At the start of the season, every player is given a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) price that likely changes over time based on popularity.

Managers keep tabs on these, in case they get priced out of a purchase or sale.

What are FPL price changes?

From the first Gameweek 1 kickoff onwards, mass purchases and sales of an individual will see them rise or fall by £0.1m at a time.

Whether it’s due to good form, bad form, an injury, a suspension or upcoming fixtures, there will always be trends in FPL, and this is usually reflected in valuation changes.

Nobody can rise or fall more than £0.3m in one Gameweek, and these changes occur once per day. Wildcard transfers aren’t taken into account.

How important are price changes?

Managers should be vigilant about their volatility. They often have a bearing on how easy or difficult it is to make a transfer.

Astute ones keeping a close eye on things can steal a march on rivals by moving quickly to buy a player before their price goes up, or sell before their price plummets.

Over time, profiting off these small gains will increase the budget. In theory, this should afford a better squad later on.

Sale prices

However, you won’t get the full rise. If a player is more valuable since the purchase date, you’ll make a profit of 50% (rounded down to the nearest £0.1m) but, if they’ve dropped, you receive that exact lower amount.

Let’s say you bought Erling Haaland for £15.5m and he’s now worth £15.9m. While he’ll cost a new owner £15.9m, you’ll only receive half of the rise when selling (£15.7m).

Letting him drop to £15.8m takes the sale price down to £15.6m.

And yet, at the same time, managers must suffer the full punishment of a potential overall price decrease.

Do we know which players are about to rise or fall?

Before, things were a bit foggy. Certain websites, like Fantasy Football Scout and LiveFPL, would suggest the next lot of probable changes.

Yet 2026/27 brings some much-needed evolution, where a page on the official website will provide a nightly heads-up to managers.

Revealing who is ‘likely’ and ‘very likely’ to rise and drop – though still without guarantees – prices will then change at midnight (UK time), instead of the previous 1:30am GMT / 2:30am BST.

This poses an interesting challenge for FPL managers, as we don’t know exactly when a player’s price will rise or fall. Making Gameweek transfers after the Friday press conferences is desirable, but waiting too long could mean being caught out by a midweek price change.

The Wildcard price trick

If you know you’ll activate a Wildcard chip before the next deadline, do it as soon as possible. It becomes a time of unlimited free transfers, and you can quickly boost team value by immediately buying the players you think are on the verge of shooting up in price.

Even if you don’t particularly want them by that Gameweek’s deadline, one might rise by £0.2m. Sell him and you’ve made the easiest £0.1m ever. That money could prove to be useful.

Similarly, if you still have faith in someone about to fall in price, sell them straight away and rebuy later in the week, post-drop.

• PREVIOUS: How do FPL players become unavailable?