FPL Transfers: The Most-Bought And Most-Sold Players — 19 Aug

Calafiori is already the second most-owned defender in the game, sitting with roughly 3 in 10 managers, just behind team-mate Gabriel. Tzolis's surge was enough to leapfrog two spots in the midfield top ten, climbing past Ndiaye and Wirtz to seventh — he's now in about 1 in 6 squads and gathering pace. When ownership moves this fast, the price usually follows. If either is on your shortlist, the maths says move before the rise, not after — buying a day late is how you end up 0.1m short somewhere else in September.

The steadier accumulation is just as telling. Mbeumo added the third-biggest chunk of new owners and is closing in on a third of all squads. João Pedro — already in 6 in 10 teams — is *still* being bought. Calvert-Lewin and Raya ticked up too. That's the template hardening: Fernandes, Szoboszlai, Haaland, João Pedro, with Mbeumo knocking on the door.

On the sell side of the ledger, the crowd trimmed Haaland fractionally — but let's be honest about scale. He's still in 7 in 10 teams; a one-day dip that small is rounding, not a verdict. The more meaningful drips are Gyökeres, Shaw, Guéhi and Donnarumma, all quietly shedding owners. None of it is panic yet, but if Gyökeres keeps leaking owners while sitting at 1 in 10, a price fall gets closer, and falls hurt your selling price in a way a blank never does.

One caution before you chase: a single day of movement is a small sample. Crowds pile in on a whim and pile out just as fast, and buying the noise rather than the trend is how value gets torched.

The call: if Calafiori or Tzolis was already in your plans, buy now and bank the rise — waiting costs you money. Ignore the Haaland dip entirely; 7 in 10 ownership doesn't blink at that. And if you're holding Gyökeres, put him on watch — the crowd is drifting, and you want to sell before the price does the deciding for you.