Fantasy Premier League: Three essential FPL tips ahead of GW6

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·27 settembre 2025

Fantasy Premier League: Three essential FPL tips ahead of GW6

With Fantasy Premier League about to enter GW6, we’ve come up with some essential FPL tips for you ahead of the deadline.

We look at the Erling Haaland and Mo Salah dilemma, the best cheap enablers to transfer in, and the best captains from which to choose.

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Fantasy Premier League: Three essential FPL tips ahead of GW6

Salah, Haaland, or both?

Much of the debate in FPL circles this week has centred around Mo Salah (£14.5m) and Erling Haaland (£14.3m) as managers try to decide on which premium asset is the best one to own going forward.

With Manchester City facing Burnley this weekend, over 1.1m managers have transferred in Haaland, while Salah has been moved out of almost 600,000 teams. The Norwegian is the obvious captaincy shout in GW6 and no one wants to miss out on a potentially massive haul.

Nearly half a million managers have activated the wildcard to allow them make the switch between the two players without any hassle. However, there is always a risk that selling Salah will come back to bite you in the backside.

So should you go with one or the other, or both? The simple answer is that all options are viable.

Haaland is in terrific form, even if the team he plays on are not. He’s already scored six goals in his opening five games. it says a lot about his quality that this is his ‘worst’ start to a Premier League campaign. With 67 per cent of City’s goals coming just from the 25-year-old, the entire attack is funnelling through him. That may not be the healthiest thing for City, but it’s absolutely brilliant from a fantasy point of view.

Getting him in and making him your set-and-forget captain every week is a perfectly good strategy.

Salah, meanwhile, has not looked at his absolute best so far this season, making it more viable to go without him than in previous years. He’s taking far fewer shots per 90 than usual, although his goals per 90 remains steady. And that’s the thing with the Egyptian winger; he always finds a way. He and Liverpool have been gradually looking better lately, so it’s totally understandable why you may not want to dismantle your team to get to Haaland, and keep Salah instead.

In an ideal world, we would have both, but doing so can leave your team weak in other areas. That said, I would not deter anyone on wildcard from trying. There is a plethora of cheap options in defence and midfield to enable such a build. Speaking of which…

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The best cheap enablers

If you’re looking to squeeze both Haaland and Salah into your side, then we’ve picked out who we think are the best cheap enablers.

You will definitely have to look in the bargain bin for a goalkeeper. The options aren’t amazing, but Sunderland’s Robin Roefs (£4.5m) and Bournemouth’s Djordje Petrovic (£4.5m) have both looked good. At £4m each, either Burnley’s Martin Dubravka and Karl Darlow of Leeds United can occupy the bench spot, or you can get both if you really want to save some change.

In defence, I would suggest focusing on the cheap centre-backs with a lot of defensive contributions on teams that have a relatively decent chance of keeping clean sheets. Marcos Senesi (£4.8m), Joachim Andersen (£4.5m), Chris Richards (£4.5m) fit this criteria. The best ultra-cheap picks are Joe Rodon and Hjalmar Ekdal at £4m each.

In midfield, Iliman Ndiaye (£6.5m) has looked great so far for Everton. Tijjani Reijnders (£5.7m) offers terrific value. Yankuba Minteh (£5.9m) has been electric of late, returning in each of his last two games for Brighton. Lucas Paqueta (£5.9m) may be on a poor team, but is a good pick nonetheless as he is on penalties and offers attacking threat. Mohammed Kudus (£6.6m) has been very lively for Spurs, who have great fixtures coming up. Elliott Anderson (£5.5M) won’t provide many attacking returns, but he is a defcon monster. Don’t expect Anton Stach to get a goal and an assist every game, but the Leeds man is a very solid buy at £5m. The fifth midfielder spot can be filled by Fulham’s Josh King, who is the only £4.5m player in his position getting regular starts.

Ideally, you will be putting the majority of your funds into the forward line. There are plenty of great options up front this season, so no need to skimp here. But if you absolutely must go cheap, then Rodrigo Muniz and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (both £5.5m) are probably your best shouts.

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The best captains

As mentioned earlier, Haaland is a no-brainer for the armband. The only question is: Do you put the triple captain chip on him?

Scott Parker will ensure that Burnley restrict City to as few clearcut opportunities as possible, just like they did against Liverpool earlier this month. It could be a frustrating afternoon for Pep Guardiola’s side, who have looked a little one-dimensional in attack.

Still, you would back them to have too much quality and Haaland to get at least two returns here, which would make for an acceptable outcome on triple captain.

If you are going into GW6 without Haaland, then Bruno Fernandes (£9m) against Brentford away is a perfectly cromulent captaincy pick.

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