More than 650,000 Fantasy Premier League managers will be feeling justified after parting company with Erling Haaland (£15.2m), despite him scoring in Gameweek 11.
The Norwegian struck Manchester City's only goal in their 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion, but a yellow card reduced his points total to five.
Those who reinvested funds to acquire Mohamed Salah (£12.9m) will be feeling especially pleased after the Egyptian delivered his seventh double-figure haul of the campaign in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Aston Villa.
In doing so, he became the first player to surpass 100 points in 2024/25 Fantasy.
Salah has now outscored Haaland in each of the last six Gameweeks, racking up 58 points to his rival's 19.
The move away from Haaland looks set to continue, with the Man City forward already the most-sold player ahead of Gameweek 12, having been the most-sold player of Gameweek 11.
Salah is currently the most-bought player for Gameweek 12, with more than 140,000 recruiting the Fantasy legend.
GW11 most-sold players
| Player | Transferred out by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Haaland | 654,251 | 5 |
| Watkins | 457,759 | 2 |
| Palmer | 432,234 | 2 |
| Havertz | 386,675 | 1 |
| Luis Diaz | 383,944 | 3 |
Managers took a significant risk when deciding who to sell this round.
Ahead of the deadline, four of the five most transferred out featured among the top nine players in Fantasy.
But it all went according to plan.
Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) may have produced a league-leading 37 attacking returns last season but he has gone off the boil of late. More than 457,000 removed him from their squads for Villa's trip to Anfield, and they were right to do so with Watkins recording his fourth blank in five appearances.
The 383,000+ who ditched Luis Diaz (£7.7m) may have feared the worst when they saw his name in the Liverpool starting XI for just the second time in five matches. The Colombian had served a reminder of his quality with a hat-trick in UEFA Champions League in midweek.
However, they needn't have worried. Diaz had just one shot as he failed to register a return for the fifth time in six outings.
Meanwhile, Cole Palmer (£11.0m) and Kai Havertz (£8.0m) went head-to-head in Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
The tricky nature of the contest saw both players sold in large numbers, with Palmer also an injury doubt going into the match.
The England international recovered to take his place in the first XI, but he finished on two points, having had just one shot on target and made one key pass. It is the first time since Gameweeks 13 and 14 last season that he's blanked in successive appearances.
Havertz looked to have scored against his former employers, but the goal was ruled for offside after a VAR review. Instead, it's now four Gameweeks since the German last scored.
GW11 most-bought players
| Player | Bought by | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Solanke | 702,879 | 2 |
| Wood | 695,973 | 2 |
| Salah | 570,099 | 14 |
| Aina | 460,331 | 1 |
| Mbeumo | 365,845 | 5 |
Bryan Mbeumo (£7.9m) continued his outstanding home form, supplying an assist in Brentford's 3-2 win over AFC Bournemouth.
Yet to blank in six starts at the Gtech Community Stadium, the Cameroon international has now racked up 60 points at home, the most of any player.
Aside from Mbeumo and Salah, it was a disappointing weekend the top transfer targets.
One week after amassing 16 points against Aston Villa, Dominic Solanke (£7.7m) confounded Fantasy bosses picking up just two points in Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 defeat to Ipswich Town.
And the combined 1.1million who moved for one of Chris Wood (£6.6m) or Ola Aina (£4.7m) would have been expecting more, after they ended with two points and one point respectively.
Wood failed to register a single shot as Nottingham Forest were beaten 3-1 by Newcastle United, while Aina had a point deducted for conceding two goals.