❗Fantasy signings: who to avoid, who to pick at the right price 📉 | OneFootball

At the Fanta auction, a new purchase is called, the hype is sky high and with each bid, more is spent than necessary. A scenario experienced by everyone (or almost everyone) that we will try to avoid this year.

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Let's now look at two different lists: the players that can be taken but without "breaking the bank" and those that should be avoided at Fanta.

Who to take... at the "right" price

HOJLUND, LUCCA AND LANG

In Napoli, you have to be careful with the situation in attack: Hojlund's arrival makes Lucca less appealing, who, however, represents a profile more suitable for Conte's current game. The two will often be in contention even though both can bring several bonuses: the advice is not to pay either of them as a full 1st slot, also because Lukaku should be available again towards the middle of the season.

A different story for Lang: he has not yet entered Conte's rotations who is choosing a more conservative approach. He can be taken but at a "right" price and not as a 2nd / 3rd slot.

OPENDA

The goals scored and assists provided with Leipzig are a guarantee but his use in Juventus is not certain: David and Yildiz seem to be fixed starters while on the right the contention could be Conceicao/Zhegrova. Certainly Openda will find space but you should not focus on him as a 1st slot and, to be safe, not even as a high 2nd slot in attack.

PICCOLI AND DZEKO

Piccoli in the last league match started alongside Kean, but this year he is no longer the reference striker for his team, as was the case at Cagliari. He also has Dzeko as competition and it is not certain that Pioli will always play with two forwards: in short, taking Piccoli as a 2nd slot could be risky. A similar and even more accentuated situation for Dzeko: he is not a 2nd slot that gives guarantees.

CAMARDA

The premises to do well at Lecce are all there but you have to be careful with the hype factor: the excellent pre-season has raised the price and on the last day of the market Stulic also arrived, a Serbian striker with excellent numbers at home. He could be one of Corvino's "hits" which, regardless of the absolute value, will take minutes away from Camarda.

KRSTOVIC

The move from Lecce to Atalanta takes centrality away from Krstovic who, for now, has replaced Scamacca. Despite this, the Serbian will have his minutes also because the Italian striker often has physical discomforts. He can be a second slot but be careful with the price, he should not be paid as a high 1st slot.

IMMOBILE

Start and immediate injury: Immobile knows how to score goals and will manage to do so, provided he is physically well. Paying "King Ciro" as a 2nd slot can be risky, also because he has competition from Castro and Dallinga.

MODRIC

Modric's name speaks for itself and expectations are sky high: you have to be careful not to pay for the player's status. In this start, he has been deployed as a low vertex in midfield despite also having tried shooting: he is not a top of the department but can be a quality 3rd slot, at most a low 2nd slot.

ZANIOLO

Zaniolo will be listed as a midfielder but should play in the two forwards of Udinese: a motivation that can make him overpay. Making Zaniolo the 1st choice of your midfield can be a gamble, given the competition and the trend of recent seasons.

Who to avoid

RICCI AND JASHARI

Milan's midfield is very crowded and both Ricci and Jashari are not Fanta profiles. The Italian midfielder scores little and gets many yellow cards, the Swiss can act as a halfback, but in this case, the competition from Rabiot, Loftus-Cheek, and Fofana is fierce. Also, Allegri has said he sees him as a "midfielder": a terrible mix for Fanta.

NZOLA

In the first two matches with Pisa he did not start even though he scored 6 goals in the last Ligue 1. At the auction, you risk paying for Nzola's past instead of his potential, given that (for now) Meister seems to be the starter.

LUIS HENRIQUE

Don't be fooled by the team's reputation: Inter is betting a lot on Dumfries and Luis Henrique is a replacement on the wing, at most he can come in and play as a high outside as tried in the final against Torino. He can be a hit to complete the department after taking the starters.

ANJORIN

Among the midfielders of Torino, Anjorin could struggle: not offensive enough to play forward but too "light" to hold a two-man midfield of a team on the charge. In this sense, the purchase of Asllani will take further space away from the player bought from Empoli.

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