Liverpool FPL Guide 2026/27

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Liverpool's attack is expensive and stacked. Alexander Isak at £9.1m leads the line with Hugo Ekitike at £7.4m behind him, while Florian Wirtz (£7.4m), Cody Gakpo (£7.2m) and Dominik Szoboszlai (£7.0m) form a premium-priced midfield. Virgil van Dijk at £6.5m anchors a defence that also offers cheaper routes in, and the goalkeeping position is unusually deep with Alisson Becker at £5.5m and Giorgi Mamardashvili at £4.9m competing.

Alexander Isak (£9.1m) is the primary premium pick, a first-choice centre-forward at a side that creates high-quality chances in volume. Florian Wirtz (£7.4m) is the creative hub and the best route into assists, while Cody Gakpo (£7.2m) offers goal threat from wide at a slightly lower price. Virgil van Dijk at £6.5m is the premium defensive option if you want Liverpool clean sheets with aerial set-piece upside.

Liverpool's cheap defenders are the value. Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez (£5.0m) and Kostas Tsimikas (£4.9m) and £4.9m respectively, and Giovanni Leoni, Wellity Lucky and Calvin Ramsay sit at £4.0m as pure enablers. Wataru Endo and Stefan Bajcetic at £5.0m are the budget midfield routes, and the goalkeeping depth means Freddie Woodman, Vitezslav Jaros and Ármin Pécsi are all available at £4.0m for your bench.

Isak is the Liverpool captaincy pick when he is starting: the volume of chances Liverpool generate makes their centre-forward a strong armband in favourable fixtures. Wirtz is the alternative in games where Liverpool are expected to dominate possession and break down a deep block, since his returns come through creation rather than finishing. Against the other top sides, look elsewhere for the armband.

Rio Ngumoha at £5.8m and Víctor Muñoz at £6.5m are the low-ownership routes into Liverpool's attack, both capable of hauls if they establish starting roles. Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott at £5.4m are the mid-price punts. Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez at £5.4m are attacking full-backs, the classic differential structure of clean-sheet points plus genuine assist potential.

The centre-forward position is a genuine coin-flip: Isak at £9.1m and Ekitike at £7.4m compete for one role, and owning the wrong one is expensive. Liverpool's midfield is similarly crowded, with Wirtz, Gakpo, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones and Elliott all competing. The goalkeeper situation is unresolved between Alisson and Mamardashvili, so avoid both until one is clearly first choice.