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Fantasy League 2020-21: how to play FPL, rules, how to score points
- How to play the official fantasy game of the English Premier League – in the very simplest terms
- The game is as simple or as complicated as you make it
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It might seem hard to believe but the vast majority of people do not play Fantasy Premier League. The maths add up – there’s seven million or so FPL managers and seven billion people in the world – but that is no reason to stick with the crowd.
If you have not played before why not finally join the party this season?
First off, what is it and how does it work, you ask? The most basic premise is that you get to manage a team of English Premier League players with the intention of getting as many points as you can.
Each manager is given 100 million to spend on 15 players – two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and three forwards.
Every player is given a price based on their performances from last season. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are joined by Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the most expensive players in the game at 12.0 million. That may change if Lionel Messi joins Manchester City.
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