Transfers
1 September 2026 669 comments
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Deadline day has been pretty underwhelming in recent years, but with the likes of Iliman Ndiaye (£6.0m), Enzo Fernandez (£6.9m) and Malick Fofana linked with last-minute moves, today could be quite eventful.

We’re also expecting a late flurry of ins and outs beyond these high-profile transfers, with several Premier League clubs anticipated to be active.

Naturally, these late developments in the market could affect Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers’ plans going into Gameweek 3 and beyond.

With that in mind, this live blog will be rounding up the confirmed deals that could present Fantasy bosses with new targets – or have a negative impact on existing assets.


TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY – AS IT HAPPENED

01:00 – Juan Riquelme Angulo Caicedo (Independiente del Valle to Sunderland, £5m)

One for the future here.

The 18-year-old Ecuadorian only made his professional debut in March of this year, though he hit the ground running with six league goals from just seven starts and eight sub appearances.

A tall, powerful striker, he actually finished his time in his homeland on the right wing.

“His physical qualities are obvious, but he also has good movement, technical ability and a natural instinct for scoring goals.

“He has already shown in a short spell that he can compete at senior level despite his age, and we are delighted to bring him to Sunderland at this important stage of his development.

“We look forward to supporting him as he adapts to European football and continues his progression with us.” – Sunderland AFC Director of Football, Florent Ghisolfi

Expect a gradual introduction and a place in the pecking order behind Brian Brobbey (£6.0m) and Wilson Isidor (£5.5m).


01:00 –  Darío Osorio (FC Midtjylland to Crystal Palace, loan)

Linked with various Premier League clubs this summer, Crystal Palace have secured the signing of Osorio on an initial loan, with an obligation to buy from Midtjylland. It will cost at least £24 million, before add-ons.

The talented 22-year-old Chilean is a left-footer who cuts inside from the right. He’s been playing in Denmark for three years, delivering 25 goals and 18 assists in 121 matches, averaging 2.57 shots per game in 2025/26’s Superliga.

Perhaps Palace fans will be dreaming of the next Michael Olise? It’ll be interesting to see what this means for Ismaila Sarr (£6.4m). He’s not featured so far, but might not secure his desired departure – at least to a club whose transfer window is still open.


00:45 – Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt to Leeds United, loan)

Signing on an initial loan deal, 21-year-old Bahoya is a left-sided attacker with devastating pace.

He joined Frankfurt in January 2024 and, during his first full season, recorded the fastest ever Bundesliga sprint since records began. Only three individuals have ever exceeded 37 km/h in the Premier League – Micky van de Ven (£5.0m), Kyle Walker and Jackson Tchatchoua.

The France Under-21 international doesn’t initially seem to deliver an end product, recording seven goals and eight assists in 78 Frankfurt matches, though over half came from the bench. 448 minutes per goal isn’t so bad – one approximately every five games.

Yet Bahoya’s biggest strength is dribbling, completing 2.78 take-ons per 90 last season. He gives off Jeremy Doku (£7.4m) vibes.

Perhaps Daniel Farke’s plan is to have him and Harry Wilson (£6.5m) play behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m), but first he has to oust Brenden Aaronson and Noah Okafor.


00:30 – Quinten Timber (Marseille to Crystal Palace, undisclosed)

The versatile Dutch international has filled in pretty much everywhere during his time in the Netherlands and France but he’s typically deployed in the middle of the park.

It seems likely that he’ll be cover/competition for Daichi Kamada (£5.0m) and Adam Wharton (£5.5m).

2023/24 was his standout season for attacking returns:

SeasonTeamAppsMinsGoalsAssists
2025/26Marseille14 (1)111400
2025/26Feyenoord14 (3)131724
2024/25Feyenoord16 (2)139560
2023/24Feyenoord31 (0)267579
2022/23Feyenoord19 (5)164523
2021/22FC Utrecht31 (2)253623

A knee injury curtailed his 2024/25 campaign, and a fallout with Feyenoord boss Robin van Persie led to a January move to Marseille.

His stock has somewhat fallen over the last two years, then, but he was still involved in the Netherlands’ 2026 World Cup campaign.


00:15 – Malick Fofana (Lyon to Sunderland, £30m)

An exciting acquistion for Sunderland.

Fofana was at the centre of a tug of war between the Black Cats and Crystal Palace on deadline day but the Mackems won the race.

The 22-year-old Belgian international has spent the last three-and-a-half seasons at Lyon, although last year was decimated by ankle surgery.

SeasonTeamAppsMinsGoalsAssists
2025/26Lyon9 (3)75421
2024/25Lyon16 (13)1,58754
2023/24Lyon4 (13)55030
2023/24Gent12 (7)1,14423
2022/23Gent8 (11)76902
2022/23Gent0 (3)1500

Positionally, he’s chiefly left winger. That puts the likes of Chemsdine Talbi (£5.4m) and Nilson Angulo (£5.0m) under immediate pressure, although both of the above – and indeed Fofana – have deputised on the opposite flank, where FPL defender Trai Hume (£4.5m) is currently to be found ‘out of position’.

Fofana hit double figures for shots from both his left and right feet in 2024/25, for instance.

“Malick has all the attributes to thrive in the Premier League. He is a player with huge potential and Sunderland AFC will provide him with the right environment to continue to develop and prosper.
 
“He operates off the left and will complement the versatility of the other wide men we have at the club, who can play across both flanks.” – Sunderland Director of Football, Florent Ghisolfi

‘The budget Barcola’ was how one French football expert described Fofana, who is a pacy and direct wide-man.

His end product perhaps needs work. He’s never bettered a minutes-per-chance-created average of 50 in his time at Lyon, for instance. Fofana averaged a shot every 40 minutes in Ligue I in 2024/25, meanwhile – again, a so-so figure.

But he’s young, was even linked with Arsenal this week, and there’s plenty who share the opinion that Sunderland have trumped Newcastle with their deadline-day signing of a young Belgian prospect (see Fernandez-Pardo below).


00:00 – David Affengruber (Elche to Fulham, undisclosed)

The end for Joachim Andersen (£5.0m)? It’s perhaps premature to say that but there are question marks over whether the Dane can hack it in a high-tempo-and-high-line set-up under Alvaro Arbeloa.

Affengruder is a ball-playing, right-sided centre-half, which sounds very Andersen.

However, the 22-year-old Austrian has also got that bit of recovery pace that the creaking Denmark international hasn’t.

Encouragingly, Affengruber averaged 10.03 DefCons per 90 minutes in 2025/26, which is just over the threshold.

He’s scored just one league goal in two full seasons with Elche.


00:00 – Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon to Everton, undisclosed)

The solution to Everton’s right-back problems?

Midfielder Merlin Rohl (£5.0m) is currently occupying that position, while centre-back Jake O’Brien (£4.9m) did it for much of 2025/26.

It’s perhaps fitting, then, that a player who spent a chunk of his career in other roles should be given the next stab at it.

The versatile Maitland-Niles has, at least, spent much of his three-year stint at Lyon at right-back.

A model of consistency, he’s delivered one goal and four assists in each of his three Ligue I campaigns.

But full-backs tend not to get too much attacking license under David Moyes (in the Baines/Coleman era, yes, in the current one, no), and the centre-backs lap up the DefCons.

Maitland-Niles, indeed, only averaged a poor 6.01 DefCons per 90 minutes in 2025/26.

Not much FPL potential, then.


23:50 – Ben Chilwell (Strasbourg to Crystal Palace, undisclosed)

FPL notes: City fitness boost, Dorgu on the right + Chilwell debut

A return to Crystal Palace for Chilwell, who spent the second half of 2024/25 on loan at the Eagles.

He moved to Strasbourg last summer, making 20 Ligue I appearances and creating two assists.

He’ll very likely be back-up to Tyrick Mitchell (£4.5m), as he was during his last stint in south London.


23:35 – Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiakos to Hull City, undisclosed)

Guess what? Yet another Hull City central midfielder, something we discussed at 22:00 when Tim Iroegbunam signed.

This one is a hotly tipped teenager, who has already made 50 league appearances for Greek giants Olympiakos and amassed 11 senior caps for his national team.

He’s only bagged two goals and three assists in those half-century of run-outs for Olympiakos, while his DefCons per 90 minutes were down at 8.60 – so he’s not someone who immediately stands out from an FPL perspective, despite his growing reputation.

We’ve now got at least seven Hull players – including £4.5m option Regan Slater – competing for two or three central midfield spots.


23:30 – Chema Andres (Stuttgart to Brighton and Hove Albion, undisclosed)

A new name in the Brighton central midfield mix.

Andres was brought through the Real Madrid youth system but made just two senior league appearances for the Spanish giants before moving to Stuttgart last summer.

There, he made 14 Bundesliga starts and a further 11 substitute appearances in 2025/26.

A physical specimen at 6’4″, you won’t be surprised to hear that he’s a defensive midfielder and not a fleet-footed playmaker.

His DefCon rate per 90 minutes was monstrous: 13.71. That’s only just below Elliot Anderson’s 13.94 of 2025/26.

Given his height, he was also a sporadic threat from set plays. Two of his three Bundesliga goals came from corners.

One to monitor, then, but first he has to get past Yasin Ayari (£5.5m) and Pascal Gross (£5.5m).


23:30 – Sorba Thomas (Stoke City to Hull City, undisclosed)

Having let Gameweek 2 match-winner Liam Millar (£5.0m) move to Birmingham City earlier in the day, Hull have reinforced their options on the left wing.

Thomas arrived from Stoke City, where he hit 10 goals and 11 assists in 45 Championship appearances last season.

Fond of a shot from distance (three of his 10 goals in 2025/26 came from outside the box), he overachieved massively on the xG front (+5.18).

He was the Championship’s leading chance creator of the season just gone, with 90. As you’d probably expect, he was helped by a significant role at free-kicks and corners.

Elliot Stroud (£5.0m) now comes under threat in this unbeaten Hull side.


23:30 – Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea to Manchester City, £125m)

FPL notes: Joao Pedro injury update, Enzo + panic for Spurs 3

The deal of the day, surely, and so much to unpack that it’s best left to a full-blown Moving Target article!

Suffice to say, City’s big-money purchase of Enzo, now at £6.9m in FPL, puts the cat amongst the pigeons in their engine room.

Where does this leave Nico O’Reilly (£6.5m), for instance, as he’s been playing as an 8/10 in the first two Gameweeks? The Cityzens now have him, Elliot Anderson (£6.4m), Enzo and Ayyoub Bouaddi (£5.5m) tussling for two slots.

If Enzo is used as a ’10’, where do Rayan Cherki (£7.7m) and Phil Foden (£7.0m) feature, especially after the arrival of Iliman Ndiaye (£6.0m)?

Plenty to ponder.


23:10 – Zian Flemming (Burnley to Ipswich Town, £20m)

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An intruiging one, this, given that Flemming plundered 11 goals for Premier League strugglers Burnley last season.

Indeed, he was among the leading forwards (min. 1,000 minutes) for minutes per goal in 2025/26:

With Emersonn (£5.5m) to be assessed for a knee injury sustained in Gameweek 2, it’ll be interesting to see if Flemming goes straight into the Ipswich line-up.

He’s match-fit enough, having scored three league and cup goals for the Clarets in as many starts in 2026/27.

He has a good spot-kick record, too (13/15), if given the chance by Gary O’Neil.


23:00 – Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur, undisclosed)

The new Kevin Danso (see below)?

Tosin, £4.5m in FPL, is almost certainly going to be back-up for a right-sided centre-back role at Spurs, behind Jan Paul van Hecke (£5.0m).


22:45 – Melvin Bard (Nice to Leeds United, loan)

A new positional rival, or more likely back-up, for Gabriel Gudmundsson (£4.5m).

Bard is a left-back who has been a regular with Nice since the 2021/22 campaign, when he joined from Lyon.

The 25-year-old Frenchman has never banked more than four attacking returns in a season, while he has never bettered 7.22 DefCons per 90 minutes in any of his five campaigns.

This transfer likely means we will see less of the versatile James Justin (£4.5m) at left wing-back, and perhaps more of him competing with Jayden Bogle (£4.5m) on the opposite flank.

There’s also a chance of us seeing Justin as a right-sided centre-back if Joe Rodon (£4.5m) faces a spell out.


22:30 – Robinio Vaz (Roma to Hull City, loan)

Another positional rival for Oli McBurnie (£5.5m), but someone who is very inexperienced:

SeasonTeamLeague starts
(Sub apps)
MinsGoalsAssists
2025/26Roma0 (12)20510
2025/26Marseille3 (11)37342
2024/25Marseille0 (2)7400

Still, this is a promising 19-year-old striker who cost Roma around £21m in January.

A total of four Ligue I goals from just 373 minutes of action with Marseille in 2025/26 was eye-catching, especially considering the low number of shots (eight) and an xG of just 2.31.

Three of those eight efforts (albeit none of his goals) were headers, too, so the pacy, physical 6’1″ striker may be a decent fit at Hull.


22:15 – Jack Grealish (Manchester City to Everton, loan)

FPL notes: Grealish “great”, Ndiaye pen + Keane injury

With Ndiaye gone, Everton needed reinforcements in the wide areas – and they’ve recruited a familiar face.

Grealish, available at £6.5m in FPL, spent last season on loan with the Toffees.

It was a temporary stint that was curtailed by a campaign-ending foot injury in January.

When he was fit, he didn’t do too badly: two goals and six assists from 18 starts and two substitute appearances.

£0.5m more than DefCon machine James Garner (£6.0m) is questionable, however, and the identically priced Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£6.5m) comfortably outdid him for points per start in 2025/26:


22:15 – Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa to Hull City, undisclosed)

Competition for Lewie Coyle (£4.0m) at right-back/right wing-back.

Norton-Cuffy effectively replaces Cody Drameh (£4.0m), who moves in the opposite direction to Italy.

The new arrival on Humberside, who is still only 22, has spent the last two years in Serie A.

A bit-part player in 2024/25, he established himself as a regular with Genoa last season and delivered two goals and an assist from 25 starts.


22:00 – Tim Iroegbunam (Everton to Hull City, undisclosed)

Another summer signing for Hull – and there’s more to come.

As for central midfielder Iroegbunam, he’s never scored a Premier League goal in 59 appearances.

Instead, any residual appeal comes from DefCons – and he’s racked them up at a furious rate in what pitch-time he’s been afforded at Everton:

SeasonDefCons per 90
2025/2611.00
2024/2515.56
2023/2411.14

There’s a heck of a lot of competition in the Hull engine room, however – so he’ll first have to establish himself ahead of at least three of the following five:


22:00 – Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur, loan)

Remember him? Mudryk, priced at just £5.4m in FPL, hasn’t kicked a ball in the Premier League since November 2024. Provisionally suspended by the Football Association (FA) for alleged doping offences the following month, he was finally cleared in July of this year.

He wasn’t much cop before that, in truth.

His best season at Chelsea was in 2023/24, when he delivered five goals and five assists from 18 starts and 13 substitute appearances. He averaged a so-so 4.1 points per start during that time.

He does, however, now reunite with the man who brought the best out of him at Shakhtar Donetsk: Roberto De Zerbi.

 “Having worked with Misha earlier in his career, I know exactly what he can bring to our team.

“He has the quality to change a game with his speed and ability in one-vs-one situations, and is an exciting, attacking talent.

“I will demand a lot from Misha and it is our job to help him find the best version of himself. If we do that then he can become a very important player for us. I am very happy he chose to come here, and I cannot wait to work with him again.” – Roberto De Zerbi

It’s a long way back for Mudryk after so long out, and he’ll have to compete with Mathys Tel (£5.9m) and, potentially, Savio (£6.5m) and Omar Marmoush (£7.0m) on the left wing.


22:00 – Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt to Fulham, loan)

How many central midfielders do you want, Fulham?

Following the arrival of Manuel Angel an hour ago, the Cottagers now have Larsson, Angel, Shea Charles (£5.0m), Alex Iwobi (£5.5m) and Sander Berge (£5.0m) competing for two places in the engine room.

Might we see Iwobi move back to a wide-midfield position, potentially on the right? Fulham only really have Oscar Bobb (£5.5m) out there.

As for Larsson, he has been a regular at Eintracht Frankfurt over the last three seasons. The 22-year-old Swedish international joined Frankfurt from Malmo in May 2023.

LARSSON’S BUNDESLIGA RECORD WITH FRANKFURT

SeasonStarts
(sub apps)
MinsGoalsAssistsDefCons per 90
2025/2621 (4)1,820228.41
2024/2528 (5)2,406319.06
2023/2421 (8)1,8862110.17

As the figures above suggest, he’s neither a goalscoring midfielder nor a DefCon magnet. Indeed, the Athletic’s German football correspondent, Seb Stafford-Bloor, describes him as an ‘all-purpose midfielder’ – and thus he’s probably going to be an FPL afterthought.


21:00 – Iliman Ndiaye (Everton to Manchester City, £60m)

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The biggest deal of the day so far – and one that could have huge FPL implications.

Ndiaye, a 14.4%-owned £6.0m midfielder in Fantasy terms, has swapped Merseyside for Manchester for an initial £60m. That fee could rise to £65m with add-ons.

Where to begin with this one?

The obvious initial observation is that he’s going to really struggle to be the 90-minute man he was at Everton. With Antoine Semenyo (£8.5m), the currently injured Jeremy Doku (£7.4m), Allan Elias (£6.0m) and, for the time being, Phil Foden (£7.0m) as competition out wide, Ndiaye is going to have his work cut out.

Even if he becomes a regular Premier League starter, the likelihood of him repeatedly lasting full games and escaping the occasional bit of fatigue-led rotation is slim.

He’s losing penalties now, too. Erling Haaland (£15.5m) isn’t going to be giving them up at City.

Ndiaye is also surely going to take a hit when it comes to defensive contributions; he’s hit the 12 mark in both Gameweeks this season.

Lots to unpack (not to mention the fact that Everton will need a new penalty taker), so we’ll do it all in more detail in a Moving Target article.


21:00 – Manuel Angel (Real Madrid to Fulham, £3m)

Alvaro Arbeloa has returned, for the third time in this transfer window, to his former club Real Madrid to bolster Fulham’s ranks.

And once again, following the captures of Gonzalo Garcia (£6.0m) and Cesar Palacios (£5.5m), it’s another academy product Arbeloa is very familiar with.

The 22-year-old Manuel Angel was a regular – and captain – under Arbeloa for Real Madrid ‘B’ in 2025/26. And, upon Arbeloa’s promotion to head coach of the senior side, it was the now-Fulham boss who handed the young central midfielder his La Liga debut in March of this year.

As you’d expect for someone who’s just made his senior bow in the last six months, he’s very green. Just one senior start in his entire career, although there have been 85 run-outs for the second string.

Just three goals in those 85 run-outs for Real Madrid betray his lack of goal threat.

DefCons will likely be more forthcoming, although there’s precious little data – 11 contributions in 95 minutes of Real Madrid action – to go off.


20:00 – Kevin Danso (Tottenham Hotspur to Sunderland, loan)

Another centre-half to add to the ranks at Sunderland.

Dan Ballard (£5.0m), Nordi Mukiele (£5.5m), Omar Alderete (£5.0m) and Luke O’Nien (£4.0m) have all featured there for the Black Cats already this season, with Ballard and Mukiele the DefCon-amassing, clean-sheet-earning pairing in Gameweek 2.

O’Nien, a Gameweek 1 starter and fleetingly brief Bench Boost option, suddenly finds himself as low as fifth in the centre-back pecking order.

Given the wealth of centre-half options at Regis Le Bris’ disposal, and, you’d assume, the likelihood of Danso only heading to Wearside with the assurances of more game-time, does this mean we’re going to see more of Mukiele at right-back, rather than centre-half? He’ll be in direct competition with veteran Belgian Thomas Meunier (£4.5m), who turns 35 this month, for that role.

And, in turn, is Fantasy defender Trai Hume (£4.5m) now simply going to be a full-time winger for the Mackems?

Danso, typically a right-sided centre-half, does actually seem like a good fit for Sunderland.

He had eye-poppingly good DefCon numbers in 2025/26, indeed, with the best rate of any defender (11.59 per 90 minutes, below) who logged more than 1,000 minutes of pitch-time:

Alas, he’s priced up at £5.0m in FPL, so there’s no cheeky £4.5m bargain to be had here. Still, a repeat of those historic DefCon figures and £5.0m will still represent good value.


19:00 – Lucca Brughmans (Genk to Liverpool, £30m)

Considering the 6ft 7in goalkeeper only made his senior debut less than five months ago, there’s not much to say about his 15 appearances and six clean sheets – though there was clearly enough to impress Liverpool’s scouts.

This is big money for an 18-year-old stopper, but he’s staying on loan at Genk for one season, seemingly part of the long-term plan to replace Alisson Becker (£5.5m). Should the Brazilian leave next summer, either Brughmans or Giorgi Mamardashvili (£5.0m) can take over.


15:00 – Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille to Newcastle United, £51m)

Completing an incredible turnaround, Newcastle can realistically claim that they have ‘won’ this summer window, with Fernandez-Pardo being the bow on top.

An exciting attacker who they long thought was an unrealistic target, they’ll be delighted to sign the Belgian. As a consequence, it allows Nick Woltemade (£5.9m) to depart on loan, hoping to fix his career.

As for the 21-year-old Fernandez-Pardo, he delivered eight goals and 10 assists in all 2025/26 competitions for Lille (including two penalties).

Initially based on the left flank, he became more of a centre-forward as the season developed, racking up 68 attempts, 30 shots on target and 36 successful dribbles.

Of all under-21 players across Europe’s biggest five leagues, Fernandez-Pardo ranked second for big chances (21).

“Matias is a highly technical player with explosiveness in his game. He can score and assist, he has courage, and he has the ability to take players on. We’re sure our supporters will enjoy watching him play.” – Matthias Jaissle

So, while Matthias Jaissle might have a couple of ideas, the initial thought is that he’ll be the Magpies’ centre-forward, with Yoane Wissa (£6.1m) deeper.

Newcastle are already well stocked for options on the left, with Harvey Barnes (£6.0m) and Bazoumana Toure (£5.9m) on board.

The penalty-taking experience is an interesting one, as the Magpies have lost all three of last season’s spot-kick takers (Woltemade, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon) in the summer window.


13:20 – Honest Ahanor (Atalanta to Crystal Palace, loan)

A complicated transfer, Honest Ahanor is the latest centre-back to be exchanged between Chelsea and Crystal Palace. Although technically, he’s on loan from Atalanta.

After selling Maxence Lacroix (£6.0m) to the Blues, Palace decided to borrow Axel Disasi (£4.5m) from them. But Chadi Riad‘s (£4.4m) latest serious injury left them needing another defender.

Teams aren’t allowed to loan more than one player from a fellow Premier League side, so the Eagles have Ahanor for the season before he joins Xabi Alonso’s squad next summer for £40 million.

So, who is he? An 18-year-old who already has two Italy caps and nine Champions League appearances to his name, the left-footer came through Genoa’s youth system and made his senior Serie A debut aged 16.

Ahanor’s sole Atalanta campaign brought one goal in 35 appearances, averaging 7.73 defensive contribution actions per 90 league minutes. Not great at all, but there is something about playing for the Eagles that elevates a player’s DefCon appeal.

FPL managers may currently see out-of-sorts Palace as a team to steer clear of, anyway.


12:30 – Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton to Aston Villa, £25m)

Villa’s busy start to the day continues, as centre-back Harwood-Bellis is the chosen replacement for Ezri Konsa (£4.4m).

The 24-year-old came through Manchester City’s youth system and, in 2023/24, Southampton were the last of several lower-league loan stints.

Made permanent upon promotion, he secured one Premier League goal and – had it then existed – hypothetically gained defensive contribution points in eight of 32 starts in 2024/25. He averaged a poor 7.66 actions per 90 minutes – vastly inferior to his centre-back partner:

Back in the Championship last season, Harwood-Bellis netted an eye-catching seven times in the league.

A quirky fact is that, in November 2024, Lee Carsley called him up for his sole England cap. And, like Francis Jeffers, David Nugent and Steven Caulker, he scored in it! Maybe this Villa move will help him achieve a second appearance.

As it is, he’ll be competing with Victor Lindelof (£4.5m) for that right-sided centre-half slot.

Given the poor historic defensive contribution rate (it was a similar 8.00 per 90 in the Championship last season) and Villa defenders generally performing poorly for DefCons, there won’t be many Fantasy takers.


11:30 – Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint-Germain to Aston Villa, £47m)

It’s been a huge summer of change at Villa Park, with last season’s first-team stars taken away and mostly replaced by a bunch of highly-rated youngsters.

Perhaps the most exciting one is 18-year-old Mbaye. A mostly right-sided forward, he played a role in helping PSG successfully defend their Ligue 1 and Champions League titles, but faced some mighty competition for places. Set-piece duties were a rarity.

Incredibly, he’s already reached four goals from 15 Senegal caps, including one against France at the World Cup.

So how does he fit into Villa’s first-choice XI? John McGinn (£5.5m) has often been the right-sided guy, but he’s versatile, shifting to the ‘number 10’ role once Alysson (£5.0m) entered Monday’s defeat to Arsenal.

Once everyone is up to speed, expect Unai Emery to place Mbaye, McGinn and Johan Manzambi (£5.9m) behind Nicolas Jackson (£6.5m).


10:30 – Ilyas Ansah (Union Berlin to Hull City, £21m)

Hull have splashed out on a 6ft 6in centre-forward who’ll provide competition for Oli McBurnie (£5.5m).

The 21-year-old began 2025/26 with an opening-day brace against Stuttgart, his first-ever game in the top flight. He soon scored past Hoffenheim and Frankfurt in Matchdays 3 and 4, netting past RB Leipzig in December.

However, starts were less certain after the winter break, and no more goals arrived. Overall, Ansah registered 33 shots and 3.25 expected goals, according to FotMob.


FPL Marc Broadcaster, writer and overthinker. Hoping that ‘differential potential’ will catch on.

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  1. Emiliano Sala
    • 10 Years
    20 days, 13 hours ago

    Best city players for FH?

    A) Haaland, Semenyo, NOR
    B) Haaland, Cherki, NOR
    C) Haaland, Semenyo, Cherki

    1. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      C

    2. Boberella
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      C from those but would go Foden over Semenyo probably. Semenyo a bit too wide to haul.

  2. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    20 days, 13 hours ago

    Cherki starting to look like a 59-69 minutes lad after those signings

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Might not even reach 59 lol still a great option with his form and I dread not owning this GW...

      1. Pompel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        Yeah, but maybe just ride it out and go for more nailed options like e.g. MGW

        1. Amartey Partey
          • 7 Years
          20 days, 10 hours ago

          I'm going with both. Might sell Cherki for Rogers next week, though.

    2. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Cherki is class, is the work rate the issue why he is subbed early? He makes their offensive game 3X better when he starts.

    3. noquarternt
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Maresca doesn’t rate him and they now have so many players… hes a huge trap imo

    4. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      First game he managed 8 points in 27m I’ll that upside

  3. Over Midwicket
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Anyone else on WC considering avoiding Konsa? We literally don't know if he's nailed, he was never really a good FPL pick at Villa, poor goal threat, bad on bonus and DC.

    Surely other defs will outscore him?

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      That's the risk you take I suppose.

    2. Admiral Benson
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Cheap enough to be 4th defender that you can stash on your bench if he drops out of the team for a few weeks

      1. Utopsis
        • 6 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        But locks out a spot in the best team in the league if so

    3. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      It feels like such a big upside to own cala and white over him. Unless you're desperate for money I don't see the appeal. Once saliba is back he's dead as an option and its not certain that he will play every game either. Can see Mosquera still getting the easier fixtures..

    4. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      He will eventually start games over Mosq. As much as we have been solid with Mosq, I think Konsa is an upgrade and a more experience player who was bought mainly to cover Saliba's absence. Remember Arsenal fetched 60M for him and I can only see him starting many games. Mosq is also a bit injury prone anyway.

      With regards to points, a 4.4 defender playing for Arsenal getting 6 points min in 70% of the games is a jewel in FPL. I also don't rule set piece goals as the energy/tactics in the team can easily transmit to him and all of a sudden he becomes better at set pieces.

  4. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 12 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Is Palmer really that essential v hull? Transfer I am doing this GW will be based on whether to get him or not following gw.

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      No ones essential, and Hull won't be a goal fest. But he's the standout captain choice that week

      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 12 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        Cheers

      2. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 12 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        I suppose Pedro is a great option too

        1. Utopsis
          • 6 Years
          20 days, 12 hours ago

          I'm a Bruno holder myself, so likely to go JP and Rogers in that fixture instead of Palmer

    2. noquarternt
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Palmer appears to be back to his best in a formation and team that gets the best out of him. Not essential but hes going to be a great shout for a lot of games

  5. Gross Misconduct
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    If this is Artificial Intelligence, then I prefer Natural Stupidity. I searched "brighton predicted lineup" and got the following:

    "The predicted lineup for Brighton for their upcoming match is expected to feature Kaoru Mitoma in goal, with a back four of Wieffer, Vušković, Boscagli, and Dunk, and Gómez, Cuyper, Rutter, and Kostoulas in the forwards. This lineup is based on their most-used starting XI this season and is subject to change as the match date approaches."

    1. Utopsis
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Need to change your search engine

    2. Brosstan
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Artificial intelligence is such a misleading term. There's no intelligence, just brute force pattern recognition and pattern reproduction.

    3. The Pretender
      • 11 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      This made me giggle, thank you!

    4. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      AI is fed historical data and some real time data are often not searched correctly hence it is always wrong. Also football information is fluid/behind the scene and more than just what is posted online.

    5. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      The other sya i was trying to get information on championship right backs as everton targets, it kept telling me that the only rightback in the league who was a starter was Ryan alebiousu of Blackburn rovers.

      At which point i said that's rubbish tell me who else, and it responded by apologizing and saying that the championship was in fact not real and only a virtual simulation.

      At least west ham fans can console themselves. .

  6. PartyTime
    • 5 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Yes, Ansah isn't a bad signing for Hull. He has similar attributes to Patson Daka. Good work rate with a CF's instinct.

  7. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    1 FT. Should I

    1. Mbeumo out for Cherki
    2. Kinsky our for Verbruggen
    3. Maguire out for De Cruyper

    Thanks

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      1 but it could backfire. The other 2 are not inspiring

    2. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Roll

    3. Boberella
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      De Cuyper is way ahead of Maguire for potential points, and is cheaper.

      1 is the fomo move but unknown how many mins Cherki gets this week.

      2 depends who your other keeper is

  8. Nomadic Spurs
    • 4 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Bruno Fernandes and Alexander Isak **or** Erling Haaland and Mamadou Sangaré?

    Have Gakpo and Cherki. Considering Cherki to Rogers next week.

    Have Palmer and Saka. Which could translate to no Man City, or no Man Utd.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      Don't go without Haaland, you will be setting yourself 2 steps back for no good reason.

    2. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      For this week only? Definitely the Haaland one.

      Any longer term? Either could be good, look at the fixtures. Bear in mind that Liv and MUn are about to start ECL campaigns with managers that have never managed European workloads before. I cannot remember what experience Maresca has here, I think he was at Chelsea when they won the Conference League, which didn't really count as managing a workload either as they played their B Team right until the very late knock out rounds

      This is assuming you're on a WC and can choose freely between the two pairs this week. If you're not, then I'd probably save the transfers and stick to whichever pair you currently have

      1. Nomadic Spurs
        • 4 Years
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        Thanks to both of you. Bruno's haul made me nervous, I guess.

        I thought going without Bruno would be easier than going without Haaland.

        Might look at the situation again after the International Break. Good point about the European Champions League.

  9. ZeBestee
    • 12 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Finally went on a WC after contemplating for some time.

    Raya Dub
    Cala Konsa De Cuyper O'Reilly Ajer
    Cherki Palmer Szobo Gross Sangare
    Hauland Wissa Pedro

    Its pretty much standard team and content creator team, but I look at it and it's not bad. Cherki will be Rogers in gw4.

    What is your opinions? I also like MGW/Saka and to an extent Thiago wom i started with in the last 2 gws but gave me nothing, although I could easily see a brace in the next 2 or even more!

    Is Pedro to Thiago for this Sunderland game worth a FT? Then switch back to Pedro in gw4?

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Are you someone who likes finding the right rotations? Because if you're not, you will have some serious benching headaches with that team, all 13 outfielders could realistically start every week. Personality Is want at least one of the defenders/5.5mids/Wissa to drop down to a min cost player. If you like the rotations and stacked bench then go for it.

      I also wouldn't want to take the risk on NOR right now in a WC. He has so much quality competition in all of his possible positions. He will play plenty, but he'll get rested plenty and probably haven't a fair few 45-60min games. Not worth the head ache for me.

      As for the Thiago/JP question... FTs are effectively 4pts. Are you confident Thiago will get you those extra 4pts vs who've else you'd play this week (not necessarily JP). If yes, it's worth the gamble. If no, pick JP now.

      1. ZeBestee
        • 12 Years
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        Thanks. Valid points.

  10. Dutchy
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Most WC3 drafts I’ve seen are pretty similar.

    I’m actually tempted to get a few differentials who are better long term plays.

    Porro Munoz or Palestra..
    MGW Cunha

    Just a few names.

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      I like them all tbf. Issue with early WC exposes you with a lot of issues when form changes when the season gets going but going without Haaland forced us to WC. Tbh it was a mistake but we take the points, currently around 16k OR.

      1. Dutchy
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        Agree. I guess it’s best to go with the form we have and save them free transfers rather than reaching for a differential.

        1. ZeBestee
          • 12 Years
          20 days, 12 hours ago

          Yes better go with form now, but I expect some template changes in the next 4/5 gws and the more info we get, the better decisions we will be able to reach as the season progresses. I will wait a few more gws and see if the sides who are doing well are genuinely good enough or its the fixtures/early season form.

      2. bootsmanus
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 12 hours ago

        Im also around 16k, my thinking is that Haaland might just not be worth it when looking at points per million. Also, will Haaland be able to play every game with CL and cups coming up? I think Id rather spread the funds.

        1. ZeBestee
          • 12 Years
          20 days, 11 hours ago

          Going without Haaland can backfire to a point you would want the season to end early. I also dont see a better captaincy in the next 3/4 so he needs to be in the team even with the price range he is in.

    2. bootsmanus
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 12 hours ago

      I agree with you, I am tempted as well. Saka is the main one who I am thinking of, being such as talisman for the best side in the league.

  11. Jullepuu
    • 7 Years
    20 days, 12 hours ago

    Harvey Barnes too much of a minutes risk so Elanga a better option?

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Yes Elanga better and on form if you want to go Newcastle mid.

      1. Jullepuu
        • 7 Years
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        Cheers although feels a bit like chasing past points but the fixtures look good

    2. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Prefer Elanga slightly but like both

      1. Jullepuu
        • 7 Years
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        I think that Toure and Pardo make Barnes less nailed than Elanga

  12. Slitherene
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Bench one?

    1. White
    2. Calafiori
    3. Cash
    4. Shaw

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Probably Shaw or Cash. Leaning slightly more to Cash i think

    2. Cloudvalley
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Shaw by a trillion miles

  13. BR510
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    No bench boost, on wildcard

    1. Bruno Egan Yalcouye (the latter two would rarely play)
    2. Saka Gvardiol Grob (benching headache)

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      1

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      1. It’s better to have money in the first XI

    3. Boberella
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      2

  14. mrpink32
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    1) tzolis and gross to foden and Gomez
    1) tzolis and vuskovic to Foden and Dedic /egan (Egan would allow 0.5 to make foden Roger’s the week after )

    1. ZeBestee
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Egan

  15. Mirec007
    • 3 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Who to bring on WC?

    A) Elanga + KDH
    B) Gibbs White + Sangare

    1. Moon Dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      B

    2. Boberella
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      B

  16. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 17 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Is saka or Gabriel the best option for Arsenal? Feels like Arsenal’s season is going to be built on a solid defence again.

    A. Saka, Gvardiol
    B. Rogers, Gabriel

    Already have Calafiori & Konsa, Palmer & Pedro

    1. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      B

      Although this is largely considering the quality options Ars and MCi have to potentially rest Gvard and Saka too. Both players in B are nailed

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Yh B is better

    3. Boberella
      • 9 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      A is more balanced given who you already have.

  17. Moon Dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    So Barry is now guaranteed 90 mins every week? Not bad for 5.5m.

    1. BR510
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Yep, no backup, how are the fixtures though. He might have pens now too, hmmm....

      1. AAAFootball
        • 1 Year
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        Should have pens, only subs we could do for him is Johnson and the youngster braiden graham, not bad players but not ideal as both are primarily wingers.

    2. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Not bad from fpl, from an everton perspective not ideal lol. Sign only our third right back in 25 years, but the catch is we release the first one, sell the second one, sell our best player, and then get switched up by our key target after medical and here we go.

      Everton that.

    3. JELLYFISH
      • 14 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Prefer the 6m options available for the extra 0.5m but he's on my watchlist now.

  18. bobson5
    • 15 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Gvardiol or Hall to replace Rodon? (Probably going to wildcard ahead of 6 so only planning for three gameweeks)

    1. BR510
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Gvardiol

    2. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Hall

    3. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Gvardiol for me. Newcastle’s best fixtures are from gw5 onwards

  19. 112kane112
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Interested in thoughts of FH3.

    1. Sangare, Foden & NOR
    2. Schade, Cherki & Gvardiol

    Verbruggen (4.0 fodder)
    De Cuyper, Gvardiol/NOR, Ajer (Egan) (Ajayi)
    Saka, Cherki/Foden, Bruno, MGW, Sangare/Schade
    Haaland, Wissa (Walle Egeli)

    1. BR510
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      2 easily, 1 is better for a wildcard than a free hit

    2. JT11fc
      • 7 Years
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      No Liverpool could be a missed opportunity, not too keen on Brighton defence either, the rest is anyones guess

      1. 112kane112
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 10 hours ago

        I know! I am worried about that too. I have Isak in my non-FH team, but cannot find the funds to get him into the FH draft. Would mean going no Bruno (am still tempted!).

        Szobo could replace any mid-premium price MF - but 1GW in isolation, I am unsure he outscores any.

        1. JT11fc
          • 7 Years
          20 days, 10 hours ago

          Im on FH too, so hard to exclude the "solid but not amazing" picks

    3. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      2

    4. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      2

  20. Warby84
    • 11 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Play Trafford (Bri a) or Leno (CryP hm)

    1. BR510
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Leno - home vs depleted palace

    2. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      I have Trafford but probably leno, palace were awful.

    3. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Trafford, good goalie and decent defence against a good team

      Leno, decent goalie with poor defence amazon's a poor team.

      If it goes wrong, Trafford probably gets saves and Leno probably gets nothing, so I'd probably edge to Trafford.

  21. BR510
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    No bench boost, on wildcard

    1. Bruno Egan Yalcouye (the latter two would rarely play)
    2. Saka Gvardiol Grob (benching headache

    1. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Saka Egan yalcouye and spend the cash elsewhere

      1. BR510
        20 days, 11 hours ago

        Cheers

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      1

  22. Hxnsey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 1 Year
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Brobbey > Barry
    Le Fee > Sangare
    Tzolis > Foden
    Worth it for a -4?

    1. BR510
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      I would do it actually

    2. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Yeah why not mate, have some fun.

  23. -GK22-
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Decent start, not want to lose ground. Which option is best,

    1. Use 2FTs and TC Haaland
    2. Free hit to get better gameweek balance

    Verbruggen
    Muharemovic, White, Calafiori
    Bruno, Mbuemo, Gomez, Tzolis
    Haaland, Pedro, DCL

    Kinsky, Le Fee, Shaw, Davis

    1. AAAFootball
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 11 hours ago

      Im doing tc and I have 5 ars/che lads, id say just go with your gut but I don't think fixtures are what they were, good players outscore bad ones with good fixtures.

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      1 because you already own Haaland. Buy another City or two and you should be good

      1. Boberella
        • 9 Years
        20 days, 10 hours ago

        This

  24. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    20 days, 11 hours ago

    Kinsky Verbruggen
    Calafiori Gvardiol Shaw* 4.0* 4.0
    Bruno Mbeumo Tzolis* Schade Le Fée*
    Haaland Pedro DCL

    What plan to follow, as transfers depend on that:
    A. Bruno, Haaland, Palmer for GW4

    B. Bruno, Haaland, Rogers for GW4

    C. Commit to a WC4

    If go for A, then will likely need to skip Cherki and do Mbeumo > Palmer next week.

    1. g40steve
      • 8 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Rogers at Villa was streaky, with Palmer & Pedro around him think he should get constant supply?

  25. g40steve
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    Morning,

    Any changes to starting 11?

    TC Haaland this week or hold?

    Kinsky
    Calaf, Hall, Jacquet
    Bruno, Cherki, Tzolis, Szobo
    Haaland, Pedro, DCL

    Dubs, Konsa, Slater, Davis,

    1. BR510
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      TC Haaland, team looks great. Would potentially move Tzolis but depends on how many FT and itb. Share?

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 8 hours ago

        Thx

    2. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Looks good to go to me. Maybe stay Konsa over Tzolis or DCL, but if probably have it the same as you

      As for TC, it depends on your risk appetite. This is definitely a good game that Haaland is fit for. There may be a better game coming up (Ips at home in GW7 for example) but Haaland may not be fit then and ECL will be in swing. Playing it now is definitely safer, but there's a good argument for holding it later too. If it helps, I'd probably play it if I wasn't on a FH already.

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 8 hours ago

        My thinking with all the comps running many games could have reduced mins

    3. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      I would TC personally. Haaland usually better at the start of the season so feels a great time to take advantage of that

      Starting XI probably correct if your don’t want to make any more transfers

      1. g40steve
        • 8 Years
        20 days, 8 hours ago

        Cheers

        Used my 2FT Cherki & Hall

  26. Mr Turnip 1
    • 1 Year
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    On FH

    A) Cherki and Szobo
    B) Foden and MGW

    1. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Or C) Foden and Wirtz

    2. Saka Potatoes 01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      I am on FH - I am A + MGW

    3. Saka Potatoes 01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Wouldn't back Foden

    4. 17th Time Lucky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      On FH myself too. All 5 of these are players in looking at, but Cherki is my highest priority in midfield

  27. boc610
    • 14 Years
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    Carrick must feel amazing. Ineos basically telling him your lucky to have this job, your just a stop gap/hail mary and were not wasting our money on you.

    1. x.jim.x
      • 12 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      It's a complete joke, but he will have had his expectations well and truly lowered before he signed the contract

  28. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    Triple Cap on Haaland this GW, Yay or nay?

    1. Saka Potatoes 01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      I would wait

      1. boc610
        • 14 Years
        20 days, 10 hours ago

        I think a MF triple captain is the way to go this season, bruno or palmer even saka loking good. Def con potential with some of them to

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      I would deffo use it if I wasn’t on FH. Seems a great chance while Haaland is flying at the start of the season and CL isn’t underway yet

    3. Prinzhorn
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Solid option this week.

  29. Saka Potatoes 01
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    Is anyone else going FH??

    1. Prinzhorn
      • 5 Years
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      many many many people going FH

    2. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      Yep. Current team

      Kelleher
      Calafiori De Cuyper Gvardiol
      Saka Cherki Szobo Schade
      Haaland (c) Isak Thiago

      Can’t tell whether I should get a Forest defender in or keep Cala. Unsure on Cherki/Szobo vs other options involving Foden. Most other spaces feel pretty locked for me now

      1. boc610
        • 14 Years
        20 days, 10 hours ago

        thiago was awful against leeds and not much better against villa

        1. Mr Turnip 1
          • 1 Year
          20 days, 10 hours ago

          He’s on 1.8 xG. I know he hasn’t scored yet, but he doesn’t usually underperform his data. He’s one of the players I’m most convinced by

          1. x.jim.x
            • 12 Years
            20 days, 10 hours ago

            Half of that is the pen he missed.

            1. Saka Potatoes 01
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              20 days, 10 hours ago

              I have N.Williams instead of Cala - I think Chelsea will score - Also - maybe some Brighton/Forest midfield?

              1. Saka Potatoes 01
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                20 days, 10 hours ago

                I am on

                Verbruggen
                N.Williams De Cuyper Gvardiol
                MGW Gomez Cherki Szobo Bruno
                Haaland (c) Thiago

                1. Saka Potatoes 01
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  20 days, 10 hours ago

                  Szobo or Schade and Bruno or not?

  30. G Banger
    • 8 Years
    20 days, 10 hours ago

    Only have Haaland from City and would have to lose Mbuemo to get Chekri, thinking this is my best move:

    Kinsky + Tzolis => Dubravka + Foden

    Thoughts?

    1. Mr Turnip 1
      • 1 Year
      20 days, 10 hours ago

      I like this more than selling Mbeumo for sure