FPL Post-Season | What's happened this week?

The stuff you might’ve missed this week.

🤝 Matheus Cunha moves to Man United. Liverpool signs Jeremie Frimpong. Michael Kayode joins Brentford.

👀 Liam Delap is expected to move to Chelsea, Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford nearly official too.

👋 Trent Alexander-Arnold goes to Madrid. Mark Flekken expected to join Leverkusen.

🏆 Chelsea win the UEFA Conference League.

🥇 Finished in the top 250k overall? Get your commemorative FPL poker chip before it’s too late.

Alright?

Let’s be honest: life without Premier League football is less colourful. It blows. We hate it and we wish it would end. But there’s no escaping the off-season purgatory, and if we have to serve our time, we’d rather do it with you.

That’s why we’ve tried to make LazyFPL’s off-season lounge as nice as possible. We’ve stocked the bar with your favourite drink and hired a DJ who exclusively plays songs you used to listen to in the car on your childhood holidays. Don’t ask us how we know.

Every Monday, we’ll send you an email full of the stuff you might’ve missed whilst you’re busy enjoying the things that exist outside of FPL. Do let us know what they are if you happen to come across them.

These updates may include new transfers, managerial appointments, injury updates, and pre-season fixture analysis (like the Club World Cup).

Once the 25/26 FPL game launches (usually around early-mid July), we’ll start building up to Gameweek 1, equipping you with everything you need to make the kind of start that really pisses off the chumps who agreed to compete against you.

Scratch your first line into the wall. It’s week 1 of 11.

An oddly satisfying collectable.

This section is for people who finished the season ranked in the top 250,000 overall. If you didn’t, commiserations - we’ll circle back at the end of next season.

For those who did, congrats on a solid campaign. If you want to enshrine it with a small memento, our commemorative poker chips have become a bit of a cult hit amongst good managers.

You’ve got 6 days left before we stop taking orders, so if you want to start (or continue) building your collection, order by clicking the button below.

(You’ll be supporting LazyFPL in the process, but don’t let that put you off).

The big done-deals.

This section will only include transfers that have been confirmed by an official source.

We don’t usually get to talk about confirmed transfers this early, but FIFA have created a “mini transfer window” ahead of the Club World Cup, which starts on 14th June.

It’ll close for a bit, then reopen on 16th June.

Matheus Cunha ➡️ Man United

If Hakuna Matata means no worries for the rest of your days, what does owning both Cunha and Mateta mean for your FPL team?

That’s one of many questions we’ll be contemplating ahead of Gameweek 1 now that Cunha has moved to Manchester United.

He proved to be a valuable FPL prospect at Wolves, and given they finished on equal points last season, there’s every chance he can be a valuable prospect again at Man United.

Jeremie Frimpong ➡️ Liverpool

Oh yes, things are about to get pongy in the Premier League.

Jeremie Frimpong has 43 goals and assists in the last five seasons for Leverkusen, but he doesn’t always play right-back, which inflates those numbers a bit.

He’s expected to replace the departing Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back, but will face competition from Connor Bradley.

A good player with plenty of FPL potential. All eyes are on how he’ll acclimatise to the Premier League.

Michael Kayode ➡️ Brentford

Kayode started Brentford’s last six PL games at right back, notching one assist. He also has a long throw in his locker, which Brentford regularly milked towards the end of the season.

An attacking full-back, Kayode won the 2024 Italian Golden Boy Award, recognising him as the best Italian talent of the year.

He will likely compete with Aaron Hickey for the Brentford RB spot next season.

The rumour mill.

This section will include transfers that are strongly rumoured by reliable sources. We won’t include pure speculation, and will always try to verify the rumour with multiple sources.

Liam Delap ➡️ Chelsea

The big story emerging as we type is Liam Delap to Chelsea, which has been given the Romano treatment:

This could be an interesting one for FPL managers, most of whom spent at least a few minutes of last season contemplating whether they ought to bring in the Ipswich forward.

If all goes swimmingly and he does move to Chelsea, he’ll certainly be one to look out for when the player pricing is released. A clinical striker who links up well with Cole Palmer could be significant for both players.

Caoimhin Kelleher ➡️ Brentford

With Mark Flekken on his way out, Brentford could do with a goalkeeper. Enter Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher, a name we’re hoping we won’t have to spell week in, week out.

According to multiple sources, a deal has been agreed for £18m.

Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez ➡️ Liverpool

Slightly earlier in the process, but very much odds on to happen (according to Romano, amongst other sources). Agreements are being agreed, talks are being talked, and presumably plenty of private jets are landing in Liverpool as we speak.

We’ll bring you some FPL analysis of each if/when they’re confirmed.

Two tools we like.

NeverGetFancy - Find out how many points you lost out on by not making Mohamed Salah your permanent captain last season.

FPL Optimized - Get loads of stats about your season. Who were your best players, how much did you benefit/get punished by luck, transfer quality analysis and loads more.

Here are The Professor’s predicted points (yellow line - based on underlying data) vs actual points (blue line). So he had some pretty bad luck.

Key dates this summer.

June 10th - Mini Transfer Window closes.

June 14th - The Club World Cup kicks off with the two best teams in the world: Al Ahly vs. Inter Miami. Chelsea and Manchester City are the Premier League’s representatives.

June 16th - The Summer Transfer Window opens.

~Early-mid July - The 25/26 FPL game likely to launch.

Mid-July - Pre-season friendlies begin.

August 10th - The Community Shield (Liverpool vs Crystal Palace)

August 16th - The 25/26 season begins 😍

Other stuff we found interesting.

1. Manchester United have played a few post-season friendlies in Asia, losing to the ASEAN All-Stars but toppling Hong Kong 3-1.

2. The all-time dream team has been updated to include Salah’s monster haul this season.

3. Also from FPL Focal, the final FPL ranks of Premier League footballers (+ some extras):

We’ll be back next Monday. Whether you’re spending the week working, on holiday or pretending you suddenly love cricket, we hope it’s a lazy one.

Stay lazy,

The LazyFPL Team.