Who are the best Manchester City players for the 2025/26 season?
We take a look at our top three City players to own ahead of Gameweek 1, using Hub <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/opta" data-clevertap-listener="true">data</a> and <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/predictions" data-clevertap-listener="true">AI</a> to inform our decisions.
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<h2>Best Manchester City FPL players: Erling Haaland (£14.0m)</h2>
Haaland was City&#8217;s top scorer last season, both for goals (22) and FPL points (181).
The forward was limited to 31 appearances due to injury but was the league&#8217;s third highest goalscorer.
Only Mohamed Salah had a higher expected goals (xG) total but the Egyptian over-performed, whereas Haaland was bang on his 21.94 xG.
Haaland hogs the big chances. He had four times the amount of any of his teammates (41) and nearly double the shots on target (60). Again, only Salah could rival this, with 61 from 38 games.
Salah&#8217;s record-breaking 2024/25 season has seen the majority of managers favour him as their main premium pick &#8211; but don&#8217;t discount the Norwegian from rivalling him.
He is Hub AI&#8217;s top-rated City player a second highest predicted points scorer for the first four gameweeks, four behind the Liverpool midfielder.
<div id="attachment_73939" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73939" class="size-full wp-image-73939" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Salah-v-Haaland.jpeg" alt="Erling Haaland v Mohamed Salah" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Salah-v-Haaland.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Salah-v-Haaland-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Salah-v-Haaland-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Erling Haaland v Mohamed Salah</div>
<h2>Best Manchester City FPL players: Rayan Ait-Nouri/Josko Gvardiol (£6.0m)</h2>
Gvardiol was City&#8217;s next best pick last season, scoring 153 points.
He scored five goals &#8211; the joint-most among all defenders &#8211; and led the way in his position for xG (4.61) and big chances (10).
Hub AI tips him to be one of the highest-scoring defenders over the first four weeks, however there are some question marks heading into Gameweek 1.
He did not travel to Sicily for City&#8217;s friendly against Palmero at the weekend, so is a potential doubt for the opening weekend.
And the signing of full-back Ait-Nouri could mean his starts at left-back &#8211; from where he can most easily get forward &#8211; could be limited.
Ait-Nouri joined from Wolves on the back of a four goal, seven assist season. No defender managed more goal involvements.
His attacking threat could be supercharged by being part one of the league&#8217;s best teams &#8211; but with it comes the threat of rotation.
If both are fit, selecting one or the other will come down to an FPL managers&#8217; appetite for risk.
And with just 0.5 predicted points between them at the timing of writing, Hub AI is split too.
<div id="attachment_73960" style="width: 850px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73960" class="size-full wp-image-73960" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ait-Nouri-v-Gvardiol.jpeg" alt="Rayan Ait-Nouri v Josko Gvardiol" width="840" height="690" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ait-Nouri-v-Gvardiol.jpeg 840w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ait-Nouri-v-Gvardiol-300x246.jpeg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ait-Nouri-v-Gvardiol-768x631.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" />Rayan Ait-Nouri v Josko Gvardiol</div>
<h2>Best Manchester City FPL players: Tijjani Reijnders (£5.5m)</h2>
While newly reclassified midfielder Omar Marmoush (£8.5m) will no doubt be a factor this season, uncertainty over City&#8217;s starting midfielders leads us to a less riskier price point for our final pick.
Reijnders joined the club in the summer from AC Milan, where he scored 19 and assisted nine in 104 games.
The central midfielder could provide a bit of everything. He described himself as follows:
<blockquote>“I’m like a box-to-box midfielder who likes to join the build-up from the back and eventually to feed attackers and create chances. Also trying to score goals by myself sometimes.&#8221;</blockquote>
The Dutchman&#8217;s minutes could be boosted by the news Rodri is out until September, although he is not as defensively minded as the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner.
Speaking about options to fill the gap left by Rodri and the also injured Mateo Kovacic, Pep Guardiola said:
<blockquote>&#8220;We have three [defensive midfield options]. Kova is injured until September or October, Rodri is coming back after six months and Nico [Gonzalez].
&#8220;The others can play there but are more attacking, they like to be in the [opposition’s] box. Gundo [Ilkay Gundogan] can play there and Tijji can play there but when everybody is fit their position is more up front.&#8221;</blockquote>
If Reijnders does fill in for the Spaniard, <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/fpl-2025-26-changes-defensive-contributions">defensive contributions</a> could be more of a factor, proving all-round potential for a cut price.
There are other options in the game at a similar price who are secure starters, such as Elliot Anderson, however Reijnders offers a route into the City team.
<div id="attachment_73962" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-73962" class="size-full wp-image-73962" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Reijnders.jpg" alt="Tijjani Reijnders. Picture by Getty Images" width="1024" height="683" srcset="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Reijnders.jpg 1024w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Reijnders-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Reijnders-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" />Tijjani Reijnders. Picture by Getty Images</div>
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