Don’t worry, everyone – or do, depending on your fortunes in the opening weeks – Fantasy Premier League (FPL) will return this weekend!
While we were starting to pull the curtain on what felt like a painfully long first international break of the season, including a typical chaotic transfer deadline day (how long ago does that feel now?), We started searching the last week or football results from the whole world to dig out a number of important FPL talk points.
Without further delay there are some highlights and things we have learned from the September internationals.
Haaland’s Hatful in five stars that display as Odegaard returns
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland 🆚 Moldova
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– Fantasy Football Scout (@ffscout) September 9, 2025
Look away now, non-owners … the ruthless score machine that is Erling (£ 14.1 million) took five goals in a world cup qualification for Norway on Tuesday (September 9). He set up two more for a good measure when he and his countrymen had sustained 11-1 winners About Group I Minnows Moldova.
Yes, it was only Moldova (it is only Manchester United, I hear some of you say with a smile!).
But goals are goals for a bagsman like Haaland, who did that the boss the underlying statistics In the first three game week of the campaign while he continues his productive scoring exploits of earlier extensions in the early season, despite the fact that this is the worst start of Manchester City for a Premier League crusade during the Pep Guardiola office.
Haaland also scored the winner of Norway, of the penalty spot, in one Friendly to Finland The last Thursday (September 4), and will undoubtedly have returned to Manchester in good spirits before the home derby of Sunday – a fixture in which he knew last season only four goals and two assists plundered in the previous two iterations. A Bloodied Lip Courtesy of a title rival Shouldn’t worry much.
Also involved in both competitions for Norway was Martin Odegaard (£ 7.9 million), Die-Net as Haaland-Alleen for the first 45 minutes against Finland, but received a 90-minute run-out in the thrashing of Moldavia, in which he contributed a goal and two assists (both for Haaland).
That suggests that the arsenal captain is again completely fit for the Gameweek 4 -visit of Nottingham Forest, which was withdrawn early with a reported shoulder injury in Gameweek 2 and then limited to replacement in game week 3.
Isak has transferred the first minutes since May
It was a clearly quieter international break for that of Sweden Alexander Isaac (£ 10.4 million), who remained rooted on the bank during the first game of the break of his country – World Cup qualifying match in Slovenia Last Friday (September 5) – Before you come from there for a short cameee in one Loss for Kosovo on Monday (September 8).
Those 18 or so minutes of action at Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri were the first of Isak since the 2024/25 season in May, given his bitter feud with former club Newcastle led to the striker training only during the preseason and missing the first three league games of the campaign to Liep.
In addition to any revealing comments from Arne Slot in his pre-match conference, it is probably safe to assume that Isak will not start for his new club to Burnley this Sunday, and it can be gradually relaxed even in the coming weeks. A likely ‘wait -and -see’ situation for any potential FPL investors then.
The Swede could of course get his debut from the bank against the Clarets, but especially given Liverpool are not exactly short of attacking options, it is not necessary to tear your team for him – anyway …
Wissa Get started
In the meantime, the ready-made Isak replacement from Newcastle also received a few minutes under his belt for the first time this season.
Zero lack of respect intended for the signing of the Magpies/ Club Record Nick Woltemade (£ 7.0 million), but it has been tested and tested more Yoanne Wissa (£ 7.5 million) I am talking about that.
The former man of Brentford threw a similar sling in West Londs as the man he replaced in the northeast, which means that his few starts in the two world cup qualifications of Dr. Congo – against South Sudan last Friday and Senegal Tuesday products Wissa’s first run-outs from 2025/26.
In order not only to have started both games, but also to score and to help in the first before he grabbed another goal in the second, suggests that the 29-year-old might be more match-fit than before (and certainly more than Isak, it seems). Therefore, there is certainly a considerable chance that Wissa will make his debut in Newcastle on Saturday against Wolves, especially in view of the continuous suspension of Anthony Gordon (£ 7.4 million) means that there is less attacker to worry about rotation.
Eddie Howe can choose to throw Woltemade – who started both qualifications of Germany, Full match against Slovakia And Assist During his hour on the field against Noord -Iierland -directly in the fight, but if one of the newest arrivals of the tone get a little more time to bed, it is more likely the Premier League newcomer.
Wirtz bags free kick, Bradley apparently fit
Since Gameweek 1, as well as his Gameweek 3 -cramp, criticizes that occurs in some FPL circles in some FPL circles, Florian Wirtz (£ 8.4 million) offered a glimpse of his sparkle by doing an excellent free kick skip to the 3 minutes – to help Germany along a tough North -Ireland Last Sunday (September 7).
That match came three days after the Germans qualified a shock world cup Defeat in SlovakiaWith Wirtz, a complete run-out of Julian Nagelsmann handed over on both occasions.
Three competitions without an FPL-backkeer have seen the popularity of the 22-year-old fall; But there is without a doubt a talented player in it, and someone who be able to notice that he is more more resistant – for example compared to Hugo Ekitike (£ 8.8 million) or maybe even Cody Agat (£ 7.7 million), who received an assist for the Netherlands last Thursday – until the rotation that threatens to stop in Slot’s squad as soon as Isak comes up to speed and rises the Champions League. Burnley (A) and Everton (H) are not luminaires that immediately ‘sell!’ Would scream! In most other circumstances for a relatively neutral Liverpool striker.
As for Michael O’Neill’s NI group, Conor Bradley (£ 5.0 million) Started twice To indicate that he is apparently fit again and ready to resume his duties on right back for Liverpool in Jeremie Frimpong‘s (£ 5.9 million) continuous absence. Although, given improvised full-back Dominic‘s (£ 6.5 million) Recent playing there, perhaps the situation may not be that clear!
‘Silent’ Salah shares fines with wounded Marmoush
The Liverpool team was one of the toughest involved in international tasks in the past week and a bit, and that included Star Man Mohamed is wrong (£ 14.5 million).
A few wildcarters seem to go without the Egyptian in FPL, but he had a reminder of his general ruthlessness from 12 meters by sending a fine of the first half to help his country Ethiopia defeat Last Friday. When Egypt won a spot kick minutes later, Salah Die had a further quieter match, per reporters on the ground-on for City Forward Omar Marmoush (£ 8.4 million) to convert.
However, Salah did not answer the surprise on his side stalemate against Burkina Faso on Tuesday, and Marmoush was replaced early by one Knee injury that seems to force him to force him in a spell on the sidelines.
How that the overall rotation in the turgid team of the Sky Blues influences can still be seen, but Marmoush had started before the last two league matches before the break, so that his absence could allow someone Jeremy dock (£ 6.4 million) – who scored a brace for Belgium against Kazakhstan – Back in the fold after gesturing twice in a row.
Did Arsenal Gyokeres actually need?
This is said in Jest, because Arsenal clearly had to invest in a new striker this summer.
Yet it was remarkable that Viktor (£ 9.0 million) – who has so far only scored against Leeds in his young Gunners – career – only registered one assist in 180+ minutes of action during the international break, while Mikel Merino (£ 5.9 million)-A midfielder who deputy the top of last season for parts of last season before he returned to his bit part role under Mikel Arteta-Scoree in the current campaign so far in the current campaign Once against Bulgaria and then Three more times against Turkey.
For England, meanwhile, Declan Rice (£ 6.5 million) was the only target scale against Andorra Last week and then twice creative credits near the Three Lions’ 0-5 Route of SerbiaWhen Arsenal -Teammate Call Maduyke (£ 7.0 million) also took his first for his country.
The best game in England under Tuchel, Plus Villa players finally scored
In what is praised on a large scale as the best performance of England under Thomas Tuchel, Rice’s second assist was for the impressive Marc Guehi (£ 4.5 million).
The captain of Crystal Palace started both games during the break and – for an attractive FPL double header against Sunderland (H) and West Ham (A), in which he could possibly compete the more discussed picks Maxence Lacroix (£ 5.0 million) and Daniel Munoz (£ 5.5 million) – now has two goals and an assist in his last three performances for Club and Country, after he has set up Aston Villa opposite hanger Ezri Consa (£ 4.5 million) earlier on Tuesday evening.
Villa let several other players find the back of the net during the break and presented a mystery to Baas Unai Emery, given his side, the only club in the top four layers of English football remains to score a competition objective this season. Morgan Rogers (£ 7.0 million) was also on the score sheet against Serbia, while Matty Cash (£ 4.5 million) Seted in two separate competitions for Poland and Youri Tielemans (£ 5.9 million) grabbed A bracket for Belgium -In a competition where Brighton’s new left back Maxim de Cuyper (£ 4.5 million) also started, scored and helped.
The bad domestic form of the team has considerably decreased Rogers’ popularity, such as that of Konsa that followed his Gameweek 1 Red Card, and Tielemans is generally not a go-to option in FPL despite achieving ten targeted involvement in 2024/25.
Cash is a slightly intriguingly active, have created three chances in the last two game week As well as taking more corners and free kicks (10) and delivering more crosses (19) than any other Premier League defender this season; But we would probably like to see some signs of life in the competition of Villa before they invest, despite their promising competitions. Perhaps that is something that a few deadline dayarters can help with …
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