🔚 And that's a wrap!
Hopefully this thread has given you a head start on how the new Premier League managers could shape the 2026/27 FPL season.
There are plenty more tactical deep dives to come as we get more data throughout pre-season and the opening Gameweeks.
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Good luck for GW1! 🫡⚽
🧵 NEW PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERS: FPL DEEP DIVE
⚽ Tactical systems 📈 FPL winners & losers 🛡️ DEFCON potential 🔥 Hidden gems
Everything you need to know before Gameweek 1 👇
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🔵 Enzo Maresca 🇮🇹 | Manchester City
Formation: 4-3-3 → 3-2-5 (in possession)
🧠 Positional play with patient build-up, heavy possession and fluid rotations. Similar principles to Guardiola, but with his own tweaks.
• Wingers should hold width, allowing the attacking midfielders to operate between the lines.
• City's high possession means DEFCON opportunities are likely to remain fairly low, but clean-sheet potential should stay among the league's best.
• DEFCON beast Anderson (£6.5m) will be the heartbeat, with Rodri unfit, while creative players like Cherki (£7.5m) and Foden (£7.0m) should thrive between the lines.
• Gvardiol (£5.5m), Foden and Haaland (£15.5m) said to be the ‘three central pillars’ in this system @City_Xtra [via @SamLee]
FPL Verdict: Expect more evolution than revolution. City's defenders remain premium clean-sheet options, while Foden and Cherki look the biggest attacking beneficiaries under Maresca.