Team News: Every Flag, Timestamped

Three forwards carry flags into GW1. Two of them have no return date.

The read.

Kroupi Jr, Bournemouth, £7.5m. Foot injury. FPL logged it at 17:30 on 29 July 2026. Chance of playing in the next round: zero. He sits in about 1 in 20 squads.

Ekitiké, Liverpool, £7.5m. Achilles injury. Logged 12:01 on 23 July 2026. Chance of playing: zero. Ownership is close to nobody — 2 in 1,000.

Šeško, Manchester United, £7.0m. Shin injury. Logged 12:01 on 23 July 2026. Chance of playing: 75%. Ownership is roughly 1 in 40.

Two zeros and a three-in-four. That is the whole picture. Nothing in the evidence gives a return date for Kroupi Jr or Ekitiké, so "unknown" is the accurate word, not "soon".

The nuance.

75% is not a start. It is a chance of playing, logged on 23 July — the oldest of the three entries. Nothing has updated it since. A 75% flag can clear, and it can also convert into a bench appearance. Both outcomes fit the same line of news. The gap between "available" and "plays 60 minutes" is not covered by anything here, and I am not going to fill it with a guess.

FPL VERDICT.

Kroupi Jr: sell. Zero chance for GW1, no return date, £7.5m tied up. That money moves.

Ekitiké: avoid. Same zero, same blank on the return date, and at 2 in 1,000 owned this is not a decision most managers have to make.

Šeško: bench, keep. £7.0m is not a bad price to hold through a 75% flag, and hardly anyone owns him, so there is no rush either way. He does not start until the flag clears.

Free hit on the two zeros. Šeško sits on the bench.