Are Footballers Allowed To Play Fantasy Premier League?

The Premier League allows members of playing and support unit astatine its clubs to play Fantasy Premier League (FPL).

FPL is simply a globally celebrated crippled played by complete 10 cardinal group worldwide successful which participants prime squads of 15 players and gain points based connected their Premier League performances.

The Premier League does not prohibit players aliases its ain unit members from participating successful FPL, but clubs tin person their ain rules connected playing nan game.

Arsenal, Bournemouth and West Ham each let footballers and unit to play. Fulham players and unit tin besides participate, but unit are advised that they should debar picking players from Fulham successful their teams.

All different Premier League clubs person been approached for remark by BBC Sport.

Current Newcastle players Aaron Ramsdale, Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes, Fabian Schar and Kieran Trippier person been known to beryllium FPL players successful erstwhile seasons.

Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley besides played nan crippled during nan 2024-25 season.

During nan 2020-21 season, an Aston Villa instrumentality from Norway was down a drawstring of leaked squad news information.

Based connected knowing nan identities of definite FPL accounts of unit members, Henning was capable to activity retired that past Villa winger Jack Grealish was injured earlier their 2021 lucifer against Leicester City aft he was transferred retired of their teams.

Villa mislaid nan crippled 2-1 and later, past Villa head Dean Smith launched an soul investigation complete who leaked nan accusation of Grealish's injury.

Brendan Rodgers, who was nan Leicester head astatine nan time, said he had heard nan rumours of Grealish's wounded earlier nan game.

Speaking astir nan incident, Manchester City head Pep Guardiola described nan leaks arsenic "unprofessional and unethical".

The Premier League kicks disconnected connected Friday and truthful does imagination football.

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