Sadly the cheaper picks don't look too convincing this season...
๐ฉ๐ช Trapp โฌ5.0m - Europa League winners Frankfurt start with a home tie v Sporting... maybe with a CS chance.
๐จ๐ญ Kobel โฌ5.0m - A nice home match v Copenhagen but Guerreiro is even cheaper + has attacking threat.
๐ฌ๐ท Vlachodimos โฌ5.0m - Probably my favourite for MD1 here (v Maccabi Haifa). Looks like staying now ๐
And while there's not really a โฌ4.5m option for MD1 Tuesday, there're ๐ง๐ช Mignolet + ๐ซ๐ฎ Hradecky who face each other in the Brugge v Leverkusen game on Wednesday...
...a game which could go either way really.
There's also a potential โฌ4.0m starter ๐จ
๐ฎ๐น Perin โฌ4.0m - A tough away trip to PSG, but he looks like starting after Szczesny sustained an ankle injury yesterday.
The big pro with this one is we can field a strong MD1 team without having to plan for MD2 etc.
WC3 is very powerful as well as MD3+4 consists of the same (very easy in some cases) set of fixtures.
WC3 seems especially good for the teams here, who have a good run from MD3-MD6. Triple Real, Trent, Salah, Haaland, Spurs, PSG fwd... all could do the trick here.
๐ช๐ฌ Salah โฌ11.0m - Tricky to afford with all the pricey picks up front, but a kind group for the #FPL legend.
๐จ๐ด Diaz โฌ9.0m - The cheaper alternative, but more rotation risk once Jota is back.
Let's now have a look at the most promising #UCLFantasy...
๐ก Defenders
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ TAA โฌ6.5m - Already a #FPL legend, he comes in at a premium price. Even though Liverpool look leaky atm, his attacking potential may well be worth it once again.
๐ต๐น Cancelo โฌ6.5m - An away trip to Sevilla may not be an ideal start, but the City defence is quite likely to deliver again. He also was the top scoring defender of the past #UCLFantasy season.
๐ณ๐ฑ Ake โฌ4.5m (rotation) or ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Walker โฌ5.5m could offer cheaper alternatives here.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Tavernier โฌ6.0m - Definitely a bit more pricey than expected for but the Rangers penalty taker got a huge amount of attacking returns over the last few seasons. #UCL may be a tougher task though.
๐ญ๐ท Perisic โฌ6.0m - Goal, assist and CS potential v Marseille. Rotation risk?!
๐ซ๐ท Paris
Mbappe missed out v Lille through illness, but is likely to be available v Leipzig.
Messi got subbed at HT but should be fine as well.
Hakimi wasn't involved after recieving a RC ๐ฅ v Marseille the week before.
๐ช๐ธ Barcelona
F. de Jong, Pedri and Araujo are all injured ๐
Pique & Agรผero both got subbed and look unlikely to feature as well.
Fati missed out with knee problems.
๐ช๐ธ Villarreal
Foyth & G.Moreno were not involved this weekend (rest?!)