Can clubs stop team news leaking out through FPL picks?

Chelsea striker Joao Pedro's injury was leaked through the Fantasy Premier League game, but is there anything clubs can do?

Joao Pedro had been pictured in training before his shock absence from Chelsea's line-up last weekend

Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso was caught off guard after Saturday's loss to Tottenham when asked whether he was aware that Joao Pedro's injury had been leaked through the popular Fantasy Premier League game.

His response was: "I am not into the fantasy team thing, so I didn't know that."

Accounts believed by FPL trackers to belong to Chelsea staff, a player and a relative of a player appeared to transfer out or bench Joao Pedro before the deadline.

One Fantasy Premier League manager, known online as FPL Karim, was among those who believed they had identified information by tracking selections made by a relative of Chelsea forward Morgan Rogers.

Source: BBC Sport