The new FPL arrivals assessed

Deadline day has been fairly underwhelming lately, however with the likes of Iliman Ndiaye (£6.0m), Enzo Fernandez (£6.9m) and Malick Fofana linked with last-minute strikes, at present could possibly be fairly eventful.

We’re additionally anticipating a late flurry of ins and outs past these high-profile transfers, with a number of Premier League golf equipment anticipated to be lively.

Naturally, these late developments out there might have an effect on Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers’ plans going into Gameweek 3 and past.

With that in thoughts, this stay weblog shall be rounding up the confirmed offers that would current Fantasy bosses with new targets – or have a unfavorable affect on present property.

01:00 – Juan Riquelme Angulo Caicedo (Independiente del Valle to Sunderland, £5m)

One for the longer term right here.

The 18-year-old Ecuadorian solely made his skilled debut in March of this 12 months, although he hit the bottom working with six league targets from simply seven begins and eight sub appearances.

A tall, highly effective striker, he really completed his time in his homeland on the proper wing.

“His bodily qualities are apparent, however he additionally has good motion, technical potential and a pure intuition for scoring targets.

“He has already proven in a brief spell that he can compete at senior stage regardless of his age, and we’re delighted to convey him to Sunderland at this necessary stage of his improvement.

“We look forward to supporting him as he adapts to European football and continues his progression with us.” – Sunderland AFC Director of Football, Florent Ghisolfi

Expect a gradual introduction and a spot within the pecking order behind Brian Brobbey (£6.0m) and Wilson Isidor (£5.5m).

01:00 –  Darío Osorio (FC Midtjylland to Crystal Palace, mortgage)

Linked with varied Premier League golf equipment this summer time, Crystal Palace have secured the signing of Osorio on an preliminary mortgage, with an obligation to purchase from Midtjylland. It will price no less than £24 million, earlier than add-ons.

The proficient 22-year-old Chilean is a left-footer who cuts inside from the proper. He’s been taking part in in Denmark for 3 years, delivering 25 targets and 18 assists in 121 matches, averaging 2.57 pictures per recreation in 2025/26’s Superliga.

Perhaps Palace followers shall be dreaming of the subsequent Michael Olise? It’ll be attention-grabbing to see what this implies for Ismaila Sarr (£6.4m). He’s not featured to this point, however won’t safe his desired departure – no less than to a membership whose switch window continues to be open.

00:45 – Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Eintracht Frankfurt to Leeds United, mortgage)

Signing on an preliminary mortgage deal, 21-year-old Bahoya is a left-sided attacker with devastating tempo.

He joined Frankfurt in January 2024 and, throughout his first full season, recorded the fastest ever Bundesliga sprint since data started. Only three people have ever exceeded 37 km/h within the Premier League – Micky van de Ven (£5.0m), Kyle Walker and Jackson Tchatchoua.

The France Under-21 worldwide doesn’t initially appear to ship an finish product, recording seven targets and eight assists in 78 Frankfurt matches, although over half got here from the bench. 448 minutes per aim isn’t so unhealthy – one roughly each 5 video games.

Yet Bahoya’s greatest energy is dribbling, finishing 2.78 take-ons per 90 final season. He provides off Jeremy Doku (£7.4m) vibes.

Perhaps Daniel Farke’s plan is to have him and Harry Wilson (£6.5m) play behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m), however first he has to oust Brenden Aaronson and Noah Okafor.

00:30 – Quinten Timber (Marseille to Crystal Palace, undisclosed)

00:15 – Malick Fofana (Lyon to Sunderland, £30m)

00:00 – David Affengruber (Elche to Fulham, undisclosed)

00:00 – Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Lyon to Everton, undisclosed)

The answer to Everton’s right-back issues?

Midfielder Merlin Rohl (£5.0m) is at the moment occupying that place, whereas centre-back Jake O’Brien (£4.9m) did it for a lot of 2025/26.

It’s maybe becoming, then, {that a} participant who spent a bit of his profession in different roles must be given the subsequent stab at it.

The versatile Maitland-Niles has, no less than, spent a lot of his three-year stint at Lyon at right-back.

A mannequin of consistency, he’s delivered one aim and 4 assists in every of his three Ligue I campaigns.

But full-backs have a tendency to not get an excessive amount of attacking license underneath David Moyes (within the Baines/Coleman period, sure, within the present one, no), and the centre-backs lap up the DefCons.

Maitland-Niles, certainly, solely averaged a poor 6.01 DefCons per 90 minutes in 2025/26.

Not a lot FPL potential, then.

23:50 – Ben Chilwell (Strasbourg to Crystal Palace, undisclosed)

A return to Crystal Palace for Chilwell, who spent the second half of 2024/25 on mortgage on the Eagles.

He moved to Strasbourg final summer time, making 20 Ligue I appearances and creating two assists.

He’ll very seemingly be back-up to Tyrick Mitchell (£4.5m), as he was throughout his final stint in south London.

23:35 – Christos Mouzakitis (Olympiakos to Hull City, undisclosed)

Guess what? Yet one other Hull City central midfielder, one thing we mentioned at 22:00 when Tim Iroegbunam signed.

This one is a hotly tipped teenager, who has already made 50 league appearances for Greek giants Olympiakos and amassed 11 senior caps for his nationwide staff.

He’s solely bagged two targets and three assists in these half-century of run-outs for Olympiakos, whereas his DefCons per 90 minutes had been down at 8.60 – so he’s not somebody who instantly stands out from an FPL perspective, regardless of his rising fame.

We’ve now bought no less than seven Hull gamers – together with £4.5m possibility Regan Slater – competing for 2 or three central midfield spots.

23:30 – Chema Andres (Stuttgart to Brighton and Hove Albion, undisclosed)

A new identify within the Brighton central midfield combine.

Andres was introduced by the Real Madrid youth system however made simply two senior league appearances for the Spanish giants earlier than transferring to Stuttgart final summer time.

There, he made 14 Bundesliga begins and an extra 11 substitute appearances in 2025/26.

A bodily specimen at 6’4″, you gained’t be stunned to listen to that he’s a defensive midfielder and never a fleet-footed playmaker.

His DefCon price per 90 minutes was monstrous: 13.71. That’s solely just under Elliot Anderson’s 13.94 of 2025/26.

Given his top, he was additionally a sporadic risk from set performs. Two of his three Bundesliga targets got here from corners.

One to observe, then, however first he has to get previous Yasin Ayari (£5.5m) and Pascal Gross (£5.5m).

23:30 – Sorba Thomas (Stoke City to Hull City, undisclosed)

Having let Gameweek 2 match-winner Liam Millar (£5.0m) transfer to Birmingham City earlier within the day, Hull have strengthened their choices on the left wing.

Thomas arrived from Stoke City, the place he hit 10 targets and 11 assists in 45 Championship appearances final season.

Fond of a shot from distance (three of his 10 targets in 2025/26 got here from outdoors the field), he overachieved massively on the xG entrance (+5.18).

He was the Championship’s main likelihood creator of the season simply gone, with 90. As you’d in all probability count on, he was helped by a big function at free-kicks and corners.

Elliot Stroud (£5.0m) now comes underneath risk on this unbeaten Hull aspect.

23:30 – Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea to Manchester City, £125m)

The deal of the day, absolutely, and a lot to unpack that it’s greatest left to a full-blown Moving Target article!

Suffice to say, City’s big-money buy of Enzo, now at £6.9m in FPL, places the cat amongst the pigeons of their engine room.

Where does this go away Nico O’Reilly (£6.5m), as an example, as he’s been taking part in as an 8/10 within the first two Gameweeks? The Cityzens now have him, Elliot Anderson (£6.4m), Enzo and Ayyoub Bouaddi (£5.5m) tussling for 2 slots.

If Enzo is used as a ’10’, the place do Rayan Cherki (£7.7m) and Phil Foden (£7.0m) characteristic, particularly after the arrival of Iliman Ndiaye (£6.0m)?

Plenty to ponder.

23:10 – Zian Flemming (Burnley to Ipswich Town, £20m)

An intruiging one, this, provided that Flemming plundered 11 targets for Premier League strugglers Burnley final season.

Indeed, he was among the many main forwards (min. 1,000 minutes) for minutes per aim in 2025/26:

With Emersonn (£5.5m) to be assessed for a knee injury sustained in Gameweek 2, it’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Flemming goes straight into the Ipswich line-up.

He’s match-fit sufficient, having scored three league and cup targets for the Clarets in as many begins in 2026/27.

He has an excellent spot-kick document, too (13/15), if given the chance by Gary O’Neil.

23:00 – Tosin Adarabioyo (Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur, undisclosed)

The new Kevin Danso (see beneath)?

Tosin, £4.5m in FPL, is nearly actually going to be back-up for a right-sided centre-back function at Spurs, behind Jan Paul van Hecke (£5.0m).

22:45 – Melvin Bard (Nice to Leeds United, mortgage)

A new positional rival, or extra seemingly back-up, for Gabriel Gudmundsson (£4.5m).

Bard is a left-back who has been an everyday with Nice because the 2021/22 marketing campaign, when he joined from Lyon.

The 25-year-old Frenchman has by no means banked greater than 4 attacking returns in a season, whereas he has by no means bettered 7.22 DefCons per 90 minutes in any of his 5 campaigns.

This switch seemingly means we are going to see much less of the versatile James Justin (£4.5m) at left wing-back, and maybe extra of him competing with Jayden Bogle (£4.5m) on the alternative flank.

There’s additionally an opportunity of us seeing Justin as a right-sided centre-back if Joe Rodon (£4.5m) faces a spell out.

22:30 – Robinio Vaz (Roma to Hull City, mortgage)

Another positional rival for Oli McBurnie (£5.5m), however somebody who may be very inexperienced:

Still, it is a promising 19-year-old striker who price Roma round £21m in January.

A complete of 4 Ligue I targets from simply 373 minutes of motion with Marseille in 2025/26 was eye-catching, particularly contemplating the low variety of pictures (eight) and an xG of simply 2.31.

Three of these eight efforts (albeit none of his targets) had been headers, too, so the pacy, bodily 6’1″ striker could also be an honest match at Hull.

22:15 – Jack Grealish (Manchester City to Everton, mortgage)

With Ndiaye gone, Everton wanted reinforcements within the large areas – and so they’ve recruited a well-recognized face.

Grealish, obtainable at £6.5m in FPL, spent final season on mortgage with the Toffees.

It was a brief stint that was curtailed by a campaign-ending foot damage in January.

When he was match, he didn’t do too badly: two targets and 6 assists from 18 begins and two substitute appearances.

£0.5m greater than DefCon machine James Garner (£6.0m) is questionable, nevertheless, and the identically priced Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (£6.5m) comfortably outdid him for factors per begin in 2025/26:

22:15 – Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Genoa to Hull City, undisclosed)

Competition for Lewie Coyle (£4.0m) at right-back/proper wing-back.

Norton-Cuffy successfully replaces Cody Drameh (£4.0m), who strikes in the other way to Italy.

The new arrival on Humberside, who continues to be solely 22, has spent the final two years in Serie A.

A bit-part participant in 2024/25, he established himself as an everyday with Genoa final season and delivered two targets and an help from 25 begins.

22:00 – Tim Iroegbunam (Everton to Hull City, undisclosed)

Another summer time signing for Hull – and there’s extra to return.

As for central midfielder Iroegbunam, he’s by no means scored a Premier League aim in 59 appearances.

Instead, any residual enchantment comes from DefCons – and he’s racked them up at a livid price in what pitch-time he’s been afforded at Everton:

There’s a heck of a whole lot of competitors within the Hull engine room, nevertheless – so he’ll first have to ascertain himself forward of no less than three of the next 5:

22:00 – Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea to Tottenham Hotspur, mortgage)

Remember him? Mudryk, priced at simply £5.4m in FPL, hasn’t kicked a ball within the Premier League since November 2024. Provisionally suspended by the Football Association (FA) for alleged doping offences the next month, he was lastly cleared in July of this 12 months.

He wasn’t a lot cop earlier than that, in fact.

His greatest season at Chelsea was in 2023/24, when he delivered 5 targets and 5 assists from 18 begins and 13 substitute appearances. He averaged a so-so 4.1 factors per begin throughout that point.

He does, nevertheless, now reunite with the person who introduced the most effective out of him at Shakhtar Donetsk: Roberto De Zerbi.

 “Having labored with Misha earlier in his profession, I do know precisely what he can convey to our staff.

“He has the standard to alter a recreation along with his velocity and skill in one-vs-one conditions, and is an thrilling, attacking expertise.

“I will demand a lot from Misha and it is our job to help him find the best version of himself. If we do that then he can become a very important player for us. I am very happy he chose to come here, and I cannot wait to work with him again.” – Roberto De Zerbi

It’s a good distance again for Mudryk after so lengthy out, and he’ll need to compete with Mathys Tel (£5.9m) and, doubtlessly, Savio (£6.5m) and Omar Marmoush (£7.0m) on the left wing.

22:00 – Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt to Fulham, mortgage)

How many central midfielders would you like, Fulham?

Following the arrival of Manuel Angel an hour in the past, the Cottagers now have Larsson, Angel, Shea Charles (£5.0m), Alex Iwobi (£5.5m) and Sander Berge (£5.0m) competing for 2 locations within the engine room.

Might we see Iwobi transfer again to a wide-midfield place, doubtlessly on the proper? Fulham solely actually have Oscar Bobb (£5.5m) on the market.

As for Larsson, he has been an everyday at Eintracht Frankfurt during the last three seasons. The 22-year-old Swedish worldwide joined Frankfurt from Malmo in May 2023.

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As the figures above recommend, he’s neither a goalscoring midfielder nor a DefCon magnet. Indeed, the Athletic’s German soccer correspondent, Seb Stafford-Bloor, describes him as an ‘all-purpose midfielder’ – and thus he’s in all probability going to be an FPL afterthought.

21:00 – Iliman Ndiaye (Everton to Manchester City, £60m)

The greatest deal of the day to this point – and one that would have enormous FPL implications.

Ndiaye, a 14.4%-owned £6.0m midfielder in Fantasy phrases, has swapped Merseyside for Manchester for an preliminary £60m. That price might rise to £65m with add-ons.

Where to start with this one?

The apparent preliminary remark is that he’s going to essentially wrestle to be the 90-minute man he was at Everton. With Antoine Semenyo (£8.5m), the at the moment injured Jeremy Doku (£7.4m), Allan Elias (£6.0m) and, in the meanwhile, Phil Foden (£7.0m) as competitors out large, Ndiaye goes to have his work minimize out.

Even if he turns into an everyday Premier League starter, the chance of him repeatedly lasting full video games and escaping the occasional little bit of fatigue-led rotation is slim.

He’s dropping penalties now, too. Erling Haaland (£15.5m) isn’t going to be giving them up at City.

Ndiaye can also be absolutely going to take successful on the subject of defensive contributions; he’s hit the 12 mark in each Gameweeks this season.

Lots to unpack (to not point out the truth that Everton will need a new penalty taker), so we’ll do all of it in additional element in a Moving Target article.

21:00 – Manuel Angel (Real Madrid to Fulham, £3m)

Alvaro Arbeloa has returned, for the third time on this switch window, to his former membership Real Madrid to bolster Fulham’s ranks.

And as soon as once more, following the captures of Gonzalo Garcia (£6.0m) and Cesar Palacios (£5.5m), it’s one other academy product Arbeloa may be very conversant in.

The 22-year-old Manuel Angel was an everyday – and captain – underneath Arbeloa for Real Madrid ‘B’ in 2025/26. And, upon Arbeloa’s promotion to move coach of the senior aspect, it was the now-Fulham boss who handed the younger central midfielder his La Liga debut in March of this 12 months.

As you’d count on for somebody who’s simply made his senior bow within the final six months, he’s very inexperienced. Just one senior begin in his complete profession, though there have been 85 run-outs for the second string.

Just three targets in these 85 run-outs for Real Madrid betray his lack of aim risk.

DefCons will seemingly be extra forthcoming, though there’s valuable little information – 11 contributions in 95 minutes of Real Madrid motion – to go off.

20:00 – Kevin Danso (Tottenham Hotspur to Sunderland, mortgage)

Another centre-half so as to add to the ranks at Sunderland.

Dan Ballard (£5.0m), Nordi Mukiele (£5.5m), Omar Alderete (£5.0m) and Luke O’Nien (£4.0m) have all featured there for the Black Cats already this season, with Ballard and Mukiele the DefCon-amassing, clean-sheet-earning pairing in Gameweek 2.

O’Nien, a Gameweek 1 starter and fleetingly temporary Bench Boost possibility, all of a sudden finds himself as little as fifth within the centre-back pecking order.

Given the wealth of centre-half choices at Regis Le Bris’ disposal, and, you’d assume, the chance of Danso solely heading to Wearside with the assurances of extra game-time, does this imply we’re going to see extra of Mukiele at right-back, slightly than centre-half? He’ll be in direct competitors with veteran Belgian Thomas Meunier (£4.5m), who turns 35 this month, for that function.

And, in flip, is Fantasy defender Trai Hume (£4.5m) now merely going to be a full-time winger for the Mackems?

Danso, usually a right-sided centre-half, does really seem to be an excellent match for Sunderland.

He had eye-poppingly good DefCon numbers in 2025/26, certainly, with the most effective price of any defender (11.59 per 90 minutes, beneath) who logged greater than 1,000 minutes of pitch-time:

Alas, he’s priced up at £5.0m in FPL, so there’s no cheeky £4.5m discount available right here. Still, a repeat of these historic DefCon figures and £5.0m will nonetheless signify good worth.

19:00 – Lucca Brughmans (Genk to Liverpool, £30m)

Considering the 6ft 7in goalkeeper solely made his senior debut lower than 5 months in the past, there’s not a lot to say about his 15 appearances and 6 clear sheets – although there was clearly sufficient to impress Liverpool’s scouts.

This is huge cash for an 18-year-old stopper, however he’s staying on mortgage at Genk for one season, seemingly a part of the long-term plan to switch Alisson Becker (£5.5m). Should the Brazilian go away subsequent summer time, both Brughmans or Giorgi Mamardashvili (£5.0m) can take over.

15:00 – Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille to Newcastle United, £51m)

Completing an unbelievable turnaround, Newcastle can realistically declare that they’ve ‘won’ this summer time window, with Fernandez-Pardo being the bow on prime.

An thrilling attacker who they lengthy thought was an unrealistic goal, they’ll be delighted to signal the Belgian. As a consequence, it permits Nick Woltemade (£5.9m) to depart on mortgage, hoping to repair his profession.

As for the 21-year-old Fernandez-Pardo, he delivered eight targets and 10 assists in all 2025/26 competitions for Lille (together with two penalties).

Initially based mostly on the left flank, he turned extra of a centre-forward because the season developed, racking up 68 makes an attempt, 30 pictures on track and 36 profitable dribbles.

Of all under-21 gamers throughout Europe’s greatest 5 leagues, Fernandez-Pardo ranked second for large possibilities (21).

“Matias is a highly technical player with explosiveness in his game. He can score and assist, he has courage, and he has the ability to take players on. We’re sure our supporters will enjoy watching him play.” – Matthias Jaissle

So, whereas Matthias Jaissle might need a few concepts, the preliminary thought is that he’ll be the Magpies’ centre-forward, with Yoane Wissa (£6.1m) deeper.

Newcastle are already nicely stocked for choices on the left, with Harvey Barnes (£6.0m) and Bazoumana Toure (£5.9m) on board.

The penalty-taking expertise is an attention-grabbing one, because the Magpies have misplaced all three of final season’s spot-kick takers (Woltemade, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon) in the summertime window.

13:20 – Honest Ahanor (Atalanta to Crystal Palace, mortgage)

An advanced switch, Honest Ahanor is the most recent centre-back to be exchanged between Chelsea and Crystal Palace. Although technically, he’s on mortgage from Atalanta.

After promoting Maxence Lacroix (£6.0m) to the Blues, Palace determined to borrow Axel Disasi (£4.5m) from them. But Chadi Riad‘s (£4.4m) newest critical damage left them needing one other defender.

Teams aren’t allowed to mortgage a couple of participant from a fellow Premier League aspect, so the Eagles have Ahanor for the season earlier than he joins Xabi Alonso’s squad subsequent summer time for £40 million.

So, who’s he? An 18-year-old who already has two Italy caps and 9 Champions League appearances to his identify, the left-footer got here by Genoa’s youth system and made his senior Serie A debut aged 16.

Ahanor’s sole Atalanta marketing campaign introduced one aim in 35 appearances, averaging 7.73 defensive contribution actions per 90 league minutes. Not nice in any respect, however there’s something about taking part in for the Eagles that elevates a participant’s DefCon enchantment.

FPL managers could at the moment see out-of-sorts Palace as a staff to keep away from, anyway.

12:30 – Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton to Aston Villa, £25m)

Villa’s busy begin to the day continues, as centre-back Harwood-Bellis is the chosen alternative for Ezri Konsa (£4.4m).

The 24-year-old got here by Manchester City’s youth system and, in 2023/24, Southampton had been the final of a number of lower-league mortgage stints.

Made everlasting upon promotion, he secured one Premier League aim and – had it then existed – hypothetically gained defensive contribution factors in eight of 32 begins in 2024/25. He averaged a poor 7.66 actions per 90 minutes – vastly inferior to his centre-back associate:

Back within the Championship final season, Harwood-Bellis netted an attention grabbing seven instances within the league.

A unusual truth is that, in November 2024, Lee Carsley known as him up for his sole England cap. And, like Francis Jeffers, David Nugent and Steven Caulker, he scored in it! Maybe this Villa transfer will assist him obtain a second look.

As it’s, he’ll be competing with Victor Lindelof (£4.5m) for that right-sided centre-half slot.

Given the poor historic defensive contribution price (it was the same 8.00 per 90 within the Championship final season) and Villa defenders typically performing poorly for DefCons, there gained’t be many Fantasy takers.

11:30 – Ibrahim Mbaye (Paris Saint-Germain to Aston Villa, £47m)

It’s been an enormous summer time of change at Villa Park, with final season’s first-team stars taken away and principally changed by a bunch of highly-rated kids.

Perhaps probably the most thrilling one is 18-year-old Mbaye. A principally right-sided ahead, he performed a job in serving to PSG efficiently defend their Ligue 1 and Champions League titles, however confronted some mighty competitors for locations. Set-piece duties had been a rarity.

Incredibly, he’s already reached 4 targets from 15 Senegal caps, together with one towards France on the World Cup.

So how does he match into Villa’s first-choice XI? John McGinn (£5.5m) has typically been the right-sided man, however he’s versatile, shifting to the ‘number 10’ function as soon as Alysson (£5.0m) entered Monday’s defeat to Arsenal.

Once everyone seems to be in control, count on Unai Emery to position Mbaye, McGinn and Johan Manzambi (£5.9m) behind Nicolas Jackson (£6.5m).

10:30 – Ilyas Ansah (Union Berlin to Hull City, £21m)

Hull have splashed out on a 6ft 6in centre-forward who’ll present competitors for Oli McBurnie (£5.5m).

The 21-year-old started 2025/26 with an opening-day brace towards Stuttgart, his first-ever recreation within the prime flight. He quickly scored previous Hoffenheim and Frankfurt in Matchdays 3 and 4, netting previous RB Leipzig in December.

However, begins had been much less sure after the winter break, and no extra targets arrived. Overall, Ansah registered 33 pictures and three.25 anticipated targets, according to FotMob.