raya
Gabriel Tosin Diakité
(c)Saka Palmer Semenyo Reijnders
Haaland Watkins Evanilson

Dub Hartman Esteve King
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1. AAAFootball
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Yes
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Letsgo!
3 months, 20 days ago
Will u do diouf to senesi for free?
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1. AllArnaut
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Yes
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2. White Pony
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Feels like a pretty low impact move I’d rather save.
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3. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Did you watch highlights of West Ham game?
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  1. Letsgo!
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Nope. Why?
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    1. Kiwivillan
      3 months, 20 days ago
      Ballard late slide stopped certain goal
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4. Ray85
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Bah
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  1. Ray85
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Nah* hold the transfer
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AllArnaut
3 months, 20 days ago
Play

A. Diouf
B. Van de Ven
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1. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  A
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☈☾
3 months, 20 days ago
Anyone knows anything about Stiller? Is he an 8 or a 6?
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1. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Ben?
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  1. Sheffield Wednesday
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Dodge-ball fantasy?
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JakubPinkowski
3 months, 20 days ago
Which one do you think is best for the wildcard? I've got £8m

A. Joao Pedro
B. Chris Wood
C. Mateta
D. Sesko
E. Bowen

Personally leaning towards Mateta
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1. Ray85
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Wood
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2. AAAFootball
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Not bowen but they are all decent
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TheBiffas
3 months, 20 days ago
That's a diabolical team
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Ray85
3 months, 20 days ago
Is Wilson to Gordon/Mbuemo/Cunha worth the -4? Or stick to the differential this week?

Also could do Fulkrug to JSL/Evanilson

Thanks
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Zenith UK
3 months, 20 days ago
Acheampong to start again? Need to lose Frimpong and I figure if I bring in Acheampong it'll save me 2M to upgrade for GW3...?
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1. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Tosin and Fofana fit means avoid probably
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2. Tonyawesome69
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Probably Tosin and Chalobah as the CBs with Fofana another option for Maresca to consider. Look elsewhere for replacement
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3. Zenith UK
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Cheers both. Probably go straight to Cucurella, not ideal but not sure who else I fancy.
  
  Don't want the NFO double up (Sels in goal) and don't want a CRY defender...
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_Greg
3 months, 20 days ago
Understand Manchester United are still working on deal to sign Senne Lammens, talks underway.

Personal terms are almost agreed and Man United are in active talks for the Belgian goalkeeper.

#MUFC try to anticipate more clubs from France and Italy, also based on exits.

Via Fabrizio Romano.

Could see him being priced as a backup and starting. I'd be interested at 4.5m.
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1. Kiwivillan
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Romano has turned into a spoofer. Jackson to Villa now. Last season was Joao Felix to Villa which turned out to be absolute rubbish
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2. ☈☾
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Dorgu better option
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  1. _Greg
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Dalot will bench Dorgu now and then.
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3. Tonyawesome69
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Nah 5.0m, same as Bayindir and Onana
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  1. _Greg
    3 months, 20 days ago
    Never know 🙂
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Khalico
3 months, 20 days ago
Thoughts on J.Pedro, is he still worth keeping?
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1. Jack Burton
  3 months, 20 days ago
  One more week for me
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The Mandalorian
3 months, 20 days ago
Liverpool could be heading into their first injury crisis with both right backs out injured.

With no overlapping Frimpong we could see Salah get more of the right wing play and increase his shots and assisting output. If this happens then Slot has to consider playing Frimpong behind Salah when he returns from injury.

Endo could play right back. His defensive recovery pace seemed rather slow and he was caught out for Bournemouths second goal. He also provides less height on set pieces.
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_Greg
3 months, 20 days ago
All documents are signed club to club for Eberechi Eze’s move to Arsenal.

Eze, undergoing his medical ahead of signature on contract and registration as it must happen before 12pm to be elegible against Leeds.

Via Fabrizio Romano.

Palmer > Eze(c) - 4
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SpaceCadet
3 months, 20 days ago
Thoughts on this wc draft?

Sanchez
Gabriel willaims vdv
Palmer gakpo semenyo reijnders
Haaland Watkins Gyokeres

Dubravka konsa esteve king
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ididnt
3 months, 20 days ago
Which move:

A. Wirtz > Semenyo
B. Rutter > Reijnders
C. J. Pedro > Evanilson
D. Hold
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1. OptimusBlack
  3 months, 20 days ago
  Hold
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OptimusBlack
3 months, 20 days ago
GTG and right bench ?
Sanchez ( Sels)
Porro Frimpong* Cucurella ( Diouf VDV)
Salah© KDV Reijnders Rutter Wirtz
Watkins Gyökeres ( Füllkrug)
A- Frimpong > Gabriel
B- Frimpong> RAN
C- other transfer
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