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#UCLfantasy: Rotation consideration

Bayern, Manchester City, Paris and Tottenham are already through; wiill they rotate this week?

Corentin Tolisso could get his chance for Bayern
Corentin Tolisso could get his chance for Bayern ©Getty Images

Bayern München
After a long spell injured, Juan Bernat (DF, €5.5m) made his first appearance of the season on Saturday. With David Alaba (DF, €6.5m) also not 100% fit, it's not certain which of the two will start at left-back, though both could get minutes against Anderlecht as they look to build match fitness. Bernat likes to push forward down the left and swing crosses into the box, just like Alaba, who offers an additional threat from set pieces.

Yet to properly make his mark at Bayern yet, the Anderlecht match may be an opportunity for Corentin Tolisso (MD, €7.8m) to show exactly why the German club made him their record transfer in the summer. The Frenchman has two goals and two assists to his name this season, but has yet demonstrate the kind of form that brought 14 goals for Lyon last season. He also tends to start every other game under Jupp Heynckes, so after only playing a cameo role on Saturday in the Bundesliga, it's likely he'll be in the starting XI on Wednesday.

Manchester City
Danilo (DF, €4.8m) had to wait until matchday four for his first starting appearance in the competition since last May's final but with City qualified, the Brazilian looks set to get another opportunity from the off against Feyenoord as Pep Guardiola tests the depth of his squad.
 
Bernardo Silva (MF, €8.0m) made an even bigger individual impact on last season's UEFA Champions League, when his attacking guile helped Monaco reach the semi-finals. Since starting the matchday one victory in Feyenoord, the Portugal playmaker has had to settle for substitute cameos in the three games that followed. It is not easy establishing a starting role in a squad already blessed with Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva but it would be no surprise to see the 23-year-old receive the opportunity against Feyenoord to display his qualities once more. The same goes for İlkay Gündoğan (MF, €6.4m) who should be in line for his fourth City start of the season as he looks for more game time following his return from injury.

Paris Saint-Germain
Although Paris Saint-Germain are safely through to the round of 16, Unai Emery is unlikely to rest his starters as the French side chase top spot in Group B. Nevertheless, with Thiago Motta set to undergo knee surgery, one fringe player who could pick up some time on the pitch is Julian Draxler (MF, €8.4m). The German international contested all 90 minutes in Motta's absence against Anderlecht last time out and weighed in with an assist – his second of the group stage so far.

Ángel Di María (FW, €9.0m) was tipped to start that match and could come into Emery's thinking over the next two games. Di María has helped himself to a goal and an assist in three cameo appearances this term, but Fantasy managers looking for surer options would do well to stick with the usual suspects, particularly Neymar (FW, €11.2m), Edinson Cavani (FW, €11.1m), Dani Alves (DF, €6.7m) and Alphonse Areola (GK, €4.9m).

Tottenham Hotspur
With Hugo Lloris (GK, €6.0m) suffering from a hip problem, Paulo Gazzaniga (GK, €4.5m) could get the nod while Danny Rose (DF, €5.3m) is likely to continue his recovery by starting at left wing-back; the England international is a snip at that price, so it's worth snapping him up now prior to the knockout rounds. Further forward, Moussa Sissoko (MF, €6.0m) has rediscovered his goalscoring touch of late and both he and Son Heung-Min (MF, €7.9m) could start in Germany. Up top, Fernando Llorente (FW, €7.3m) has the unenviable task of filling Harry Kane's (FW, €10.2m) boots and could prove a handy differential.

There are, of course, plenty of usual starters worth retaining going into Tottenham's final two games of the group stage. Christian Eriksen (MF, €8.5m) is the club's leading Fantasy midfielder this term with 14 points and is likely to be involved in Dortmund, while at the back Jan Vertonghen (DF, €5.8m) and Davinson Sánchez (DF, €5.5m) should also play some part.