FPL cleared Declan Rice's flag at 15:46 on Sunday 1 November. The Arsenal midfielder had been at 75% and is now listed as fully available. FPL has put no news note on him, so there is nothing official on what kept him in doubt.
Rice is 11.8% owned. The flag cleared on the day of Arsenal's trip to Liverpool, well after the Gameweek 9 deadline, so it changes nothing for this round. Before the flag came off, the odds gave him a 70% chance of appearing at Anfield, 2.9 expected points and a 10% chance of scoring. FPL now says 100%, while the market was below even the old 75%. That gap matters: a clean flag tells you he is fit, not that he will start every week or score well when he does.
If you own him, keep him, because there is no flag left to sell on. But 2.9 points is a low return for £7.4m. For the same round the odds had Bryan Mbeumo on 4.5 at £7.9m, Rayan Cherki on 4.4 at £7.9m and Matheus Cunha on 4.1 at £7.8m. Each had a scoring chance of 22% or more, against Rice's 10%. If you don't have Rice, the cleared flag is no reason to buy him. If you need a midfielder at around £8m, Mbeumo is the better pick on these numbers. Check the Gameweek 10 figures on the planner before you move.
Sources: Fantasy Premier League, AOL.com