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            <p>Wondering who the best FPL £4.5m forwards are for 2024/25? Expert Fantasy Premier League manager Abdul Rehman (<a href="https://twitter.com/FPL_Salah">FPL Salah</a>) has it covered.</p>
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<h2>Why pick FPL £4.5m forwards?</h2>
<p>Once we have picked the bulk of our FPL squads, and filled out the main positions such as our <a href="https://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/who-are-the-best-fpl-premium-midfielders/">premium midfielders</a>, <a href="https://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/who-are-the-best-fpl-premium-forwards/">forwards</a>, and <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/how-to-win-at-fpl-rotation-strategy-in-fpl-part-8">defensive rotations</a>, our attentions shift to our bench options.</p>
<p>To get the most out of your starting 11, you generally need a weaker bench.</p>
<p>A cheap bench option may seem quite insignificant in the grand scheme of things. However, if we just look at some recent examples such as <strong>John</strong> <strong>Lundstram</strong>, who emerged as a £4.0m regular starter for Sheffield United in the 2019/20 season, we can see how valuable it can be.</p>
<p>Even <strong>Harry Kane </strong>was once a £4.5m forward. At this price in 2013/14, he scored three goals and two assists in the final six league games.</p>
<p>He was subsequently priced at £5.0m in 2014/15, and returned 21 goals and 7 assists in 34 games.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-53008" class="wp-caption-text">Harry Kane. Picture by Getty Images</p>
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<p>In most cases, you include a £4.5m forward due to team structure, and to upgrade other areas in your squad.</p>
<p>It’s rare to have a regular starter in this category, and using this position as effectively a ‘dead’ option can prove to be beneficial.</p>
<p>It allows you to go for a <a href="http://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/how-to-change-formation-in-fpl/">3-5-2</a> with five starting midfielders, or even a 4-4-2 with an extra <a href="http://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/who-are-the-best-fpl-mid-priced-defenders/">mid-priced</a> or <a href="http://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/who-are-the-best-fpl-premium-defenders/">premium defender</a> rather than a <a href="http://fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/who-are-the-best-fpl-budget-forwards/">third forward</a>.</p>
<p>Historically, £4.5m midfielders and defenders have outscored the £4.5m forwards.</p>
<p>There usually isn’t too much value up front at this price point, so the best thing to do is to use it as a means to upgrade elsewhere.</p>
<p>This season is quite similar to last in that the potential of £4.5m forwards are scarce.</p>
<p>We currently have seven in total, so we'll take you through the best options.</p>
<h2><strong>Best £4.5m forwards in FPL </strong><strong>- Gameweek 1</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>Ross Stewart (£4.5m) – Southampton</strong></h3>
<p>Southampton signed Stewart last year for £12m, but injuries curtailed his career at St Mary's - he only managed a total of 42 minutes over the course of last season.</p>
<p>However, the fact the Saints paid so much for him alongside their manager Russel Martin's positive comments, it seems that Stewart is very much in their plans;</p>
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<p>''Ross is looking really good. He just wants to score. He’s got a lot to his game that not a lot of people have seen here yet. Hopefully he can show what he has got.</p>
<p>He has come back in a really good place, he’s in a really good position. I hope he can play a big part and I really believe that he can. We just need to keep him fit.” - Southern Daily Echo</p>
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<p>With Che Adams and <strong>Paul Onuachu (£5.0m)</strong> set to depart the club, Stewart could well have a spot in the starting 11.</p>
<p>But the imminent signing of <strong>Ben Brereton Diaz </strong>could curtail interest in Stewart before the season has begun, certainly from the perspective of the bargain option being a starter.</p>
<p>As we know with £4.5m forwards, you don't want to play them in your starting 11, but it's always good to have an option who plays minutes in case you need him to come off your bench.</p>
<p>With the Saints forward there is also a bit of potential to emerge as a fantastic value option.</p>
<p>Southampton play Nottingham Forest (H), Ipswich (H), Bournemouth (a), and Leicester City (H) during the first eight, so is one to consider at present if you are going for a budget third striker.</p>
<div id="attachment_65122" style="width: 808px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65122" class="size-full wp-image-65122" src="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FFStuffImage-6.jpg" alt="Ross Stewart Stats" width="798" height="650" /></p>
<p id="caption-attachment-65122" class="wp-caption-text">Ross Stewart</p>
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<h3><strong>Tom Cannon (£4.5m) – Leicester City</strong></h3>
<p>The only other option who appears to get a decent amount of minutes is Tom Cannon of Leicester City.</p>
<p>He only managed three starts last season in the Championship, but did net two goals with one assist, and his absence was largely due to injury.</p>
<p><strong>Jamie Vardy (£5.5m) </strong>and<strong> Patson Daka (£5.0m)</strong> are the only two ahead of him in the pecking order, so if they are both fit then the best you can hope or is minutes off the bench.</p>
<p>Vardy however is now 37 years old, so he wont start every game and his minutes will be managed.</p>
<p>Daka isn't exactly favoured, having started only 15 games last season, so 21-year-old Cannon does have a chance of minutes.</p>
<p>The young forward joined the Foxes last September on a five-year deal, so it's clear he is in their plans, but whether that will be this season is unknown at right now.</p>
<p>He is one to watch during the pre-season friendlies.</p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-65179" class="wp-caption-text">Vardy and Daka's stats from the 2022/23 season</p>
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<h2><strong>Other FPL £4.5m forwards: </strong></h2>
<p><strong>Nathan Fraser (£4.5m)</strong> and <strong>Leon Chiwome (£4.5m)</strong> of Wolves will unlikely get any sort of significant game time judging by the amount of attackers Gary O'Neil has at his disposal.</p>
<p><strong>Dane Scarlett (£4.5m)</strong> wont get a look in with Spurs, and didn't impress in his short loan spell with Ipswich last season either with no attacking returns at all. If he gets a move to another Premier League club it might be a different story.</p>
<p><strong>Mark O'Mahony (£4.5m)</strong> signed a new deal with Brighton that will run up until June 2027 but he is likely one for the future. With <strong>Joao Pedro (£5.5m), Evan Ferguson (£5.5m) </strong>and<strong> Danny Welbeck (£4.5m)</strong> all ahead there are numerous reports of Mahoney moving away on loan with a number of Championship clubs interested.</p>
<p><strong>Hwang Ui-jo</strong> <strong>(£4.5m)</strong> hasn't played a single minute for Forest since signing in August of 2022. He has had a handful of loan spells, with the latest coming at Turkish side Alanyaspor.</p>
<p><strong>Freddie Ludapo</strong> <strong>(£4.5m) </strong>joined Charlton on loan in January last year with minimal game time for Ipswich, so it seems unlikely he will be in contention at all under Kieran McKenna.</p>
<p>Finally, keep an eye out for Bournemouth's new signing <strong>Daniel Jebbison</strong> <strong>(£4.5m)</strong>. With <strong>Dominic Solanke (£7.5m</strong>) now a Spurs player and <strong>Enes Ünal (£5.5m)</strong> still recovering from injury and also linked to a move away, we might see the £4.5m priced Canadian forward get some minutes in the early part of the season. I imagine Bournemouth will be in the market for a Solanke replacement.</p>
<h2><strong>Best FPL £4.5m forwards: Conclusion</strong></h2>
<p>There aren’t really many hugely exciting £4.5m budget forward options. Not at the moment anyway!</p>
<p>With the limited viable £4.5m forwards options in FPL, and none of them guaranteed any sort of significant game time, I think you simply have to go for the one who is likely to play the most minutes or break into the team.</p>
<p>With so much business for clubs still to do, there will be plenty of new signings from now until the start of the season.</p>
<h2><strong>Best FPL £4.5m forwards: </strong>Power rankings and AI predicted points</h2>
<p>I will now rank these options exclusively for Hub <a href="https://www.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/join">members</a> and reveal how well they are expected to score in the first four gameweeks, according to the Hub's powerful predicted points AI.</p>
<p>Rankings are given with respect to the players FPL potential looking at price, fixtures and overall value.</p>
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