Is Haaland worth the price? Pick Rogers or Palmer? Five key FPL questions
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- Erling Haaland is priced at a record £15.5m — up from £14m — after scoring 239 points last season (33 shy of his 2022-23 best), with all four experts recommending he be bought despite World Cup fatigue concerns after a 53-minute Community Shield appearance.
- Bruno Fernandes (£12m) was last season's second-highest FPL scorer and sits in nearly 50% of teams, with experts split between Bryan Mbeumo (£8m) and Matheus Cunha (£8m) as the best Man Utd partner to target early fixtures against promoted Hull and Ipswich.
- Chelsea appointed Xabi Alonso as manager and spent £117m on Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, creating a tactical puzzle about how Rogers (£7.5m) and Cole Palmer (£9.5m) — both number 10s — can coexist, with Joao Pedro (£7.5m) tipped as the safer early pick.
- Arsenal kept 19 clean sheets last season with an xGC of just 27.45 (next best Liverpool at 47.45), but will start without injured defenders William Saliba and Jurrien Timber, with David Raya (£6m) and Christhian Mosquera (£5.5m) flagged as value picks.
- World Cup semi-finalists Spain, France, England, and Argentina had players only returning to training a week ago, leaving experts split on whether to avoid fatigue-risk assets like Rayan Cherki (£7.5m) or back rested options like Phil Foden (£7m).
Why it matters: The FPL deadline is Friday at 18:30 BST, giving managers hours to commit on a record £15.5m Haaland pick, the Palmer-Rogers Chelsea puzzle, and Arsenal's post-Saliba defence before any competitive form data arrives. Choosing wrong on Haaland alone — owned by a majority and used as captain — can crater a manager's rank in a single gameweek.
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