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Pre-season notes, transfer watch, and gameweek analysis - written to help you plan your squad.
Pre-season transfer watch: what's actually changed before Gameweek 1
A British transfer record, three promoted clubs, and a record-priced Haaland - here's what the summer's biggest moves mean for your opening squad.
New manager bounce: Chelsea, Man City, and Liverpool all start over
Three of the league's biggest clubs open the season under a new head coach - including Pep Guardiola's decade at Man City finally coming to an end.
The promoted three, scouted
Coventry, Ipswich, and Hull are all back in the top flight - with three very different managers, squads, and cases for how they'll cope with the step up.
Fixture swings for the opening six gameweeks
Four teams share the kindest run to Gameweek 6, and one sits well clear of everyone else on the hard end. Here's what our fixture model actually says.
Budget enablers: who actually earns their price tag
Cheap doesn't mean good, and good doesn't always mean expensive. Here's who the model rates as genuinely worth their price at each position, not just affordable.
Captain options beyond Haaland
Haaland isn't even the top-projected pick in our own model right now - and the biggest differential armband of the lot is owned by barely one in eight managers.