FPL experts’ ULTIMATE squad for opening Gameweeks

Some of the world’s top Fantasy Premier League managers combine to pick the ultimate 15-man squad ahead of the Gameweek 1 deadline on Friday 21 August at 18:30 BST.

The experts have opted for a pair of rotating £4.5m goalkeepers in Antonin Kinsky and Bart Verbruggen. The Spurs and Brighton goalkeepers can be rotated so that managers always have a home fixture.

None of the more expensive defenders in the game make the experts’ squad, with budget-friendly options preferred.

Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori (£5.5m) is the most expensive defender in this squad after his goal in the FA Community Shield.

Elsewhere at the back, Spurs’ Jan Paul van Hecke and Manchester United centre-back Harry Maguire (both £5.0m) are selected. The latter ended his pre-season preparations with a goal in a 4-2 defeat to AC Milan.

The experts have then opted for a £4.5m and £4.0m defender pairing of Joe Rodon (£4.5m) and Bobby Thomas (£4.0m) to allow for as much flexibility with transfers as possible during the early weeks of the season. 

All three of the most-owned midfielders are included, with the experts also opting for a pair of cheaper options.

Pascal Gross (£5.5m) looks set to be on penalties for Brighton, following Danny Welbeck’s (£6.0m) move to Chelsea, while Mamadou Sangare (£5.5m) scored his first goal for Brentford against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend and looks likely to be good for defensive contributions this season based on his numbers for Lens in Ligue 1 last season.

Erling Haaland (£15.5m), Joao Pedro (£7.5m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£6.0m) are the three most-popular forwards in the game, and the experts agree they are the best picks in the position.