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.
๐ซ๐ท Nkunku โฌ9.0m - Produced #UCLFantasy heroics last season and I wouldn't bet against him on MD1 v Shakthar ๐
๐ง๐ท Vinicius โฌ10.0m - A big price rise and he's now a mid! Also did really well and considering Real's fixtures, he may be worth it (double up with Benzema? ๐ค)
๐ซ๐ท Dembele โฌ8.5m - Looks kinda nailed on for now. The home tie v Plzen makes him an interesting option.
A couple of mid priced options now...
๐ณ๐ฑ Bergwijn โฌ7.0m - Started really good into his Ajax career and has the MD1 fixture to return. 4 matches, 4 goals!
๐ฉ๐ฐ Skov Olsen โฌ6.5m - Definitely a leftfield pick, but I like the look of him v Leverkusen. 3 goals and 2 assists this season. ๐ง๐ช Vanaken โฌ7.0m is the more prominent option here, also did well in past #UCLFantasy seasons.
๐ฉ๐ช Reus โฌ7.5m - Probably the BVB mid. pick of choice.
๐ฏ๐ต Kamada โฌ7.0m - 2 goals and 2 assists in 200 mins so far. Really like him as a differential pick idea v Sporting and especially v Marseille.
๐ต๐น J.Mario โฌ6.0m - Started really well into the new season, with 3 goals in the league and 3 assists in the #UCL quali. Great fixture!
Onto the cheaper picks...
For โฌ5.5m and less we cannot expect too much.
There are Chelsea penalty taker ๐ฎ๐น Jorginho and ๐ฆ๐ท E.Fernandez (who scored twice for Benfica) for โฌ5.5m.
For โฌ5.0m, Leipzig's ๐ฉ๐ช Raum looks good for MD1. He plays as a LWB and assisted once so far.
๐ณ๐ฑ Taylor โฌ5.0m (Ajax) may be an option as well (has started all games so far and even scored twice).
And for โฌ4.5m, ๐ต๐น Florentino (Benfica) looks like the opition of choice.
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.
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?!)