FPL new signings: Elliott + Sancho set to boost Villa attack

Price Change Predictions

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

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	80.7%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.4m	85.4%	Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	98.9%	Likely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	93.6%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	90.4%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	88.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	85.7%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	83.6%	Unlikely
J.Timber	ARS	6.4m	78.1%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.6m	86.9%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	83.4%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	82.9%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	6.9m	81.3%	Unlikely
J.Palhinha	TOT	5.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	5.9m	65.4%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	74.8%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	71.8%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.1m	54.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.8m	68.0%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.3m	66.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	62.6%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.5m	63.4%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	10.1m	57.2%	Unlikely
Neto	CHE	7.2m	47.6%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.0m	54.2%	Unlikely
Schade	BRE	7.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	55.1%	Unlikely
Donnarumma	MCI	5.7m	57.1%	Unlikely
Sessegnon	FUL	5.4m	48.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.2m	46.9%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	46.5%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	40.7%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.6m	44.7%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	40.3%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.3m	39.6%	Unlikely
Garnacho	CHE	6.4m	40.2%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	33.4%	Unlikely
Digne	AVL	4.5m	37.5%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Caicedo	CHE	5.9m	92.8%	Likely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	54.7%	Likely
Rodney	CRY	4.5m	99.1%	Maybe
Pinnock	BRE	4.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Vicario	TOT	5.0m	92.5%	Maybe
Coppola	BHA	4.3m	94.3%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Dixon	EVE	3.9m	93.9%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.3m	88.7%	Unlikely
Welch	EVE	3.9m	91.1%	Unlikely
J.Araujo	BOU	3.9m	92.2%	Unlikely
George	CHE	4.9m	91.3%	Unlikely
Maguire	MUN	4.4m	89.4%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	89.3%	Unlikely
Lewis	MCI	4.8m	88.9%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.3m	91.6%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.4m	90.5%	Unlikely
Boateng	BUR	4.8m	88.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.5m	88.9%	Unlikely
Kerkez	LIV	5.7m	87.1%	Unlikely
Ortega Moreno	MCI	4.8m	89.1%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	4.0m	84.9%	Unlikely
M.Bizot	AVL	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Arrizabalaga	ARS	4.2m	82.6%	Unlikely
Abbott	NFO	3.9m	85.1%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	82.9%	Unlikely
Mac Allister	LIV	6.3m	82.1%	Unlikely
Baleba	BHA	4.7m	80.4%	Unlikely
Cox	BRE	4.0m	83.3%	Unlikely
McGill	BHA	4.0m	82.2%	Unlikely
Knight	BHA	4.5m	83.2%	Unlikely
Matete	SUN	4.4m	80.1%	Unlikely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
Akinmboni	BOU	3.9m	79.6%	Unlikely
Alcaraz	EVE	5.2m	83.5%	Unlikely
Sonne	BUR	3.9m	79.8%	Unlikely
Gruev	LEE	4.8m	79.5%	Unlikely
Young	AVL	4.4m	78.2%	Unlikely
Gannon-Doak	BOU	4.9m	79.2%	Unlikely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	78.8%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 3:14pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:34pm

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

Last updated: 2 Dec, 2025 2:44pm

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

Monday brought some deadline day double loanee delight to Aston Villa, as attacking midfielders Harvey Elliott (£5.4m) and Jaden Sancho (£5.9m) arrived from Liverpool and Manchester United.

While the latter is a straight loan deal with no obligation to buy, the former’s year-long borrowing will become permanent once he’s made 10 appearances. The rumoured fee is around £35m.

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So, what impact will Elliott and Sancho have in Fantasy Premier League (FPL)?

We’ll take a look during this Moving Target piece, including data and images from our Premium Members Area.

HARVEY ELLIOTT

FPL Gameweek 38 differentials: Eze, Trossard + Elliott 1

HISTORY

Elliott arrived at Liverpool from Fulham in 2019, seen as one of the country’s most precocious and highly rated teenagers. He was just 16 years and 30 days when he became the youngest player to appear in the Premier League at the time.

After a promising 2020/21 loan spell at Blackburn Rovers, he didn’t break into Liverpool’s first team until 2022/23. A consistent run of 11 starts came in the following campaign, but he regressed to a bit-part role under Arne Slot last season, starting just twice.

A lifelong Liverpool fan, Elliott has done little wrong during his time there, often being called upon to bring creativity off the bench when the team struggles to unlock opponents. But he has found it difficult to forge a pathway through such an abundance of attacking talent.

SEASON	CLUB	DIVISION	STARTS (SUB)	GOALS	ASSISTS
2024/25	Liverpool	Premier League	2 (16)	1	2
2023/24	Liverpool	Premier League	11 (23)	3	9
2022/23	Liverpool	Premier League	18 (14)	1	2
2021/22	Liverpool	Premier League	4 (2)	0	0
2020/21	Blackburn Rovers (loan)	Championship	31 (10)	7	11

It can be argued that he’s fared better in the Champions League, scoring three goals in five appearances last season – including a key strike against Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. It took him to five from 14 appearances in Europe’s top club competition.

At Liverpool, they’re hoping that more game time at Villa will help unlock his potential, as the Reds have reportedly placed a buy-back option and sell-on clause in the agreement.

Elliott is fresh from a victorious European U21 Championship in which he scored five goals, including two in the semi-final and one in the final, and was voted Player of the Tournament.

PLAYING STYLE

Unai Emery is getting a creative attacking midfielder who is adept at finding pockets of space between the lines and using his close control to beat a man.

More often than not, he has been deployed on the right wing, where he’s tended to invert. He was often asked by Jurgen Klopp, in the German’s last season at the club, to use his vision to make quick, short passes that unlock deep blocks.

Above: Members Area data showing Elliott’s 2023/24 touch heatmap (left) and chances created (right), with assists in green

In 2023/24, he created 37 chances at a rate of one per 40 minutes, made 74 penalty-area touches and accumulated 49 goal attempts.

According to FBref, over the last 12 months, his rate of non-penalty goals, attempted passes and progressive ones sits inside the top one per cent of this position’s players across the big five European leagues. He’s also in the top six per cent for total shots.

Though he isn’t a big tackler, Elliott fares well when it comes to clearances, blocks and interceptions, so this could make him handy for FPL’s new defensive contribution (DefCon) points.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Still only 22, Elliott is a talented and intelligent midfielder. Emery likes such versatility, knowing he can help supply Ollie Watkins (£8.9m) – a service that’s been sorely lacking so far.

Saying goodbye to Marco Asensio, Marcus Rashford, Leon Bailey and Jacob Ramsey (£5.5m) has clearly blunted Villa’s attack. They are the only Premier League team yet to score, and, after Wolverhampton Wanderers, provide the worst expected goals (xG, 2.53) tally.

The arrival of Elliott should address Villa’s creativity problem and, at £5.4m, FPL managers get a midfielder with proven end-product, who has a very decent chance of starting in Gameweek 4.

The next six fixtures still look very appealing for Villa, making him an interesting Fantasy option. If nothing else, it can be great news for Watkins’ owners.