Forward of Gameweek 28, nearly 60% of Fantasy Premier League managers owned Cole Palmer – solely Mo Salah was broadly owned, that includes in over 70% of squads.
That doesn’t come as any shock in any respect – Palmer has been one of many Premier League’s standout stars just about ever since becoming a member of Chelsea in 2023, profitable final season’s PFA Followers’ Participant of the 12 months and PFA Younger Participant of the 12 months.
However the ordinarily ‘ice chilly’ England star hasn’t scored or assisted in any of Chelsea’s final seven league video games, having scored 14 objectives and arrange six within the Blues’ first 20 Prem matches of the 2024/25 marketing campaign. Is it time for FPL bosses to promote up?
Effectively, at £11.1m, Palmer is at the moment the third-most costly participant within the recreation, after Salah and Erling Haaland. Offload him and also you’d unlock a wholesome quantity of funds.
The place would possibly you spend that cash, although? You’d have to herald one other midfielder to get again as much as the required 5.
Cole Palmer is enduring the longest aim drought of his Chelsea profession (Picture credit score: Alamy)
For those who’re trying to save a number of bob, maybe with a view to upgrading elsewhere for Gameweek 29, you would possibly need to take into account £6.4m Dominik Szoboszlai, who has two objectives and an help in his final two Premier League appearances for Liverpool – for whom the floodgates might open at house to rock-bottom Southampton.
Spending an additional £1.6m might get you Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford’s prime scorer and penalty taker – which is likely to be a smart transfer with the Bees internet hosting Aston Villa, who nearly all the time concede on the street.
Or you might signal Bruno Fernandes for £8.3. Typically the person to dig Manchester United out of a gap, the Portuguese playmaking wizard has scored or assisted in 4 of his final 5 outings in all competitions. United entertain Arsenal, who Fernandes netted in opposition to in January’s FA Cup third-round assembly between the perimeters.
These are only a few potential choices, however sticking with Palmer would hardly be a mad resolution – particularly with Chelsea at house to Leicester, who haven’t stored a clear sheet for the reason that starting of October, conceding 51 objectives of their final 20 Premier League matches.
The deadline for FPL workforce adjustments for Gameweek 28 is 11am on Saturday, 8 March.
