In Fantasy Premier League (FPL), you can have a maximum of three players from any single football team in your squad. This rule ensures a balanced selection and prevents over-reliance on a single team. If mid-season transfers cause you to exceed this limit, your next transfer must involve selling one of the excess players from the over-represented team.
The Scenario: Mid-Season Transfers and FPL Limits
Imagine a situation where an FPL manager has already selected three Liverpool players for their team and also has Jarrod Bowen, who currently plays for another club. If Bowen transfers to Liverpool during the mid-season transfer window, this manager would suddenly find themselves with four Liverpool players in their squad, violating the FPL rule.
What Happens Next?
According to FPL rules, if a manager ends up with more than three players from a single team due to a mid-season transfer, they are not forced to make an immediate transfer to rectify this. However, their next transfer must involve selling one of the excess players from the over-represented team. In this example, the manager must transfer out one of their four Liverpool players the next time they make a transfer.
Examples
The FPL community has witnessed various interesting cases regarding team player limits. For instance, users on FPL forums have shared instances where managers temporarily ended up with more than three players from the same team due to mid-season transfers.
One manager who five Manchester United players after Aaron Wan-Bissaka (AWB) and Harry Maguire transferred to Manchester United post their initial team selection.
Another example was a user who managed to have five Liverpool players temporarily at the start of the 2011-12 season. This happened because Stewart Downing and Jose Enrique transferred to Liverpool after the manager had already selected them from their previous clubs (Aston Villa and Newcastle United, respectively). They also mentioned nearly having six Liverpool players if they had picked Jordan Henderson, who also transferred to Liverpool that season.
Example below from GW 15 in December 2023. Here you can see a manager had 4 Fulham players. This caused quite the stir on social media.
