Rich Clarke’s FPL Gameweek 5 team reveal

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) veteran Rich Clarke reveals his FPL Gameweek 5 team and plans.

Rich is a Fantasy Premier League legend and has one of the most enviable records out there, notching two top 500 finishes, nine top 10k ranks and 18 years in the top 1% over a 20 year FPL career.

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Last updated 17/09/26

Rich Clarke's Gameweek 5 team reveal

Gameweek 4 review

Gameweek points: 69

Rank: 789k

Arrow: Red

It was a very high-scoring week in Gameweek 4. Unfortunately for my team, I did not own enough of the double-figure haulers.

Despite seven of my 11 players returning, I got a massive red arrow overall.

My two transfers - Cole Palmer (£9.7m) for Bruno Fernandes (£12.0m) and Ezri Konsa (£4.5m) for Joe Rodon (£4.5m) - both got a return but I did not play a chip in Gameweek 4.

It was a good week to Wildcard or Free Hit for many who played them and timing is very important in FPL.

Here is my team's performance in full:

Hub AI-recommended transfers

With a Wildcard set for Gameweek 6, the Hub's AI recommends I make no transfer this week.

If I force it to select a single transfer, it recommends I sell Christos Tzolis (£6.4m) for Morgan Gibbs-White (£8.0m). I will consider this.

Gameweek 5 plans

I have one free transfer and £2.8m in the bank.