Month: September 2017

Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from Ligue 1?

Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from Ligue 1?

Posted by | Sep 4, 2017 | , |

Ligue 1 teams haven’t fared greatly in the Champions League recently, but the emergence of Monaco last season means that they now have more than one threat in the competition. PSG have taken the headlines this summer with their transfer business and they enter the tournament as one of the favourites to win it. Although many consider the French league as the worst of the top five leagues, there is a lot of talent in it and a few will be great draft picks. Here are the five players in Ligue 1 that you must draft: Neymar (PSG) The...

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Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from Serie A?

Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from Serie A?

Posted by | Sep 4, 2017 | , |

With only three Italian sides in the group stages of the Champions League in 2017/18, Draft Fantasy players could easily forget the importance of Serie A. However, the likes of Juventus have a rich pedigree in the competition and all three sides are in with a shout of reaching the latter stages of the knock out part of the competition. Here are our top five picks from Italy: Radja Nainggolan (Roma) The real king of midfield in the Italian capital. Roma face a tough group, but Nainggolan’s all-round contribution will see him pick up points from the Kante rule...

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Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from La Liga?

Champions League Draft: Who are the top five picks from La Liga?

Posted by | Sep 4, 2017 | |

Spanish teams have dominated the Champions League in recent years, particularly Real Madrid, who have won the competition for the past two years. That makes La Liga an obvious place to look for your Draft Fantasy team, and here are our top picks from Spain for the Champions League Draft: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) The obvious pick, a winner on several occasions and a record holder in the competition. Real Madrid have become the first side to win the competition back to back and could go far again this season. Expect the Portugal international to be one of the...

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Five players you may have forgotten amongst all the transfer drama, feat. Chelsea and Newcastle stars

Five players you may have forgotten amongst all the transfer drama, feat. Chelsea and Newcastle stars

Posted by | Sep 2, 2017 | |

Most of the rumoured transfers failed to materialize this week, thus forcing Draft Fantasy managers to reevaluate the players available to them. Here are five players to target in your Draft Fantasy league that have might have been overlooked or forgotten with all the transfer deadline drama… Chris Wood, FWD, Burnley The former Leeds striker has only played for Burnley for about 30 minutes, but he already has a goal to his name – a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer from a sublime Robbie Brady pass that rescued a point against Spurs. Not a bad way to reintroduce himself to Draft...

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Zlatan is coming! When will the 35-year-old return to Premier League action?

Zlatan is coming! When will the 35-year-old return to Premier League action?

Posted by | Sep 1, 2017 | |

Zlatan Ibrahimović is not the strongest pickup this week, which is a strange thing to write. But, because he is Zlatan, he deserves nothing less than his own stand-alone article, so here it is. Renato Sanches, Grzegorz Krychowiak, rumours of Thomas Lemar… spare a thought for Zlatan! The re-signed Manchester United forward is not expected to feature until after the New Year and is no longer a guaranteed starter, but there may not be another player in the world, ever, with his aura. He is truly one-of-a kind. There can only ever be just one Zlatan, and Jose Mourinho...

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