EURO 2020 Fantasy Football: Reporters' tips
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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Who takes France's penalties? Do Spain have a secret weapon? And which Portugal player can't you do without? UEFA.com's team of reporters have the answers.
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Picking your EURO Fantasy team is no easy task. With 24 sides each having up to 26 players, that's a lot of footballers to choose from – and that's before you're faced with the plethora of options provided by some of Europe's top nations. Just think about which three forwards you could choose. Cristiano Ronaldo? Romelu Lukaku? Kylian Mbappé? Harry Kane? Robert Lewandowski? Memphis Depay? There's dilemmas everywhere you look – but fortunately, UEFA.com's pool of EURO reporters has the inside line on the key members of every single team to help you make your choices.
Austria
Attacking threat: Marko Arnautović (FW, €7.0m)
Penalty taker: Marcel Sabitzer (MF, €8.0m), Marko Arnautović
Set-piece takers: David Alaba (MF, €5.5m), Marcel Sabitzer
Secret weapon: Martin Hinteregger (MF €4.5m), Christoph Baumgartner (MF €7.0m)
Banker: Marcel Sabitzer (MF, €8.0m)
Bargain signing: David Alaba
Belgium
Attacking threat: Romelu Lukaku (FW, €11.0m)
Penalty taker: Eden Hazard (MF, €10.0m)
Set piece takers: Kevin De Bruyne (MF, €10.5m), Eden Hazard
Secret weapon: Jérémy Doku (FW, €7.0m)
Banker: Romelu Lukaku
Bargain signing: Jason Denayer (DF, €4.5m)
Croatia
Attacking threat: Bruno Petković (FW, €6.0m)
Penalty taker: Luka Modrić (MF, €8.5m)
Set-piece takers: Luka Modrić, Ivan Perišić (MF, €8.5m)
Secret weapon: Andrej Kramarić (FW, €6.5m)
Banker: Ivan Perišić
Bargain signing: Bruno Petković, Domagoj Vida (DF, €5.0m)
Czech Republic
Attacking threat: Patrik Schick (FW, €8.0m)
Penalty taker: Vladimír Darida (MF, €7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Jakub Jankto (MF €6.0m), Vladimír Darida
Secret weapons: Vladimír Coufal (DF, €5.0m), Alex Král (MF, €5.5m)
Banker: Tomáš Souček (MF, €6.5m)
Bargain signing: Jan Bořil (DF, €4.5m)
Denmark
Attacking threat: Jonas Wind (FW, €6.0m)
Penalty taker: Christian Eriksen (MF, €9.0m)
Set-piece takers: Christian Eriksen
Secret weapon: Andreas Skov Olsen (FW, €6.5m)
Banker: Christian Eriksen
Bargain signing: Simon Kjær (DF, €4.5m)
England
Attacking threat: Harry Kane (FW, €11.5m)
Penalty taker: Harry Kane
Set-piece takers: Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford (FW, €9.5m), Jadon Sancho (FW, €9.5m)
Secret weapon: Phil Foden (MF, €8.0m)
Banker: Harry Kane
Bargain signing: Jude Bellingham (MF, €6.0m), Mason Mount (MF, €7.0m)
Finland
Attacking threat: Teemu Pukki (FW, €7.0m)
Penalty taker: Teemu Pukki
Set-piece takers: Robin Lod (MF, €5.5m), Onni Valakari (MF, €5.5m)
Secret weapon: Joona Toivio (DF, €4.0m)
Banker: Glen Kamara (MF, €6.0M)
Bargain signing: Lukas Hradecky (GK, €4.0m)
France
Attacking threat: Kylian Mbappé (FW, €12.0m)
Penalty takers: Karim Benzema (FW €10.0m), Antoine Griezmann (FW, €11.0m), Kylian Mbappé
Set-piece takers: Antoine Griezmann
Secret weapon: Raphaël Varane (DF, €6.0m)
Banker: Antoine Griezmann
Bargain signing: N’Golo Kanté (MF, €5.5m)
Germany
Attacking threat: Timo Werner (FW, €8.5m)
Penalty taker: Thomas Müller (FW, €9.0m)
Set-piece takers: Toni Kroos (MF, €7.0m), Joshua Kimmich (MF, €6.0m)
Secret weapon: Mats Hummels (DF, €5.0m)
Banker: Thomas Müller
Bargain signing: Florian Neuhaus (MF, €5.0m)
Hungary
Attacking threat: Roland Sallai (FW, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Ádám Szalai (FW, €6.0m)
Set-piece takers: László Kleinheisler (MF, €5.0m), Loic Nego (MF, €4.0m)
Secret weapon: Willi Orbán (DF, €4.5m)
Banker: Ádám Nagy (MF, €5.5m)
Bargain signing: Attila Szalai (DF, €4.5m)
Italy
Attacking threat: Ciro Immobile (FW, €10.0m)
Penalty taker: Jorginho (MF, €6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Lorenzo Insigne (MF, €8.5m), Domenico Berardi (MF, €6.0m)
Secret weapon: Federico Chiesa (MF, €7.0m)
Banker: Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK, €5.5m)
Bargain signing: Leonardo Spinazzola (DF, €5.5m)
Netherlands
Attacking threat: Memphis Depay (FW, €10.0m)
Penalty taker: Steven Berghuis (MF, €7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Memphis Depay, Steven Berghuis
Secret weapon: Davy Klaassen (MF, €5.5m)
Banker: Matthijs de Ligt (DF, €5.5m)
Bargain signing: Owen Wijndal (DF, €4.5m)
North Macedonia
Attacking threat: Goran Pandev (FW, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Ezgijan Alioski (DF, €4.5m)
Set-piece takers: Enis Bardi (MF, €6.0m), Ezgijan Alioski
Secret weapon: Elif Elmas (MF, €6.0m)
Banker: Goran Pandev
Bargain signing: Arijan Ademi (MF, €5.5m)
Poland
Attacking threat: Robert Lewandowski (FW, €11.5m)
Penalty taker: Robert Lewandowski
Set piece takers: Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik (FW, €8.0m)
Secret weapon: Piotr Zieliński (MF, €7.0m)
Banker: Robert Lewandowski
Bargain signing: Kamil Jóźwiak (MF, €6.0m)
Portugal
Attacking threat: Bruno Fernandes (MF, €10.5m)
Penalty taker: Cristiano Ronaldo (FW, €12.0m)
Set-piece takers: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes
Secret weapon: Diogo Jota (MF, €8.5m)
Banker: Cristiano Ronaldo
Bargain signing: Gonçalo Guedes (MF, €6.5m), Nuno Mendes (DF €4.5m)
Russia
Attacking threat: Aleksandr Golovin (MF, €7.5m)
Penalty taker: Artem Dzyuba (FW, €8.5m)
Set-piece takers: Aleksandr Golovin (MF, €7.5m), Aleksei Miranchuk (MF, €6.5m), Georgi Dzhikiya (DF, €5m)
Secret weapon: Vyacheslav Karavaev (DF, €4.5m)
Banker: Artem Dzyuba
Bargain signing: Igor Diveev (DF, €4.0m)
Scotland
Attacking threat: Ché Adams (FWD, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Ryan Christie (MF, €7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ryan Christie, David Turnbull (MF, €5.5m)
Secret weapon: Kieran Tierney (DF, €5.0m)
Banker: John McGinn (MF, €7.5m)
Bargain signing: Andy Robertson (DF, €5.5m)
Slovakia
Attacking threat: Róbert Boženík (FW, €6.0m)
Penalty taker: Marek Hamšík (MF, €8.0m)
Set-piece takers: Juraj Kucka (MF, €6.0m)
Secret weapon: Milan Škriniar (DF, €5m)
Banker: Ondrej Duda (MF, €6.5m)
Bargain signing: Tomáš Suslov (MF, €6.0m)
Spain
Attacking threat: Gerard Moreno (FW, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Gerard Moreno (FW, €6.5m)
Set-piece takers: Thiago Alcántara (MF, €6.0m), Sergio Busquets (MF, €5.5m), Koke (MF, €7.0m)
Secret weapon: Ferran Torres (MF, €8.0m)
Banker: Pau Torres (DF, €4.5m)
Bargain signing: Marcos Llorente (MF, €5.0m)
Sweden
Attacking threat: Alexander Isak (FW, €8m)
Penalty taker: Emil Forsberg (MF, €7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Emil Forsberg, Sebastian Larsson (MF, €6m)
Secret weapon: Marcus Danielson (DF, €4.5m)
Banker: Emil Forsberg
Bargain signing: Marcus Danielson
Switzerland
Attacking threat: Haris Seferović (FW, €8.5m)
Penalty taker: Ricardo Rodriguez (DF, €5.5m)
Set-piece takers: Xherdan Shaqiri (MF, €7.0m, Ricardo Rodriguez (DF, €5.5m)
Secret weapon: Fabian Schär (DF, €5.0m)
Banker: Ruben Vargas (MF, €6.5m)
Bargain signing: Kevin Mbabu (DF, €5.0m)
Turkey
Attacking threat: Burak Yılmaz (FW, €8.0m)
Penalty taker: Burak Yılmaz
Set-piece takers: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (MF, €8.5m), Yusuf Yazıcı (MF, €5.5m)
Secret weapon: Ozan Tufan (MF, €6.0m), Çağlar Söyüncü (DF, €5.0m)
Banker: Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Bargain signing: Uğurcan Çakır (GK, €4.5m )
Ukraine
Attacking threat: Viktor Tsygankov (MF, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Andriy Yarmolenko (MF, €8.5m)
Set-piece taker: Ruslan Malinovskyi (MF, €7.0m)
Secret weapon: Mykola Shaparenko (MF, €5.5m)
Banker: Oleksandr Zinchenko (DF, €5.5m)
Bargain signing: Oleksandr Karavaev (DF, €5.0m)
Wales
Attacking threat: Daniel James (MF, €6.5m)
Penalty taker: Gareth Bale (MF, €9.5m)
Set-piece takers: Gareth Bale, Harry Wilson (MF, €7.5m)
Secret weapon: Kieffer Moore (FW, €6.5m)
Banker: Gareth Bale
Bargain signing: Neco Williams (DF, €4.5m)