Team News

The headline FPL team news from Thursday’s press conferences

There were nine Premier League manager press conferences held on Thursday ahead of the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

The headline team news came from Liverpool, where Jurgen Klopp provided fairly positive news on Sadio Mane (£11.5m) ahead of Friday’s encounter with Norwich City.

Klopp said:

Looks fit. Yesterday was his first session with the team. Yesterday now with the team first time, looks absolutely OK, in good spirits. Yes he’s an option, but we will see.

The Reds’ boss said of James Milner (£5.5m):

Millie trained yesterday with the team, 100%. He will be fine.

The Reds opponents have problems at centre-half, with stoppers Christoph Zimmermann and Timm Klose (£4.5m) sidelined for Gameweek 1.

Defensive midfielders Alex Tettey and Ibrahim Amadou (both £4.5m) are also unavailable for tomorrow’s encounter.

On the subject of newly promoted clubs, Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder revealed a clean bill of health at today’s presser.

Dean Smith only ruled out James Chester (£4.5m), meanwhile, as Villa prepare to take on Spurs.

Robbie Brady (£5.5m) looks set to miss out for Burnley against Southampton, whose manager Ralph Hasenhuttl didn’t disclose any injury concerns.

Gerard Deulofeu (£6.5m) was passed fit by Javi Gracia but Danny Welbeck (£6.0m) won’t be ready to feature against Brighton.

The Seagulls will be without Jose Izquierdo (£5.5m) and Yves Bissouma (£5.0m).

Mark Noble (£5.0m) hasn’t recovered from a dead leg in time to face Manchester City but Lukasz Fabianski (£5.0m) is fit to face the reigning champions.

We’ll have updates on Friday’s 11 press conferences in advance of the 19:00 BST deadline.

 


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  1. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How did the FFS template do last season gw1?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Better than most seasons.

    2. LosBlancos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      80 plus pts I think

  2. 328345
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    With Luiz gone now- who is the Chelsea starting CB?

    Also, which 4.0 mil def could get most mins in the first few weeks? I have lundstram currently but hearing he may not play now?

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Chelsea only have 2 fit cbs

      Rico & Hanley are the 2 remaining 4.0 options as to how long that will last is anyone's guess

    2. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Christensen + Zouma

      Rico this week

    3. Mesh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      People are going with Zouma now Luiz has gone.
      Rudiger is reported to be back in full training so I would be wary of Zouma.

      Lumdstram or Rico

  3. ChickenTikkaMoSalah
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sane injury good news for Sterling’s minutes?

    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe yes

    2. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mahrez might get a look in this year.

  4. PepSala
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Go with Pope and Ryan or Pope and Button and 0.5 ITB? Can't see where else to use it

    1. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I've gone with Button.

    2. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Use it for price rises

    3. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I could use your 0.5.

      Keep it ITB

  5. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Liverpool v Norwich correct score prediction?

    1. PepSala
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4-0

    2. Coaly
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4-0

    3. LangerznMash
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      1-0

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      2-0 Origi, Salah

    5. Jimmy Boy
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4-1
      Norwich to score with their only shot on target for the first FPL disappointment of the season.

      1. AuFeld
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        LIV defense EO to implode.

      2. Mo Mané No Problems
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Not when Trent and Robbo will have a couple of assists between them.

    6. Champione
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4-0

    7. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      4-0

    8. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      6-1

  6. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    2-0, Origi and Salah

  7. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Does Praet joining make Perez a less attractive option?

    1. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not at all

    2. European Bob
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes

    3. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If anything better, Praet allows them to play a diamond of Ndidi, Praet, Tielemans and Maddison, meaning Perez would play up top with Vardy.

      and in a 4-1-4-1 he'll play off the left or right but get up close to Vardy.

  8. TaiwanHC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Who is the best 4.5 GK to get? Ryan, Pope, Heaton?

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Pope I guess. Though many go with Heaton because of saves.

  9. Dannyb
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Pages flying
    Best of these?
    A
    Heaton
    VVD Robbo AWB Montoya
    Salah Sterling Perez
    Wood King Auba
    Button Rico Donkey Hayden

    B
    DDG
    VVD Robbo Digne
    Martial Perez Salah Sterling
    Wood King Jota
    Bench same as above

    1. Giroud Depardieu
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B easily

  10. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    thoughts?

    pope
    taa / duffy / cathcart (guilburt / lund)
    salah / sterling / kdb / martial / perez
    wilson / wesley

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      poop on it

      1. Caboose
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lund threatened by Besic, Wesley a gamble

    2. Doctor Evil
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Shocking defence

      1. Bruce Lee
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        your team is the same as mine bro

    3. DivocksHighSocks
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      As much as I wanted that midfield, it was just too much of a stretch.

      But if you must, downgrade Wilson and upgrade that defence.

  11. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    With Sane out should we all pile onto bernado? And what is going on with Kun?

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Oh I think Kun is alright, he'll play his 67 minutes and get a single or a double return.

    2. Blue Moon Rising
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Kun first choice. Only question is whether he will play Saturday,

    3. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If Kun starts I’ll be livid changed my whole team because I didn’t think he would start

    4. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      What was initially the problem, did he have a knock? I knew I wanted Sterling so never kept up but from his invisibility in drafts I assumed he was out.

  12. MASTER ROSHI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Does it make more sense to go for low-owned bench players or highly-owned if you don't want them to lose value quickly?

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      if they are not going to play in real life then make sure they're not highly owned

      so greenwood is a terrible pick... he is highly owned and won't play much at all

      1. LosBlancos
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Unless Greenwood gets minutes like OGS said he would and get points and even a price rise..

    2. Coaly
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Only matters if you will ever transfer them out

      Mid owned is best

    3. Make Arrows Green Again
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      It honestly doesn't matter. Nobody is going to use their transfers to swap 3rd spot on bench fodder around.

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I think you're overtinkering and overthinking...Pep?

    5. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Low, I might change Greenwood.

    6. The Sun'll Come Out To…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Highly owned players take more time to rise or fall

    7. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks all.

  13. Coaly
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    a) Zouma Adams/Ings
    b) Guilbert Jota

  14. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Liverpool spent the least (£1.1m) out of all the PL clubs but that's good news for FPL managers.

    Their best assets are nailed, imo.

    1. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Still going with TAA? I've still got him over Robbo as I think his attacking threat is worth the odd benching, but not settled yet.

      Also, are you gonna send everybody in our league an email telling us who's who?

      1. goriuanx
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Trent has been in every draft I've made, he won't be leaving my team.

        The email is in my drafts, I'm waiting for Kun to confirm something then will send it over 🙂

        1. UnitedFan
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Yep, think I'll start with him at least. And grand.

    2. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sophomore slump coming up

  15. Blue Moon Rising
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    How does your strategy differ for Sky Sports FF?

  16. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Iwobi's dad has said he will be playing in his preferred number 10 role at Everton

    What does that mean for siggy?

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      i think he means number 10 minutes off the bench

    2. n-doggg
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Love this. Iwobis dad

    3. Collie01
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Siggy out, Digne on pens?

    4. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sigurdsson’s dad says his son will play his preferred number 10 role.

      Who’s right? .....FIGHT !!!!

  17. shearer9
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Would you rather have TAA + 0.5 or Martial, if you already had Robertson?

    1. danlynch13
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Taa

    2. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      TAA

      Ta

  18. One Man
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Milivojevic being over looked on RMT's, surprisingly given his promising opening fixtures.

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      people are steering away from palace as they're doo doo

    2. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      No Zaha, no pens.

      1. Thomas Jerome Newton
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Did Zaha go? Only just catching up with news...

    3. Mike2795647
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not surprising given 10 of his 12 goals last season being penalties and a doubt over Zaha and game time at moment.

      If Zaha plays then Mili might be one to add given Zaha seems to win most for palace.

  19. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    The Chelsea defence then....

    Rudiger back running - so can we be fairly sure who'd partner him (preferably in the long term)?

    1. Bruce Lee
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      zouma maybe

    2. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Rotation nation

  20. Tinmen
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Folks which option is better?
    My final dilemma

    A) 4.5 Sterling Barkley
    B) KWP/Zouma KDB Bilva

  21. Punter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A)Jota vs Leicester away

    B)Chris Wood vs Southampton at home

    I'm going Wood.

    1. Champione
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A

      1. Punter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Why?

        1. Champione
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          ah, sorry meant Wood. Pity his fixtures mid term aren't the best

    2. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      B

    3. Thomas Jerome Newton
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Prefer Jota long term but feel Wolves are wait and see at mo'.
      Starting with Wood.

  22. Champione
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on Robinson? Worth a punt at 5.5 or should we find money for a 6.0 player?

    1. Jimmy Boy
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Worth a punt equally as much as Barkley and all the other decent options at 6.0m. I'm gonna give him a run-out. That 0.5m is better spent elsewhere imo

    2. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I'm risking it (can't find the extra 0.5), only him and zinchenko are moderate rotation risks in my team so if I have to transfer out after a few weeks no big deal

    3. Champione
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      cheers guys

  23. danlynch13
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Please help!

    A) Zinchenko + Moura
    B) Trossard + Trent

    Other defenders are Robbo and digne

  24. Disco Stu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    A. Siggy/Coleman/KWP

    or

    B. Perez/Digne/Zinc

    1. Don Custard Rovers
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      A

  25. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sessegnon for 25m has to be one of the best deals of the entire window. One for the future, bargain

    1. Whazza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Could be, if he wasn't badly affected by his debut season

    2. Dybala10
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe but didn't show much last year

  26. St Pauli Walnuts
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Considering 3-5-2 with TAA, VDD and Digne at the back and Trossard as 5th mid instead of Zinc at the back. This would mean x2 4.0 defenders on the bench. What's the best two, Lundstram and Rico? I guess Kelly's place is at risk now with Cahill. Are Gibson and Hanley options?

  27. Don Custard Rovers
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Finally Done.

    Anything obviously wrong ?

    Ederson
    Zinch VVD Montoya A.Smith
    Salah Sterling Siggy Moura
    Firmino King

    Button-DenDon-Lund-Green

    THANK YOU !

  28. Who Ate All Depays?
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any suggestions?

    Pope
    TAA, Digne, Walker-Peters
    Salah, Sterling, Perez, Trossard
    Firmino, Wilson, King
    (Button, Rico, Dendonker, Lundsart)

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Walker-Peters > Zouma
      Firmino > Vardy

  29. TaiwanHC
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    GTG?

    Pope
    Robertson - VVD - Digne - Zouma
    Salah - Sterling - Fraser - Martial
    Wilson - Deeney

    McGovern, Dendoncker, Martinelli, Lundstram

    Thanks guys!

    1. Don Custard Rovers
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Solid

    2. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Good to go

  30. n-doggg
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Good to go?

    Pope
    Taa, digne, Söyüncü
    Salah, sterling, Perez, Robinson
    Kane, king, jota

    Button, Guilbert, dendonca, Lundstram

    1. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Good to go

    2. Thomas Jerome Newton
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Who's the guy with all the dots in his name?

      1. Thomas Jerome Newton
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        If he's any good then like your team.

        1. n-doggg
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Leicester defender starting instead of Maguire 4.5