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#UCLFantasy: Reporters' tips

Who takes Bayern's penalties? Is there a must-have player in the Tottenham ranks? Are there any bargains at Real Madrid? Our reporters have the answers to help you pick your squad.

#UCLFantasy: Reporters' tips
#UCLFantasy: Reporters' tips ©UEFA.com

Selecting your final 15-man squad for UEFA Champions League Fantasy is always a fraught business. Who are the established names that all but guarantee points? Which new facts could make an impact? Are there any hidden gems that won't break the bank?

Our team of reporters has all the answers.

Arsenal (Andy Brassell, @UEFAcomAndyB) 
Penalty taker: Santi Cazorla (€7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Santi Cazorla, Mesut Özil (€9.0m), Alexis Sanchez (€9.5m)
Secret weapon: Granit Xhaka (€6.0m)
Banker: Mesut Ozil
Bargain signing: Laurent Koscielny (€6.0m)

Atlético Madrid (Joe Walker, @UEFAcomJoeW)
Penalty takers: Antoine Griezmann (€9.0m), Kevin Gamiero (€8.5m)
Set-piece takers: Koke (€8.0m), Antoine Griezmann
Secret weapon: Juanfran (€6.0m)
Bankers: Diego Godín (€6.0m), Jan Oblak (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Stefan Savić (€5.0m)

Barcelona (Graham Hunter, @BumperGraham)
Penalty taker: Lionel Messi (€12.0m)
Set-piece takers: Lionel Messi, Neymar (€11.0m), Luis Suárez (€11.5m)
Secret weapon: Denis Suárez (€7.0m)
Banker: Luis Suárez
Bargain signing: Samuel Umtiti (€5.5m)

Cristiano Ronaldo on Sporting reunion

Basel (Ian Holyman, @UEFAcomIanH)
Penalty taker: Matías Delgado (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Luca Zuffi (€5.5m), Taulant Xhaka (€5.0m)
Secret weapon: Renato Steffen (€5.0m)
Banker: Seydou Doumbia (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Mohamed Elyounoussi (€5.0m)

Bayern München (Jordan Maciel, @UEFAcomJordanM)
Penalty takers: Robert Lewandowski (€11m), Thomas Müller (€10.5m)  
Set-piece takers: Xabi Alonso (€6m), David Alaba (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Arturo Vidal (€8m)
Banker: Robert Lewandowski (€11m)
Bargain: Renato Sanches (€6m)

Benfica (Paul Bryan, @UEFAcomPaulB)
Penalty takers: Jonas (€7.5m), Raúl Jiménez (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Pizzi (€7.0m), Alejandro Grimaldi (€4.0m)
Secret weapon: André Horta (€6.5m)
Banker: Jonas (€7.5m)
Bargain signing: Eduardo Salvio (€5.0m)

Beşiktaş (Çetin Cem Yılmaz, @UEFAcomCetinCY)
Penalty taker: Cenk Tosun (€6.5m)
Set-piece takers: Oğuzhan Özyakup (€7.0m), Ricardo Quaresma (€6.5m)  
Secret weapon: Caner Erkin (€5.0m)  
Banker: Oğuzhan Özyakup
Bargain signing: Adriano (€4.5m)

Celtic (Alex O'Henley, @UEFAcomAlexO)
Penalty taker: Moussa Dembele (€6.0m)
Set-piece taker: Leigh Griffiths (€6.5m)
Secret weapons: Scott Sinclair (€6.0m), James Forrest (€5.5m)
Banker: Leigh Griffiths (€6.5m)
Bargain signing: Kolo Touré (€5.0m)

Club Brugge KV (Berend Scholten, @UEFAcomBerendS)
Penalty taker: Lior Refaelov (€5.5m), Ruud Vormer (€5.5m), Abdoulay Diaby (€6.5m)
Set-piece takers: Lior Refaelov, Ruud Vormer, Laurens De Bock (€5.0m), Hans Vanaken (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Björn Engels (€5.0m)
Banker:  Ruud Vormer
Bargain signing: Abdoulay Diaby

Fantasy Football show! Who will you pick?

CSKA Moskva (Richard van Poortvliet, @UEFAcomRichVP)
Penalty taker: Roman Eremenko (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Zoran Tošić, (€6.5m), Aleksei Ionov (€6.0m), Alan Dzagoev (€7.0m)
Secret weapon: Aleksandr Golovin (€5.0m)
Banker: Alan Dzagoev (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Lacina Traoré (€6.5m)

Dinamo Zagreb (Elvir Islamović, @UEFAcomElvirI)
Penalty taker: El Arbi Hilal Soudani (€6.5m)
Set-piece taker: Junior Fernandes (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Ante Ćorić (€5.5m)
Banker: El Arbi Hilal Soudani
Bargain signing: Jonas (€4.5m)

Borussia Dortmund (Steffen Potter, @UEFAcomSteffenP)
Penalty taker: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€10m), Marco Reus (€9.5m)
Set-piece takers: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€10m), Marco Reus (€9.5m)
Secret weapon: Ousmane Dembele (€6.0m)
Banker: Julian Weigl (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Marc Bartra (€5.0m)

Dynamo Kyiv (Bogdan Buga, @UEFAcomBogdanB)
Penalty taker: Andriy Yarmolenko (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Andriy Yarmolenko, Serhiy Rybalka (€5.0m), Mykola Morozyuk (€4.5m)
Secret weapon: Domagoj Vida (€5.5m)
Banker: Andriy Yarmolenko
Bargain signing: Mykola Morozyuk

Juventus (Paolo Menicucci, @UEFAcomPaoloM)
Penalty taker: Paulo Dybala (€8.5m)
Set-piece taker: Miralem Pjanić (€7.5m)
Secret weapon: Alex Sandro (€5.5m)
Banker: Gianluigi Buffon (€6.5m)
Bargain signing: Marco Pjaca (€4.5m)

København (Nicklas Vinde, @UEFAcomNicklasV)
Penalty taker: Andreas Cornelius (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ludwig Augustinsson (€5.5m), Jan Gregus (€5.0m), Peter Ankersen (€5.0m)
Secret weapon: Rasmus Falk (€6.0m)
Banker: Federico Santander (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Ludwig Augustinsson

Legia Warszawa (Piotr Koźmiński, @UEFAComPiotrK)
Penalty taker: Nemanja Nikolić (€6.0m)
Set-piece taker: Thibault Moulin (€5.0m)
Secret weapon: Steeven Langil (€5.0m)
Banker: Michał Kucharczyk (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Miroslav Radovic (€5.5m)

Leicester City (Simon Hart, @UEFAcomSimonH)
Penalty taker: Jamie Vardy (€7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Riyadh Mahrez (€8.0m), Marc Albrighton (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Ahmed Musa (€6.5m)
Banker: Jamie Vardy
Bargain signing: Christian Fuchs (€5.5m)

Bayer Leverkusen (Matthew Howarth, @UEFAcomMattH)
Penalty taker: Javier Hernández (€8.0m)
Set-piece takers: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (€8.5m), Admir Mehmedi (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Julian Brandt (€7.0m)
Banker: Javier Hernández
Bargain signing: Charles Aránguiz (€5.5m)

Ludogorets Razgrad (Stoyan Georgiev, @UEFAcomStoyanG)
Penalty taker: Cosmin Moţi (€5.0m)
Set-piece taker: Marcelinho (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Virgil Misidjan (€5.5m)
Banker: Jonathan Cafú  (€5.5m)
Bargain signing: Vladislav Stoyanov (€5.0m)

Lyon (David Crossan, @UEFAcomDavidC)
Penalty taker: Alexandre Lacazette (€8.0m)
Set-piece takers: Nabil Fekir (€6.5m), Rachid Ghezzal (€6.0m), Mathieu Valbuena (€7.0m), Alexandre Lacazette
Secret weapon: Maxwel Cornet (€6.5m)
Banker: Corentin Tolisso (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Maciej Rybus (€4.5m)

Messi, Ronaldo, Griezmann? Fantasy Football picks

Manchester City (Simon Hart, @UEFAcomSimonH)
Penalty taker: Sergio Agüero (€10.0m)
Set-piece takers: Kevin De Bruyne (€9.5m), Aleksandar Kolarov (€5.5m), David Silva (€8.5m)
Secret weapon: Nolito (€7.0m)
Banker: Kevin De Bruyne
Bargain signing: Aleksandar Kolarov

Monaco (David Crossan, @UEFAcomDavidC)
Penalty taker: Fabinho (€5.5m)
Set-piece takers: João Moutinho (€6.5m), Bernardo Silva (€7.0m), Thomas Lemar (€6.0m), Fabinho
Secret weapon: Kylian Mbappé (€5.0m)
Banker: Fabinho
Bargain signing: Djibril Sidibé (€5.0m)

Borussia Mönchengladbach (Matthew Howarth, @UEFAcomMattH)
Penalty taker: Raffael (€7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Raffael, Ibrahima Traoré (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Mahmoud Dahoud (€5.5m)
Banker: Lars Stindl (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: André Hahn (€6.0m)

Napoli (Ben Gladwell, @UEFAcomBenG)
Penalty takers: Lorenzo Insigne (€7.0m), Manolo Gabbiadini (€6.5m)
Set-piece takers: Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens (€7.0m)
Secret weapon: Emanuele Giaccherini (€5.0m)
Banker: Lorenzo Insigne
Bargain signing: Manolo Gabbiadini

Paris Saint-Germain (Chris Burke, @UEFAcomChrisB)
Penalty taker: Edinson Cavani (€9.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ángel Di María (€9.0m), Lucas (€7.0m)
Secret weapon: Layvin Kurzawa (€5.5m)
Banker: Edinson Cavani
Bargain signing: Marquinhos (€5.5m)

Porto (Paul Bryan, @UEFAcomPaulB)
Penalty taker: André Silva (€6.5m)
Set-piece takers: Miguel Layún (€5.5m), Otávio (€6.0m), Hector Herrera (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Octávio
Banker: André Silva
Bargain signing: Jesús Corona (€6.0m)

Highlights: Watch Manchester City double over Gladbach

PSV Eindhoven (Derek Brookman, @UEFAcomDerekB)
Penalty takers: Andrés Guardado (€5.5m)
Set-piece taker: Andrés Guardado
Secret weapon: Gastón Pereiro (€6.0m)
Banker: Luuk de Jong (€7.5m)
Bargain signing: Davy Propper (€6.5m)

Real Madrid (Joe Walker, @UEFAcomJoeW)
Penalty taker: Cristiano Ronaldo (12.0m)
Set-piece takers: Toni Kroos (€7.5m), Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale (€11.5m)
Secret weapon: Marcelo (€6.5m)
Banker: Cristiano Ronaldo
Bargain signing: Casemiro (€5.5m)

Rostov (Richard van Poortvliet, @UEFAcomRichVP)
Penalty taker: Dmitri Poloz (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Christian Noboa (€5.5m), Aleksandr Erokhin (€5.0m)
Secret weapon: Dmitri Poloz
Banker: Christian Noboa
Bargain signing: Sardar Azmoun (€5.5m)

Sevilla (Graham Hunter, @BumperGraham)
Penalty taker: Franco Vázquez (€6.5m), Vitolo (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ganso (€6.0m), Michael Krohn-Dehli (€5.5m)
Secret weapon: Wissam Ben Yedder (€6.5m)
Banker: Vitolo
Bargain signing: Wissam Ben Yedder

Sporting (Paul Bryan, @UEFAcomPaulB)
Penalty taker: Adrien Silva (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Bruno César (€5.5m), Bryan Ruiz (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Gelson Martins (€5.5m)   
Banker: Bas Dost (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Bruno César

Tottenham (Daniel Thacker, @UEFAcomDanielT)
Penalty taker: Harry Kane (€9.0m)
Set-piece taker: Christian Eriksen (€8.0m)
Secret weapon: Erik Lamela (€7.5m)
Banker: Toby Alderweireld (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Kyle Walker (€5.5m)