Our latest Fantasy Premier League (FPL) transfer round-up looks at some more moves from the last fortnight.
The most significant players will be the subject of their own dedicated Scout Report but all the others will feature in regular round-ups over pre-season, continuing with this one.
You’ll find all the major deals on our dedicated Transfers page, while you can get a club-by-club guide to the key moves via our comprehensive Pre-Season tab.
Our sister website, Fantasy Football Community, also has a daily round-up of the latest transfer rumours.
You can find more articles on the likes of Erling Haaland, Gabriel Jesus and Ivan Perisic in our Scout Reports section.
Following the arrivals of Tyrell Malacia (£4.5m) and Christian Eriksen (£6.5m) is centre-back Lisandro Martinez, who has swapped Ajax for Manchester United. Erik ten Hag knows and trusts him well enough to spend big, offering versatility at both left-back and defensive midfield.
Yet Martinez is predominantly a centre-back. Some onlookers have raised eyebrows at his 5ft 9in height and how it will adapt to the Premier League but his ‘Butcher of Amsterdam’ nickname suggests fearless aggression that will cope just fine.
“We Argentines do everything with passion – and when I go out on the pitch I fight for every ball. When I step onto the pitch, I think back on the times I couldn’t even buy shoes. This is why we are so combative. Argentinians kill to win. If I have to step over dead bodies, I do it.” – Lisandro Martinez
He makes up for his height by having great awareness and a wonderful range of passing, something which will likely endanger the starting spot of either Harry Maguire (£5.0m) or Raphael Varane (£5.0m).
He’s predominantly left-sided, too, which would seemingly further threaten Maguire’s spot, but ten Hag has given the much-maligned England international some hope by switching him to the right in pre-season.
FPL managers may prefer the more attacking £4.5m Diogo Dalot option at full-back, should he emerge as ten Hag’s first choice.
After years of being linked with a major move away from Napoli, 31-year-old Kalidou Koulibaly (£5.5m) has finally departed for the Premier League. This elite centre-back begins Chelsea’s task of filling the huge void left by the departures of Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and possibly Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.0m).
“He brings experience, top defending quality, height, and everything we are looking for to play in a back-three or a back-four. It’s another brilliant signing for us, and we hope Kalidou can show his quality as soon as possible.” – Thomas Tuchel
As head coach Thomas Tuchel suggests, this season could see Chelsea evolve into a back-four team rather than the wing-back system that has brought success to FPL owners of Reece James (£6.0m), Marcos Alonso (£5.5m) and Ben Chilwell (£6.0m).
Like Martinez, Koulibaly is very good with the ball at his feet. The Senegal captain is good at anticipating situations and pulling off interceptions, although gives away a few too many fouls. In attack, he has scored 13 goals over 236 Serie A appearances, at a rate of roughly two per 38 games.
Over 23% of FPL managers have already committed to Andreas Pereira being their cheap £4.5m midfielder, in the hope that his eye for goal will make him more than the usual two-point appearance machine.
He signed from Manchester United to replace new Liverpool man Fabio Carvalho (£5.5m) and has immediately grabbed set piece duty for the Cottagers.
The Brazilian developed an eye for goal whilst on loan at Flamengo, following past campaigns at Lazio, Valencia and Granada. Seven goals in 31 games made it a productive 12 months for Pereira, which newly-promoted Fulham will need after a frustrating start to the transfer window was worsened by a 5-1 friendly loss to Benfica.
Over recent years, the Championship has been a fertile place for emerging attacking talents ready for Premier League progression. Names like James Maddison (£8.0m), Ollie Watkins (£7.5m), Michael Olise (£5.5m), Eberechi Eze (£5.5m) and James Justin (£4.5m) have made the step up, with Djed Spence (£4.5m) about to do the same.
Brentford have spent £20m on Hull City’s Keane Lewis-Potter (£5.5m) in the hope that he’ll be as successful as their own Ivan Toney (£7.0m) and maybe even Hull’s previous major sale Jarrod Bowen (£8.5m).
It remains to be seen whether Lewis-Potter gets a bedding-in period or immediately takes the place of either Yoane Wissa (£5.5m) or Bryan Mbeumo (£6.0m). The right-footed attacker prefers dribbling inside from the left flank, suggesting that Wissa is in more danger.
Despite losing Christian Eriksen, it’s been a productive summer for Brentford. Both Aaron Hickey (£5.0m) and then Lewis-Potter broke their transfer record, alongside the curious free transfer of Albania goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha (£4.5m).
With David Raya (£4.5m) a key part of Brentford’s inaugural Premier League season, he has been a popular name in early FPL drafts for the upcoming campaign.
Yet now there is competition from Lazio’s number one stopper over the last six years. His 208 appearances in Rome have included two Coppa Italia wins, so it’s hard to see Strakosha arriving at Brentford in his 27-year-old prime to simply be back-up.
Raya’s contract situation and the lack of a senior reserve option perhaps forced Brentford’s arm into recruiting someone of a higher calibre than your typical back-up custodian, so it’ll be interesting to monitor the situation in west London over the rest of pre-season and into the first few Gameweeks.
Wolves have splashed out on centre-back Nathan Collins (£4.5m) to replace the departed Romain Saiss, after the Irish international’s strong run during Ben Mee’s absence in the Burnley team.
“We’re getting someone who is physically very good, very tall, very athletic, and is very comfortable on the ball – he can step in and take the ball forward, which is what we need. He’s very good in both boxes and has real aerial strength. He comes across as expected, a humble young man who is appreciative of the opportunity, so we’re all going to be very happy.” – Wolves’ technical director Scott Sellars
The Clarets kept clean sheets in two matches versus Wolves last season and Collins played both times, impressing Bruno Lage enough to spend big.
According to our Season Ticker, Wolves rank first for fixture difficulty in the opening six Gameweeks.
Collins’ arrival dents the appeal of Max Kilman (£4.5m), especially if Wolves do indeed revert to the four-man defence they operated with in the pre-season win over Alaves, as Conor Coady (£5.0m) and Willy Boly (£4.5m) are also in the running for a starting spot.
Less than two months after defeating Huddersfield Town in the play-off final, Nottingham Forest have taken two of their key players for a combined £10m.
In a busy summer, Harry Toffolo (£4.5m) is their second signing for the left wing-back spot following the capture of Omar Richards (£4.5m). The latter has already suffered a hairline fracture of the leg and will miss the season’s early weeks, suggesting Toffolo begins with the shirt.
Rampaging forward, he netted six times for the Terriers last season and therefore offers an attacking threat, although FPL bosses will still likely prefer the cheaper Neco Williams (£4.0m) on the opposite flank.
In central midfield, Lewis O’Brien (£5.0m) is a promising, progressive player but doesn’t score many – just eight from the last three campaigns. He has a similar style of play to James Garner, who totalled four goals and eight assists during last season’s loan at Forest.
It’s hard to keep up with all of Forest’s new additions but Wayne Hennessey (£4.0m) is undisputedly arriving as back-up to loanee Dean Henderson (£4.5m) and has been priced accordingly.
FPLMarc88 Newcastle fan that spends far too much time thinking about FPL.”
will milivojevic start for palace? cheers
Kind of a long post, apologies. A: Ramsdale, Chilwell, Tomiyasu, Díaz, Son (bench: Archer) B: Sánchez, Robertson, Tomiyasu, Saka, Haaland (bench: Colback) C: Sánchez, Chilwell, Díaz, Martinelli (bench: N. Williams) Open to Tomiyasu alternatives, too, in case injured
At £4.5 I was looking at Ait-Nouri with nice fixtures or Dalot, who I think will start and I expect Man U to be more solid this year
Even I'm bored of my own team. It's so template but I finally think I'm settled for the first 6 games when I aim to wildcard. Ramsdale TAA Robbo Cancelo James Salah Son Neto Martinelli Jesus Mbuemo Gazza / Neco / Andreas / Greenwood Really wanted to go 5-4-1 with Dias for Mbuemo but I don't want to leave myself with only one on the bench
It's not so template but it looks fine
I often like to think about the tickers and think of my own general, basic tier for fixture difficulty and where I think teams will end up in the table. I think it's quite easy on paper to divide the league into a few tiers this season. Tier 1 - Liverpool, Man City. (Best teams in the league, a tough fixture for anyone home or away.) Tier 2 - Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs. (Top 4 type teams, a tough fixture for the most part.) Tier 3a - Man Utd, West Ham, Leicester. Tier 3b - Villa, Newcastle, Wolves, Brighton, Palace. (Europa League, top-half chasing teams. Will go on runs of good and bad form, patches of defensive resilience or good xG stats. Will be probably the most unpredictable teams.) Tier 4 - Forrest, Fulham, Bournemouth, Everton, Leeds, Brentford, Southampton. (Relegations candidates, teams to target, potential whipping boys.) Essentially, and to no surprise to anyone, I think going into the season targeting the promoted teams, Southampton, Everton, Leeds and Brentford is the way to go.
I don't think anyone can make much of an argument against those rankings. Newcastle may move up to 3a and if Man U keep Ronaldo I'd say they are 3b. Definitely want to target captains vs the tier 4 teams.
Thoughts? Meslier (Sanchez) TAA Cancelo James Jansson (n.williams) Salah Mahrez Rashford Martinelli (Andreas) Haaland Jesus (Archer)
if we know he is nailed to start GW1, yes otherwise wait and see for me
He's a great option if he is a regular starter. It's just a case of working out how Arteta intends to play him.
Maybe...Have you got his no.?
SALAH LESS and loving it Ederson Trent Robertson Chillwell Trippier Doherty De Bruyne Sterling Diaz Bailey Kane Foderzzzz
Looks good Here is my Salahless needs Konate playing but could easily be a Cash or Tripper. 1.0 ITB if I want Bowen or another move. Would probably go Son C GW1 and Son to KDB GW2 Henderson TAA Cancelo James Konate KDB Mahrez Diaz Mount Kulu Jesus 4.0 Neco 4.5 4.5
Comments welcome: Mendy TAA | Cancelo | James | Zinchenko Salah | Mount | Mahrez | Rashford Jesus | Nunez --------------------------------------------- 4.0 | Williams | Andreas | Archer Zinchenko can become Gabriel, Trippier, Cash etc. subject to an understanding of likely starters.
looks really good if you are perma capping Salah
Nice team..pretty similar to mine below (apart from the captain choice) so I would say that. I think Trippier is the pick of the £5m defenders. Not sure where Zinchenko fits in.
Great looking team to be fair
The template is going to change to something more this everyone is going to want at least 2 if not more of those 8.0 mid spot including Bowen there are 8 of them. And all have great potential and if something cheaper emerges even better.
Mendy TAA, Cancelo, James, Botman KDB, Diaz, Maddison, Mount Darwin, Jesus Obvious bench players. Toughest problem is working out which 3 Liverpool players to pick and I hate leaving out Robertson but can't be helped. I expect a fully fit KDB
to keep pace with Salah and only want one premium. Botman and Andreas rotate well.
It's different but a strong team. Personally I think KDB is overpriced at 12M without penalties and Haaland at a cheper price. Will Mendy + Botman outscore 4.5gk + Trippier?
In the 19/20 season when he scored 251 points from 2791 minutes only two goals were penalties. I trust him much more than a brand new player to the league but its an easy swap if Haaland lives up to being the new prime Aguero. I'm sure a £4.5m keeper will beat Mendy...I just don't know which one!
I think KDB will play further down the pitch with Haaland up top? Surely he will get a good amount of points tho, feeding Haaland with assists and a good amount of goals as well. I'm not sure any 4.5gk will outscore Mendy but it feels obvious that Trippier will outscore Botman,
It definitely never hurt KDB having Aguero playing so I don't expect Haaland to have a negative impact. Thanks for the Tripper suggestion, it makes sense!
I like it actually. No real weak links. Darwin is obviously an unknown quantity at this stage, community shield could give more insight
Yeah, Darwin is a bit of a gamble, especially with the way Firminho has dodged high scores for years. It just seems more interesting than swapping out Botman and getting Robertson and Mitrovic instead.
Robbo to join Trent with Diaz the best Pool options when Salahless i reckon. Darwin could be gold though so fair do's. Good luck.
Yeah, if Martial looks like starting for Man U there will definitely be a swap around. I do worry that Tsimikas may get more playing time this year though.
Could be a very different season all round with the 5 sub rule, we've maybe been a little spoilt with the nailed on ness of Pool's options. Klopp now has the squad to screw us just as much as the other usual candidates. 😛 Martial in my team as it stands 😳 😆
Love this and I’m exactly the same regarding KDB, I think I’ll perma captain him until first WC. Allows Darwin, Diaz, Jesus who I think are no brainers plus premium defence.
Yes, just the question of whether to book in a transfer and have Son vs SOU first..
That the plan Son to KDB GW 2
Very nice. Crazy to see a few non Salah drafts being posted but you can build an amazing team without him. If you are prepared to perma C someone like KDB it’s all good. Feels like it could be KDB’s best year. And he can feed Haaland and his own goal scoring it’s going up, he is not just an assist monster anymore.
Any thoughts on my draft? Raya TAA/Cancelo/Thiago/White Salah/Son/Diaz/Neto Jesus/Antonio Balcombe/Neco/Pereira/Plange TIA
Antonio to Johnson would let you upgrade Thiago for better minutes and Neto or White too
I wouldn’t put you off Antonio if he starts like he did last year you are way ahead of the curve.
Salah, Son & Haaland anyone?
This should be good, opens another beer.
Tried it, but didn't look awesome
Lol, I made a team that I thought looked pretty decent for the opening stretch of the season. Went in to the "pick team" section rather than the "transfers" section so I could lay out the team for GW1, and realised that EVERY SINGLE PLAYER in my starting 11 has an away fixture on the opening day... what in all that is holy!? Problem is that I really like the team in general, and it's a marathon not a sprint right? This means that they're all likely to be at home in GW2 as well I guess (haven't actually checked yet)... but I'm still tempted to swap one or two simply so that I have a home fixture for at least one of my players on the opening day haha.
Mendy TAA, Cancelo, Ait-Nouri, Neco Williams, Salah, Diaz, Mahrez, Saka, Haarland, Johnson Tomiyasu, Andreas, Fodder Fwd, Fodder GW,
Maybe a fiscal adjustment from midfield to defence but not bad.
Quality team. One of the best I've seen on this site. Don't wirry about the home away thing
If you had to choose 1 - Salah or Kane + 1.5m
Captaincy plan is the most important and first decision to make. Would much rather Salah if its a permanent captain you want.
A) Jesus & Lingard B) Saka & Johnson Leaning towards B because they're both established at their clubs and aren't new signings.
Hows it looking? Welcome any feedback. Thanks! Meslier TAA - James - Trippier - Dalot Salah - KDB - Neto - Bailey Kane - Jesus (Sanchez - Williams - Andreas - Plange)
Looks great for a 3mium if thats the route you want to take
Not bad, edge Sanchez down to Leeds 4.0 handcuff and use the half upping Bailey.
Thoughts? Ederson TAA - Cancelo - James - 5m Salah - Diaz - Martinelli - Neto Kane - Jesus 4 - Neco - Andreas - Archer
Raya TAA | cancelo | James | Zink | Tripp Saka | Salah (c) | Son | Sinisterra Jesus Taking a punt on sinisterra as he looks electric and great fixtures bar Chelsea 3rd week What you guys think ?
Sini's done his hammy.
Do you have money for Rashford over Sini?
Oh, thought they were 0.5m apart...
A. Mendy White KDB or B. Ramsdale Chilwell Sterling
Have you looked at the team you can get with Mendy, White and Sterling?
Just thought it might be worth a shout...
So spence is a club investment not a conte signing. Doherty looking good now
Who are you captaining in GW 3 ?
KDB unless Leeds, Bournemouth or Southampton look horrendous in their opening two fixtures.
Jesus, Haaland, James or Salah...
I don't want him in your team i want him in my team silly
Starting GK + DEF for £9m: A) Mendy, N.Williams B) Raya, Dalot
Depends on what formation you want to go with? I'm currently on A in a 442 with Williams bench but I have also been on B in a 532 but didn't like the rest of the team...
If you’re not going 5 ATB, what formation are you running?
442 or 351 and going 13m and 4 x 8m in the midfield
451 There is no doubting there is huge value in defence. But there are not going to be 5 of them get over 200. Having 3 is not taking advantage of the value enough. 4 with Neco seems a decent compromise to me. And it should allow enough cash to pick the mids and strikers that should go over 200.
How template are we talking here for 3 premiums? Waiting for a WC to lose either Kane or Haaland and shift the 3.5m to neto for a 8.0 and 1m to Defence. Raya, Balcombe TAA, Dias, James, Zinchencko (Nico) Salah, Rashford, Martinelli, Neto (Andreas) Kane, Haaland Thoughts?
A) Salah + Dias/Chilwell B) Son + Cancelo
A) cancelo/diaz OR B) robbo/foden ????????????
Trip for me, unless Zinchenko is proven as nailed and OOP
If Konate gets the spot over Matip he will outscore any other asset at 5.0 over the course of the season.
My first No Salah draft! Meslier Trent | Cancelo | Cash | Trippier Son | Coutinho | Martinelli | Bruno G Kane | Haaland Klaesson | Neco | Pereira | Taylor Doesn’t look too bad does it…
Thanks, I think the one below might be even better!
Thoughts? Raya TAA, Cancelo, James, Doherty Salah, Luiz, Mount, Saka, Foden Jesus Gazz, Williams, Taylor, Greenwood Perma Cap Salah until WC around GW 8. Takes the guesswork out of which 8M midfielders to grab. All selections apart from Raya and the bench from the top 5 teams only Takes advantage of good fixtures of the best teams and spreads risk Focuses on where most points are are gained - Defs and Mids
apologies...should be Diaz not Luiz
It’s good but would want one more playing striker
Toney or Martial (if Ronaldo doesn't play) instead of one of the mids?
Version of the above with Salah, few changes… Meslier Trent | Cancelo | Cash | Trippier Salah | Rashford | Martinelli | Neto Kane | Haaland Klaesson | Neco | Pereira | Taylor
Think this might be my new favourite
That's as good a threemium as you'll see. I deleted my 3mium draft - decided I'm definitely not going there.
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