Cristiano Ronaldo (£12.6m) was hot property in Gameweek 7, when he was the most-captained player. But his benching against Everton has caused a seismic shift in the Fantasy Premier League landscape.
Ronaldo is now the most-sold player ahead of Gameweek 8, and FPL expert Sam Bonfield explains in the latest episode of the FPL Show why she would go without the Manchester United forward on a Wildcard.
“I don’t know if we should be that surprised that he missed a game,” she says. “He very rarely played three games in a week for Juventus last season. Once the Champions League came we saw him regularly missing games here and there.