...and that means almost anything goes, and anything can happen. Which makes choosing your 15 men for you GW1 squad rather tricky.

We'll do our best to sort the wheat from the chaff, and pick the best options to give you an early advantage.

Just as a reminder, with Liverpool hosting Bournemouth tonight the deadline for selections is 18.30 GMT today. So don't dilly-dally!

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Pras
FPL veteran with eight top-25k finishes and co-host of The FPL Wire podcast

Pras is a FPL veteran, having finished in the top 100k in each of the past 13 seasons, boasting five top-10k finishes and nine top-25k finishes.

He is the co-host of the popular The FPL Wire podcast, and the Deadline Dilemmas video series on Fantasy Football Scout.

Pras is also a panellist for the Premier League and regularly appears on The FPL Show and the Official FPL 'Off the Bench' Podcast. He has had several guest appearances on the Sky Sports FPL Show.

He has 62k followers on X and his podcast has 37k subscribers on YouTube.

Pras is also a partner and lead host of Solio Analytics, a data and analytics-focused platform.

We'd love to hear from you, particularly about who you have picked for your squad for the first weekend of the Fantasy Premier League season, as well as the questions you might have for Pras.

Use the form at the top of the page to get in touch.

Friday

Liverpool v Bournemouth (20.00)

Saturday

Aston Villa v Newcastle (12.30)

Brighton v Fulham (15.00)

Sunderland v West Ham (15.00)

Tottenham v Burnley (15.00)

Wolves v Manchester City (17.30)

Sunday

Chelsea v Crystal Palace (14.00)

Forest v Brentford (14.00)

Manchester United v Arsenal (16.30)

Monday

Leeds v Everton (20.00)

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Hello, from now until 17.00 BST we'll be bringing you all the information you need ahead of the first Premier League gameweek of the season - and how that impacts your picks for Fantasy Football.

We'll address the biggest issues of the week, let you know who to pick and who to avoid, and put your questions to Pras, our resident FPL expert.

Wolves

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira on new signing Jhon Arias needing time to adapt to the Premier League: "He's working with us, trying to work hard to be in the best level.

"He was in Fluminense for a long time, and now it's time to play in our way.

"He has quality. He comes from a different league, and this league is a special league, and he needs to first understand what we want. He needs to understand everything tactically and what we demand from him.

"We need to help him to be the best version of himself, giving the time that he needs to feel comfortable."

Wolves

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira says defender Ki-Jana Hoever was not originally on his radar but he has quickly become an intriguing prospect for the team: "I like him. It was a good surprise for me because I didn't know that he was our player."

"I was looking for a wing back. Luis called me, we have a player there in France. It's important to see him in pre-season."

"He has the technique that I like. He's fast, attacking the space, very calm, good decisions."

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Aston Villa

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery on the transfer window: "We are playing three matches with the transfer window open [at the start of the season] and things can change for us as well as other teams."

"Of course Jacob Ramsey is not with us today and if he is leaving we are going to continue our work [here]. I was happy working with him but now we focus on the players we have and keep going forward."

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery on competing with spending power: "We are starting more or less like when I arrived here. We are not a contender to be in the top seven for this reason."

"Of course we have the capacity to build a strong team, but not with the same budget [as the big clubs]. We have to be competitive with our players and keep working hard as well as staying motivated. We are going to start tomorrow and there 38 matches in the Premier League but we are not contenders to be in the top seven."

The deadline for the first FPL gameweek of the season is almost upon us.

Stuck on your first squad? Will Haaland be your captain for the opening weekend?

Whatever burning question you have, send them over to our FPL expert Pras who will be here to answer them all at 15:30 (BST).

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner also discussed the clubs rejected appeal to play in the Europa League: "Everyone related to Palace was disappointed. But by Monday evening disappointment was gone.

"No point taking mood into week, and after winning penalty shootout in Community Shield. We knew we could face this verdict, but this week we are focused on preparing for Chelsea and Conference League qualifying.

"It will still be first time Crystal Palace play European football and that is big goal of us to qualify for group stage."

On the ruling that John Textor still had influence on club at the time: "I don’t care about it. I can’t influence. Just have to accept it. It is the past. We can't change it anymore.

"If you are always mourning about things it just doesn’t help."

He also confirmed it would not change their transfer plans.

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner confirmed no players will be returning from injury for Sunday: "So not Eddie Nketiah, not Matheus Franca because he can't train with the team at the moment, not Caleb Kporha.

"Of course, Cheick Doucoure and Chadi Riad are out for the next couple of months. The group we have is not the biggest one [in terms of numbers]."

On the futures of Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze, who have been linked with moves away: "Marc trains the entire week with us, every single session - the same with Eze - so they prepare in the best way for the Chelsea game on Sunday."

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Let's sweep up the remainder of the Premier League press conferences this afternoon.

Still to come are Aston Villa's Unai Emery, who had interesting things to say about whether they can compete for European places this season, and Wolves boss Vitor Pereira.

But first we have Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner, speaking about the future of captain Marc Guehi...

Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola on the departure of Jack Grealish on loan to Everton: "The same as the other players. I wish him all the best at the traditional club that is Everton.

"Hopefully he can play, play and play. This is the reason that we decided it was the best for him.

"He needs to play, play and play."

Manchester City

Pe Guardiola on James McAtee, who is close to joining Nottingham Forest: "I would love to have Macca with me but we have too many players and he wanted more minutes. I understand completely.

"I would love to take a lot of academy players, be patient and give them more time. Like Phil [Foden].

"He had the potential to be with us but when he wants more minutes and we don’t give them then I understand completely."

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Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola: "He is so soon to be coming back. Importantly, his knee is perfect.

"Now he needs to bring minutes into training sessions and a few into games when possible. We don’t want him to come back and then step back because it’s not dynamic when you can’t get rhythm.

"He’s made good training sessions. He will travel [to Wolves] and we will decide whether he gets a few minutes. Hopefully he can in the next three games and then after international break he can help us."

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola confirmed Savinho will not travel to Wolves as he is injured and will be out for "a few weeks" and neither will goalkeeper Ederson.

On whether he has spoken to Savinho or Ederson on their futures at the club, Guardiola said: "If they want to leave then they will come to me. I'm working with them because I'm here. If they want to leave then they will knock on my door.

"All the players that are here are our players and I will work with them. Nobody knows what is going to happen over the next two weeks."

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Manchester City

Pep Guardiola on whether Savinho will depart Manchester City before the window closes:: "I don't know. If Tottenham, or any other club, wants a player, you should call the club, right? It's the same like we do!

"The only thing I'm concerned about today is that Savinho will be with us all the season, and hopefully for many, many years.

"Because at 21-years-old with the potential he has, playing a lot of minutes, he has to improve in final decisions, he's an extraordinary player. But at the end, as always, the desire of the player prevails above everything, and after there has to be an agreement with the club. If you don't take an agreement, the player will be here."

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We brought you news earlier that Pep Guardiola hopes Savinho remains at the club.

His full quotes are coming right up.

Nottingham Forest

In

Dan Ndoye (winger, signed from Bologna) - £36 million

Igor Jesus (striker, Botafogo) - £16.3m

Jair Cunha (centre-back, Botafogo) - £10.3m

Angus Gunn (goalkeeper, Norwich) - free

Out

Anthony Elanga (winger, sold to Newcastle) - £53m

Danilo (defensive midfielder, Botafogo) - £20m

Ramon Sosa (winger, Palmeiras) - £10.7m

Andrew Omobamidele (centre back, Strasbourg) - £9m

Matt Turner (goalkeeper, Lyon) - £7m

Lewis O'Brien (central midfielder) - £3m