Transfer targets, sells and multi-Gameweek plans assessed with fixtures, role security and model projections.
Use the related toolFoden's suspension creates the obvious sale; Gibbs-White, Bruno and Cherki lead the replacement routes when projection is balanced with minutes and the wider fixture plan.
The post-press transfer board compares Chelsea, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Brighton, Palace and Arsenal routes, with Gakpo's assessment the decision that changes most squads.
The final manager updates turn confirmed absences into urgent sales and separate secure three-week buys from tempting rotation traps.
Haaland and the leading budget defenders survive the transfer audit, while Manchester City's mid-priced options become harder to separate safely.
Our full Gameweek 1 guide ranks premium, mid-priced and budget players by modelled xPts, xMins and position-specific fixture difficulty, with an evidence-led watchlist for new signings.
An archived GW1–3 comparison of premium and budget goalkeepers: what Raya’s extra £1.5m bought over Leno, and why two playing keepers needed a separate rotation case.
An archived look at Bruno Fernandes’s opening premium case: the £3.5m gap to Haaland, a stronger minutes estimate than cheaper alternatives, and the limits of the evidence.
The first three-Gameweek projections favour a few expensive anchors, a deep £7.0m–£8.0m midfield and budget defenders whose value depends heavily on secure minutes.
The archived opening £4.5m defender shortlist separates Robinson’s points lead from Castagne and Bassey’s stronger minutes estimates, then tests the cost of upgrading.
