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Best £4.5m midfielders for FPL 2026/27: All 25 assessed

24 July 2026 12 comments
FPL Marc FPL Marc
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Continuing our trawl of the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) price list, we’ll now look for the best £4.5m midfielders.

Unlike budget-enabling defenders, it’s hard to find such a player who will even get minutes. Arguably the last good one was Andreas Pereira in 2022/23, priced as a Manchester United reserve before moving to Fulham.

He ended on four goals, 10 assists and 123 points, though those returns often remained marooned on FPL benches.

Since then, the aim has simply been to find a regular starter. Here, we take a look through all 25 midfielders currently listed at £4.5m and pick out the potential gems.

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£4.5M MIDFIELDERS: THE PROMOTED TEAMS

Eleven of those 25 midfielders play for promoted Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Hull City.

COVENTRY CITY

2025/26 LEAGUE STATS FOR COVENTRY

PlayerStarts
(sub)		GoalsAssistsDefCons
per 90 mins		Notes
George Shepherd0 (0)000Hasn’t yet made his debut
Raphael Borges Rodrigues0 (2)0112.86Sample size of 35 minutes isn’t enough to judge DefCon potential
Kai Andrews0 (7)004.26Played 74 minutes across seven cameos

Honestly, there’s almost nothing to say about this trio. 17-year-old George Shepherd is yet to make his senior debut, and the other two have returned from loan spells.

Kai Andrews joined Hibernian in January and was mostly a substitute, though he did come on to score a winner past Celtic.

Meanwhile, Raphael Borges Rodrigues started 29 times at League One’s Wigan Athletic. The left winger produced one goal and three assists.

If this lot weren’t getting a look-in in the Championship, it’s difficult to see them making the grade at a higher level – especially after the expected wave of summer signings.

IPSWICH TOWN

 

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  1. tangtastic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    50 mins ago

    hoping for a playable 4.5m midfielder is just a waste of effort. best picking someone with rock bottom ownership to protect value. its just a dead spot on your subs bench and thats fine.

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    1. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      36 mins ago

      You at least want someone who is going to play just in case you need appearance points off the bench.

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      1. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        32 mins ago

        its literally impossible to predict which 4.5m midfielder will get regular starts, if any, at the start of the season. sure, a few might surface after a few gws but atm just pick one with low ownership and if you have a ft to burn use it later.

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        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          18 mins ago

          I wouldn't say it was impossible. Look for a high number of starts from last season in the article above.

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          1. tangtastic
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            16 mins ago

            alot of those championship starts may not translate to premiership starts. you can't be certain

            to me, it literally does not matter. its so minor, i wouldn't waste any time on it aside from just picking a lowly owned 4.5m and just revisit later.

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  2. Bambi
    • 14 Years
    37 mins ago

    Tear my team apart please

    Kinsky, Dubravka
    Gabriel, ARS 5.5, N Williams, Vuskovic, Coventry 4.0
    Bruno, Sarr, Le Fee, Gross, 4.5
    Haaland, J Pedro, DCL

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    1. Bambi
      • 14 Years
      27 mins ago

      +0.5 itb

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    2. tangtastic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      18 mins ago

      your midfield is terrible and you'll be playing your wc by gw3 as you watch several 7-8.5m priced midfields get double digit hauls, and by then you're already chasing players who have far better overall teams.

      bruno+haaland+gabriel is just such a terrible idea. gabriel is massively overpriced, so is bruno imo.

      burno at 12m is just paying for last years pts. *if* he somehow managed to get a similar overall haul to last year he *might* be worth 12m, but it is far more likely that he won't. there are plenty of midfielders who are 4-5m cheaper (!), who may not get more pts, but will almost certainly provide far better value for you to improve your overall team drastically.

      that version of your team would get far more points, compared to concentrating 1/3 of your budget in 3 players and having rubbish players elsewhere. teams that do the best don't have the most expensive players, they are literally always the teams that found the most value.

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      1. Bambi
        • 14 Years
        13 mins ago

        Appreciate thanks pal

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  3. JBG
    • 8 Years
    27 mins ago

    If only RM didn't have Mbappe already.. they could've gone for Haaland along side Rodri.

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  4. St. Stephen XI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    18 mins ago

    So, who's the 5.0 guy? I'm sitting on Diego Gomez Amarilla. Did I miss somebody?

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  5. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    1 min ago

    Happy with this for a first draft:

    Kinsky (McNally)
    Gvardiol Maguire Shaw (Thomas, Van Ewijk)
    Bruno Saka Cherki Garner (Crooks)
    Haaland Pedro DCL

    I keep going back and forth between Pedro and Isak (downgrading Saka) but Saka’s opening fixture + his performance last season when starting makes me lean Saka. Saka’s underpriced for what he’s done historically in a fantasy format without Salah.

    I go back and forth between Calafiori/Gvardiol but I like Gvardiol’s fixtures to start and I think he’s absurdly cheap for his fantasy potential even if he’s playing CB.

    I don’t see myself touching this draft too much. Garner+Haaland+DCL+Shaw are fixed and the rest is a combination of if I decide for Isak or Saka and if I decide to go for Bruno or Cunha (which makes Isak and Saka viable together).

    Haven’t checked out FFS or looked at % ownership, just looked at a post for 4.0 defenders and 4.5 midfielders. So I’m not sure if this is a template team but I’m considering it a safe team to start with a few gambles like Saka and Cherki and Gvardiol

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