Who To Replace Ismaïla Sarr With in FPL?

Sarr promised the world. Then he got injured right before playing Burnley. Typical.

But we’ve got you covered. From short-term punts that take you up to the AFCON transfer boost, to long-term moves at every price point, let’s take a look at who the best Sarr replacements are.

Just as they were in the past, the cons with Szoboszlai are pretty obvious:

But the positives are just as clear. His next two fixtures are really good (SUN, lee), he’s nailed on, isn’t very likely to play RB, has decent underlying data, and racks up DEFCON like they’re hair flicks.

If you can stomach the risk of a suspension, I’d even go as far as to say that he’s one of the best assets in the game over the next two weeks.

Yankuba Minteh is a nailed-on RW playing for a top-half attack against one mid-table defence (AVL) and one truly atrocious one (WHU), while running at an npxG+xAG/90 of 0.48.

He’s always involved in Brighton’s attacks and often finds himself 1v1 running at opposing defenders before slipping away to be through on goal.

While I expect him to be subbed off early in both gameweeks, 84 * 2 minutes of Minteh running at Lucas Digne and Diouf sounds great to me (and truly horrifying to them).

I bet that’s a name you didn’t expect to see here, eh?

In the next two gameweeks, Newcastle face two bottom-half defences, Spurs and Burnley, at home. And while Bruno G’s offensive data doesn’t inspire confidence (or inspire goals), he does pretty well for DEFCONs, and the fixtures are clearly there to target.

I’d be slightly worried about his minutes given that Newcastle rotate like there’s no tomorrow, but if we get positive news from Howe’s press conference, there you go, that’s your differential.

Guess who’s back? Back again? Szobo... well, that doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Everything stays the same, really, except Liverpool’s long-term fixtures are just as good as their short-term ones. Over their next six, they play: SUN, lee, BHA, tot, WOL, LEE. Best of luck, Daniel Farke.

My biggest worry with Enzo Fernandez was his minutes in GW 14, but given Caicedo’s suspension, they sorta desperately lack midfielders. Ahh, the all too relatable feeling of spending billions and still lacking depth.

That said, Enzo’s npxG+xAG/90 of 0.64 is a career high; he does well on the BPS system, and he’s Chelsea’s second-choice penalty taker. While it’s reasonable to expect his xPts to fall with Palmer’s return, you could argue that Palmer’s likely to see restricted minutes for a while, meaning Enzo should have 100% penalty share for ~10 minutes each game.

Chelsea’s fixtures (lee, bou, EVE, new, AVL, BOU) look pretty good too.

Brighton’s fixtures are incredibly… moody. They’re either great or horrible. If you can bench Minteh in the bad ones, I love him as a pick, but if not, he’d be a difficult avoid for me.

In their next six, Brighton face AVL, WHU, liv, SUN, ars, and whu.

Up until 2025, all roads led to Rome. Now they lead to Bruno Fernandes. What makes Bruno Fernandes unique is that he can get points from basically… anywhere.

He’s running at an npxG+xAG/90 of 0.41 and averaging 10.55 DEFCONs/90. He takes penalties, takes set-pieces, plays for Manchester Uni, err, let’s forget that one, and plays two of the worst teams in the league in his next two (West Ham and Wolves).

He’s just perfect. If you could sell a FWD/DEF to a cheaper one in order to enable Sarr → Bruno, I’d do it in a heartbeat. He may well be the best captain this week, too.

Bryan Mbeumo looks to be a nailed-on piece of a United attack while putting up an npxG+xAG/90 of >0.50. Furthermore, United look to be without Sesko for a considerable period of time, meaning more goalscoring onus falls on Mbeumo, and boy oh boy will he grab that offer.

United’s next two opponents rank 19th and 14th for xGA, and Mbeumo is a lovely little purchase right up until he leaves for AFCON.

Even though the Stockport Iniesta has looked more like he’s been stuck in a port instead, Foden scored two goals in GW 13, hauling in the process. His underlying attacking data is way down, given that he’s been playing deeper, but his minutes look really solid.

And while Foden has the minutes, he’s a viable buy. Fixtures of ful + SUN don’t hurt either.

Instead of another paragraph, I’ll just put it how it is: Bruno Fernandes is a really good option, and you should buy him if transfers allow.

City play ful, SUN, cry, WHU, nfo, sun in their next six. How do you even top that?

I’d honestly go as far as to say Foden is City’s third name on their team sheet on a weekly basis (behind Donnarumma and Haaland), so he is a pretty easy (and explosive) long-term buy.

After suffering an injury that was reported in possibly the funniest way imaginable, Matheus Cunha returns to United as a spectacular FPL option if (and this is a big if), we get any positive news indicating his fitness ahead of the GW 14 deadline.

With Mbeumo leaving for AFCON, Cunha likely becomes the focal point of United’s attack till Šeško’s back. While his underlying data is worse than it was during his tenure at Wolves, United’s next six fixtures (and especially their next two) are really, really good. So if ever there was a time for his data to improve, it’s now.

If we’re sure of Cody Gakpo’s minutes (which should be good with Salah’s departure), he’s one of the best differentials in the game. Liverpool have an excellent fixture run coming up, and Gakpo’s npxG+xAG/90 is unbelievably good.

High risk, high reward. And since he’s from the Netherlands, perhaps another kinda high too.