Based on Top-10 Overall Manager Intelligence • Your Team: SlowBuild • Bank: £0.1m • FT: 0 (rolls to 1 after GW30) · Updated: 2026-04-20
Injured (calf, 50%, est. 2–4 weeks), form collapsed to 0.8. Immediate removal required.
| Mukiele (OUT) | Truffert (IN) | Advantage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Points | 115 | 107 | Close, but Truffert trending up |
| Form | 0.8 | 6.2 | +5.4 form swing |
| PPG | 4.6 | 3.7 | Mukiele had higher PPG but is now injured |
| Availability | 50% — calf | 100% | Truffert nailed starter |
| Fixtures GW32–35 | NEW(A), TOT(H), AVL(A), NFO(H) | ARS(A), NEW(A), LEE(H), CRY(H) | Truffert better from GW34+ |
| Top-10 Usage | Not used by top 10 | Used by Ted Gondwe (#4) | Template-aligned |
The biggest gap vs the top-10 template. João Pedro is in 62% of elite lineups with 9.5 form.
Budget solution: If you do Trade #1 as "Mukiele → Hill (£4.2m)" instead of Truffert (£4.6m), you save £0.4m. Bank becomes £0.5m. Then sell Enzo (£6.7m) + £0.5m = £7.2m. Still £0.5m short of João Pedro's £7.7m price.
Alternative route: Use Enzo → Wilson (FUL, £6.0m) instead. This is budget-positive and Wilson is used by 34% of the top 10.
| Enzo (OUT) | Wilson (IN — Alt) | João Pedro (IN — Ideal) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Sell £6.7m | Buy £6.0m ✅ | Buy £7.7m ❌ (£1.0m short) |
| Total Points | 125 | 140 | 160 |
| Form | 2.2 | 5.5 | 9.5 |
| PPG | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| xG / xA | 5.36 / 3.71 | 4.69 / 3.92 | 13.18 / 1.72 |
| Top-10 Usage | 22% (declining) | 34% | 62% |
| Net Budget | — | +£0.7m freed | –£1.0m needed |
Rogers is in 40% of top-10 lineups. Scott is a bench player with declining minutes.
Budget path (if Trades 1+2 done as recommended): After Trade #1 (Mukiele → Hill, save £0.4m) + Trade #2 (Enzo → Wilson, save £0.7m), bank = £0.1 + £0.4 + £0.7 = £1.2m. Sell Scott £5.0m + £1.2m = £6.2m. Still £1.3m short of Rogers at £7.5m.
Budget-realistic alternative:
| Scott (OUT) | Option A: Hold | Option B: Bowen (WHU, £7.5m) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Sell £5.0m | — | Too expensive without further sales |
| Form | 3.8 | — | 5.0 |
| Verdict | HOLD Scott for now. He plays GW31 (via FH anyway), has decent fixtures, and you can't afford any upgrade without selling a premium first. |
Only if João Pedro continues his 9.5 form streak and Ekitiké's minutes become insecure.
This is a sideways move on paper (both are FWDs at Chelsea and Liverpool) but João Pedro has wildly better form (9.5 vs 4.6) and is a top-10 staple (62% vs ~10%). The trade also frees £1.4m which could fund the Scott → Rogers upgrade.
Note: If you take Trade #4 before Trade #3, the budget chain unlocks Rogers. The full 4-trade sequence costs £0 in hits (1 FT per gameweek) and ends with £0.0m in the bank — every penny optimized.
| GW | FT | Trade | Cost | Bank After | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW30 | 0 | None — hold | — | £0.1m | Good lineup, no FT, no reason to hit |
| GW31 | — | FREE HIT | — | £0.1m | 5 players blank. FH is essential. |
| GW32 | 1 | Mukiele → Hill | Free | £0.4m | Forced — injury. Hill in form (6.2) |
| GW33 | 1 | Enzo → Wilson | Free | £1.1m | Form upgrade (2.2→5.5) + £0.7m freed. Potential DGW BB week. |
| GW34 | 1 | Ekitiké → João Pedro | Free | £2.5m | Top-10 template (62%). Form 9.5. Frees £1.4m for next move. |
| GW35 | 1 | Scott → Rogers | Free | £0.0m | Top-10 template (40%). Villa have green fixtures GW35+. |
Data: FPL Official API. Prices as of 9 March 2026. Top-10 ownership based on GW25–29 lineup analysis (50 snapshots). Trade plan assumes no price changes — monitor fplstatistics.com for price rise/fall alerts.