Buy, keep or sell? FPL transfer trends ahead of Gameweek 8

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rice	ARS	7.1m	124.4%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.9m	112.3%	Very Likely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	102.3%	Very Likely
Rogers	AVL	7.2m	90.6%	Likely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	94.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	93.7%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	85.7%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.3m	76.5%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	76.0%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	75.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	72.1%	Unlikely
Mukiele	SUN	4.2m	71.3%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	70.3%	Unlikely
Woltemade	NEW	7.3m	68.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	69.1%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	66.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.8%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	64.3%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	64.2%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.0m	59.5%	Unlikely
Stach	LEE	4.8m	57.3%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	57.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	54.6%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	53.0%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	53.3%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.6m	50.2%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	51.2%	Unlikely
Lewis-Potter	BRE	4.8m	48.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	49.6%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	7.0m	48.3%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	45.7%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	45.1%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.8m	43.9%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	44.7%	Unlikely
Gordon	NEW	7.3m	40.0%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.9m	43.7%	Unlikely
Kamara	AVL	4.9m	42.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.6m	42.5%	Unlikely
Smith Rowe	FUL	5.6m	42.0%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	37.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.4m	186.5%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	102.8%	Very Likely
Johnstone	WOL	4.5m	102.6%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	6.0m	99.6%	Likely
Anderson	NFO	5.4m	102.2%	Very Likely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	101.5%	Very Likely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	100.5%	Very Likely
Szoboszlai	LIV	6.7m	98.4%	Likely
Tzimas	BHA	5.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	100.7%	Very Likely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	100.6%	Very Likely
Vicario	TOT	4.9m	99.7%	Likely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Strand Larsen	WOL	6.2m	99.6%	Likely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	100.1%	Very Likely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	100.4%	Very Likely
White	ARS	5.3m	96.5%	Maybe
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	97.9%	Maybe
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	99.5%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.0%	Maybe
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	96.8%	Maybe
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	95.8%	Maybe
Gittens	CHE	6.1m	95.8%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	95.7%	Unlikely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.3m	93.7%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	94.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	92.8%	Unlikely
James	LEE	5.3m	93.7%	Unlikely
Foster	BUR	5.0m	92.5%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Udogie	TOT	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	92.1%	Unlikely
Nwaneri	ARS	5.1m	91.9%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	91.8%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	90.7%	Unlikely
Mamardashvili	LIV	4.3m	88.9%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.6m	89.4%	Unlikely
De Ligt	MUN	5.0m	87.1%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	B, Vs, Sus
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:40am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B, Vs
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Andersen	FUL	C
No Change	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
No Change	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	B
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:42am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	A
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A, Vs
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
No Change	Szoboszlai	LIV	B, Vs, Inj, Sus
No Change	Minteh	BHA	C
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B, Sus
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:49am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B, Vs
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B, Vs, Inj
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	A, Vs
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Down	Mateta	CRY	C
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B, Rest

Last updated: 20 Dec, 2025 12:51am

Whether it’s using a Wildcard or free transfers, Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers are deciding to buy and sell a lot of players in the build-up to Gameweek 8.

Based on form, injuries, suspensions and upcoming fixtures, these individuals are frantically being switched around.

Buy, keep or sell? FPL transfer trends ahead of Gameweek 8

Above: As of Friday afternoon, the most bought (left) and most sold (right) players heading into Gameweek 8

But whether it’s a good idea or not is a different matter.

Looking at this week’s most popular ins and outs, let’s pick out a couple of players who are good to buy, keep and sell in preparation for Gameweek 8.

Erling Haaland (£14.5m)

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An obvious one to kick things off, but it’s still worth saying – Haaland feels near-essential.

The league leader for goals (nine), attempts (29), big chances (14) and expected goals (xG, 7.71 – see below image) has overtaken Mohamed Salah (£14.4m) for both price and ownership.

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Yet, scarily, this hasn’t even been his best FPL start. Of Haaland’s four seasons at Manchester City, 2025/26 is the first one without an early hat-trick. It’s been the best for expected goal involvement (xGI, 8.44), but he’s never had fewer shots on target (14).

We’ve investigated whether Haaland usually slows down after this point but, regardless, it’d be very brave to proceed without Haaland.

VERDICT: BUY

Nick Woltemade (£7.2m)

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One community debate over this international break asks how to best cover Newcastle United’s nice upcoming fixtures. After a trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, the Magpies will be against Fulham, West Ham United and Brentford.

Using a combination of ‘eye test’ observations, contextual knowledge and Members Area stats, we see that Anthony Gordon (£7.4m) should be their first-choice penalty taker, but he hasn’t registered an FPL return in 16 top-flight appearances. It’s a run that stretches back to late January.

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Whereas centre-forward Woltemade has four goals from five starts (in all competitions) and plays in a position where few FPL assets currently have appeal.

Other left-sided teammates are preventing Gordon from reaching the 70-minute mark, while Woltemade is unchallenged during Yoane Wissa‘s (£7.4m) injury.

Of course, Eddie Howe’s preferred scenario would have been to ease Woltemade in. But the knee situation has forced more game time, and it’s paying dividends.

VERDICT: BUY

Joao Pedro (£7.7m)

On to a third forward, now. Still in over 60% of FPL squads, Joao Pedro has been in poor form.

Goalless in the last four league games, he’s racked up just two shots – neither being on target – alongside a low xGI of 0.26.

However, fitness management means he’s not in this week’s Brazil squad, plus there’s a European suspension sat between Gameweeks 8 and 9. Therefore the 24-year-old ‘should’ start all of Chelsea’s nice-looking fixtures.

What we don’t know for sure is whether it’s him or Enzo Fernandez (£6.7m) on penalties during Cole Palmer‘s (£10.3m) absence. But it could be a real ranking setback if you sell Pedro and he immediately finds form for so many rivals.

VERDICT: KEEP

Mohammed Kudus (£6.7m)

Elsewhere, those activating a long-awaited Gameweek 8 Wildcard may have been planning to sell Kudus for the likes of Antoine Semenyo (£7.9m), Iliman Ndiaye (£6.5m), Ismaila Sarr (£6.5m) or Eberechi Eze (£7.6m).

But there needs to be some flexibility. Spurs’ summer signing leads everyone else for assists (five), crosses (48) and take-ons (56).

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Last weekend, he netted his first goal for Thomas Frank’s side and now looks to be the best way into this attack. Three of their next four are at home, too.

VERDICT: KEEP

Jack Grealish (£6.9m)

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Ok, this could be controversial because a bit of squad depth can nicely navigate Grealish’s imminent unavailability.

He’s the league’s number two when it comes to assists (four) and creating chances (17), while being in front for penalty area touches (53). Sunday’s stoppage time winner versus Crystal Palace continues his good loan spell, but it’s that very same temporary move that makes him ineligible for Gameweek 8.

READ MORE: Grealish “great”, Ndiaye pen + Keane injury

It might be a good time to sell Grealish, as the Man City fixture precedes a mixed bag against Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Fulham, Manchester United, Newcastle and Bournemouth.

VERDICT: SELL

Richarlison (£6.8m)

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Finally, it was assumed that Richarlison would be a nailed-on starter during the absences of Dominic Solanke (£7.2m) and Randal Kolo Muani (£6.9m).

He began the campaign with an opening day brace and, three price rises later, entered Gameweek 7 in over two million squads.