Keep or Sell Palmer in FPL?
In this article we answer the question, keep or sell Palmer in FPL? Cole Palmer (£11.0m) is the second-most selected player in Fantasy Premier League (FPL) at present.
However, six blanks in his last seven matches, plus a trip to Arsenal next, have led to a bit of a mass sale.
Already, Palmer was sold by over 174,000 managers this week. The Chelsea star is the only player in the top 10 transfers out column who isn’t blanking or suspended in Gameweek 29.
In this article, we ask a handful of our regular contributors whether they will keep or sell Palmer.
We also look at the results of our on-site poll and round up what’s been said on site over the last few days.
@ZopharFPL
“Palmer’s last goal was all the way back in Gameweek 21. FPL managers have rightly kept hold of him given Chelsea’s last two fixtures against Southampton and Leicester. But, it is now time to make a decision.
“A lot depends on your Wildcard horizon. If you are looking to Wildcard in Gameweek 30 or 31, it does make sense to invest the funds from Palmer into Haaland. The Norwegian is a great captain pick for the next two.
“However, as we have seen last weekend, Arsenal are not the watertight defence they used to be. So, I think Chelsea could still score at the Emirates and then they host Tottenham in Gameweek 30.
“If you are set on buying and captaining Haaland for the next two Gameweeks, I think selling Palmer makes sense. I don’t think there is any other asset I would sell him for, however, and personally I plan to hold him as I will likely be captaining Chris Wood in Gameweek 29 and Mohamed Salah in Gameweek 30″.
@Pras_fpl
“I think Palmer in or out is very team dependent. Yes, it’s easier to take him out instead of Salah to fund Haaland in. However, it also means one less player or playing a weaker option in Gameweek 29, since Palmer has a fixture whilst Salah doesn’t.
“There is, of course, consideration around team value if selling Salah but I think it’s something people fixate on too much now that we are close to the final stretch. There are not many viable expensive players in the game (i.e. Salah or Haaland, not many midfielders between £8-12m that definitely make the Wildcard).
“I do think Palmer’s fixtures after the Blank Gameweek are also really good, regardless of Wildcard window. Spurs (h) will have goals followed by Brentford (a) and Ipswich (h).
“I just don’t see a reason to sell personally. But I am in a position where I can hold him and Salah and still get to Haaland. For others with lower team value or a different structure, I would encourage thinking about Salah v Palmer (and its implications on the 11th player) and then do you have to have Haaland or not.”
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