As the deadline looms closer, it is time to decide what to do with our precious free transfer. Aside from playing chips or selecting a captain, our transfers are the single most important aspect of our FPL campaign, and the importance of getting them right cannot be overstated.

In this article we crunch the numbers, analyse the fixtures, take advice from the Algorithm, and decide which player to buy, which player to sell and which player to keep for Gameweek 2.

BUY: Erling Haaland

• Cost: £11.6m
• Selected by: 55.9%
• Projected Points (5 GWs): 36.0

Erling Haaland scored 2 goals from an xG of 1.76 against West Ham - taken from Opta Stats Sandbox

There is no reason to complicate matters here. Erling Haaland’s potential was clear for all to see, before he even departed the Bundesliga. For many managers, it was merely a case of waiting to see if he would immediately be first choice in a Manchester City side famed for rotation, and could adapt to the higher intensity of the Premier League. His Gameweek 1 performance against West Ham answered those questions.