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FPL: The players with the biggest price changes

FPL: The players with the biggest price changes
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The Fantasy Premier League's price changes reflect the best and worst of the season.

The Fantasy Premier League's price structure allows players to rise and fall in value, but what can the fluctuations over the course of a season tell us?

As more managers buy or sell a player that player's value increases/decreases, so to see who has exceeded expectations and who has done the opposite, price fluctuation tells a story.

But which players stand out?

Biggest price rise

A table showing the biggest price rises for footballers in the Fantasy Premier League in the 2018/19 season

It will come as little surprise to see that Raul Jimenez of Wolves has seen the greatest price rise of the season, going from £5.5million to £6.9m with just two gameweeks remaining.

Jimenez began the season with a meagre backing of 129,989 managers but is now owned by more than two million FPL bosses after scoring 13 goals and registering 10 assists in Wolves' impressive return to the Premier League.

Ahead of gameweek 13 the striker was picked up by almost 350,000 managers after returns against Tottenham and Arsenal, although he then blanked against Huddersfield.

Now the second-most owned player (38%), only Sergio Aguero (40.7%) is more popular than Jimenez.

Biggest price fall

A graphic showing the biggest price falls for footballers in the Fantasy Premier League this season

Ross Barkley's season promised plenty in 2018 but 2019 has largely proven frustrating for the England midfielder.

Barkley's price began at £6m, which accurately reflects the uncertainty which has surrounded his career of late.

After a patchy start, and falling to £5.7m, the former Everton player looked to have caught fire as he registered three goals and three assists in three games, resulting in his value returning to £6m.

Since then, however, Barkley has failed to secure a place in the Chelsea side and has registered just two assists, seeing his value fall to £5m, with an ownership of just 1.3%.

Greatest fluctuation

A graphic showing the change in Paul Pogba's Fantasy Premier League price this season

More can be gleaned from studying the journey a player's value has taken during the season, and nobody's value has been more inconsistent than that of Paul Pogba.

The World Cup winner's price started at £8m this season before climbing to £8.2m after two goals in United's opening two games.

By GW17, Pogba's value had fallen to £7.8m, but after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer arrived at Old Trafford he skyrocketed to £9m thanks in part to a three-game spell where the Frenchman notched 46 points.

But as United have come back down to earth in recent weeks, so has Pogba's value. With just a solitary brace in his last eight league games, he is now on the market at £8.6m despite being named in the PFA Team of the Year.

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Raul Jimenez celebrates opening the scoring for Wolves on April 27, 2019
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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool37297187226594
2Manchester CityMan City36302490226892
3Tottenham HotspurSpurs372311365372870
4Chelsea36208860392168
5Arsenal362061069492066
6Manchester UnitedMan Utd36198964511365
7Wolverhampton WanderersWolves37169124744357
8Everton37158145244853
9Leicester CityLeicester36156155147451
10Watford36148145152-150
11West Ham UnitedWest Ham37147164854-649
12Crystal Palace37137174650-446
13Bournemouth37136185365-1245
14Newcastle UnitedNewcastle37119173848-1042
15Burnley37117194465-2140
16Southampton37911174464-2038
17Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton3698193355-2235
RCardiff CityCardiff3794243269-3731
RFulham3775253477-4326
RHuddersfield TownHuddersfield3635282074-5414

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