UEFA EURO reporters' Fantasy tips
Friday, June 10, 2016
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Who takes Albania's penalties? Do Hungary have a set-piece specialist? Who is England's bargain signing? Our reporters have all the tips for your McDonald's Fantasy '16 team.
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With barely 24 hours to go until UEFA EURO 2016 begins, time is running out to pick your side for McDonald's Fantasy '16 – and our team of reporters are on hand to ensure you're armed with all the knowledge to give you the best chance of success.
We've already covered the likely starting line-ups, but who takes Germany's penalties? Are there any unexpected bargains in the Spain squad? Do France have a set-piece specialist? And which England player will almost guarantee a healthy points return?
Albania (Tony Pandovski, @UEFAcomTonyP)
Penalty taker: Armando Sadiku (€5.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ergys Kaçe (€5.0m), Ermir Lenjani (€5.5m)
Secret weapon: Mërgim Mavraj (€4.5m)
Banker: Lorik Cana (€5.5m)
Bargain signing: - Elseid Hysaj (€4.5m)
Austria (Daniel Thacker, @UEFAcomDanielT)
Penalty taker: David Alaba (€7.0m)
Set-piece taker: Zlatko Junuzović (€6.5m)
Secret weapons: Sebastian Prödl (€4.5m), Christian Fuchs (€6.0m), Marcel Sabitzer (€5.0m)
Banker: Marko Arnautović (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Alessandro Schöpf (€5.0m)
Belgium (Berend Scholten, @UEFAcomBerendS)
Penalty taker: Eden Hazard (€9.5m)
Set-piece takers: Kevin De Bruyne (€10.0m), Eden Hazard
Secret weapon: Marouane Fellaini (€7.5m)
Banker: Romelu Lukaku (€9.0m)
Bargain signing: Radja Nainggolan (€6.5m)
Croatia (Elvir Islamović, @UEFAcomElvirI)
Penalty taker: Mario Mandžukić (€8.0m)
Set-piece taker: Darijo Srna (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Darijo Srna
Banker: Ivan Perišić (€7.5m)
Bargain signing: Sime Vrsaljko (€4.5m)
Czech Republic (Ondřej Zlámal, @UEFAcomOndrejZ)
Penalty taker: Tomáš Necid (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Tomáš Rosický (€6.0m), Vladimír Darida (€6.5m)
Secret weapons: Tomáš Sivok (€5.0m), Pavel Kadeřábek (€5.5m)
Banker: Bořek Dočkal (€7.5m)
Bargain signing: Theo Gebre Selassie (€4.5m)
England (Simon Hart, @UEFAcomSimonH)
Penalty taker: Wayne Rooney (€9.5m)
Set-piece takers: Harry Kane (€8.5m), James Milner (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Gary Cahill (€5.5m)
Banker: Harry Kane
Bargain signing: Dele Alli (€6.5m)
France (David Crossan, @UEFAcomDavidC)
Penalty taker: Antoine Griezmann (€10.0m)
Set-piece takers: Dimitri Payet (€8.0m), Paul Pogba (€8.5m), Antoine Griezmann
Secret weapon: Laurent Koscielny (€6.0m)
Banker: Antoine Griezmann
Bargain signing: Adil Rami (€5.0m)
Germany (Philip Röber, @UEFAcomPhilipR)
Penalty takers: Thomas Müller (€10.5m), Mesut Özil (€8.5m)
Set-piece takers: Bastian Schweinsteiger (€6m), Mesut Özil (€8.5m), Toni Kroos (€7m)
Secret weapons: Mats Hummels (€6.5m), Benedikt Höwedes (€5m)
Banker: Thomas Müller
Bargain signing: Manuel Neuer (€6.0m)
Hungary (Matt Watson-Broughton, @UEFAcomMattWB)
Penalty taker: Balázs Dzsudzsák (€6.5m)
Set-piece taker: Balázs Dzsudzsák (€6.5m)
Secret weapon: Richárd Guzmics (€4.5m)
Banker: Balázs Dzsudzsák (€6.5m)
Bargain signing: László Kleinheisler (€5m)
Iceland (Johann Sigurdsson, @UEFAcomJohannS)
Penalty taker: Gylfi Sigurdsson (€8.0m)
Set-piece takers: Gylfi Sigurdsson (€8.0m), Johann Berg Gudmundsson (€6.0m)
Secret weapons: Ragnar Sigurdsson (€5.5m), Kari Arnason (€5.5m)
Banker: Gylfi Sigurdsson
Bargain signing: Hannes Halldorsson GK (€5.0m)
Italy (Ben Gladwell, @UEFAcomBenG)
Penalty taker: Antonio Candreva (€7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Antonio Candreva, Lorenzo Insigne (€7.0m)
Secret weapons: Leonardo Bonucci (€5.5m), Giorgio Chiellini (€6.0m)
Banker: Alessandro Florenzi (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi (€6.0m)
Northern Ireland (Graham Little, @UEFAcomGrahamL)
Penalty taker: Steve Davis (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Oliver Norwood (€5.5m), Steve Davis
Secret weapon: Gareth McAuley (€5.0m)
Banker: Kyle Lafferty (€7.0m)
Bargain signing: Will Grigg (€5.0m)
Poland (Piotr Koźmiński, @UEFAcomPiotrK)
Penalty taker: Robert Lewandowski (€11.5m)
Set piece takers: Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik (€7.5m)
Secret weapons: Kamil Glik (€5.0m), Artur Jędrzejczyk (€4.5m)
Banker: Robert Lewandowski
Bargain signing: Piotr Zieliński (€5.0m)
Portugal (Joe Walker, @UEFAcomJoeW)
Penalty taker: Cristiano Ronaldo (€12.0m)
Set-piece taker: Cristiano Ronaldo
Secret weapon: Raphäel Guerreiro (€4.0m)
Banker: Cristiano Ronaldo
Bargain signing: Raphäel Guerreiro
Republic of Ireland (Paul Bryan, @UEFAcomPaulB)
Penalty takers: Jon Walters (€6.5m), Robbie Keane (€7.5m)
Set-piece takers: Robbie Brady (€6.0m), Wes Hoolahan (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: John O'Shea (€5.0m)
Banker: Shane Long (€6.5m)
Bargain signing: James McClean (€5.5m)
Romania (Paul Zaharia, @UEFAcomPaulDZ)
Penalty taker: Claudiu Keșerü (€6.5m)
Self-piece taker: Lucian Sânmărtean (€5.5m)
Secret weapon: Nicolae Stanciu (€5.5m)
Banker: Ciprian Tătăruşanu (€5.0m)
Bargain signing: Florin Andone (€6.0m)
Russia (Richard van Poortvliet, @UEFAcomRichVP)
Penalty taker: Aleksandr Kokorin (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Aleksandr Kokorin, Oleg Shatov (€6.5m), Aleksandr Samedov (€6.0m)
Secret weapons: Sergei Ignashevich (€5.5m), Dmitri Kombarov (€6.0m)
Banker: Artem Dzyuba (€8.0m)
Bargain signing: Aleksandr Golovin (€5.0m)
Slovakia (Rastislav Hribik, @UEFAcomRastoH)
Penalty taker: Marek Hamšík (€7.5m)
Set-piece taker: Juraj Kucka (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Martin Škrtel (€5.5m)
Banker: Róbert Mak (€6.0m)
Bargain signing: Patrik Hrošovský (€4.5m)
Spain (Graham Hunter, @BumperGraham)
Penalty takers: Cesc Fàbregas (€7.0m), Álvaro Morata (€8.5m)
Set-piece takers: David Silva (€10.0m), Cesc Fàbregas
Secret weapons: Sergio Ramos (€6.5m), Jordi Alba (€7.0m)
Banker: Gerard Piqué (€6.5m)
Bargain signing: Nolito (€6.0m)
Sweden (Sujay Dutt, @UEFAcomSujayD)
Penalty taker: Zlatan Ibrahimović (€11.0m)
Set-piece takers: Zlatan Ibrahimović, Kim Källström (€6.0m)
Secret weapon: Mikael Lustig (€5.0m)
Banker: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Bargain signing: Emil Forsberg (€5.5m)
Switzerland (Matt Howarth, @UEFAcomMattH)
Penalty taker: Ricardo Rodriguez (€6.0m)
Set-piece takers: Ricardo Rodriguez, Granit Xhaka (€7.0m), Xherdan Shaqiri (€8.0m)
Secret weapon: Fabian Schär (€5.5m)
Banker: Xherdan Shaqiri
Bargain signing: Blerim Dzemaili (€5.5m)
Turkey (Çetin Cem Yılmaz, @UEFAcomCetinCY)
Penalty taker: Selçuk İnan (€7.0m)
Set-piece takers: Hakan Çalhanoğlu (€7.5m), Selçuk İnan
Secret weapon: Caner Erkin (€5.5m)
Banker: Arda Turan (€8.0m)
Bargain signing: Oğuzhan Özyakup (€6.0m)
Ukraine (Bogdan Buga, @UEFAcomBogdanB)
Penalty takers: Yevhen Konoplyanka (€7.5m), Andriy Yarmolenko (€8.5m)
Set-piece takers: Yevhen Konoplyanka, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ruslan Rotan (€6.0m)
Secret weapons: Vyacheslav Shevchuk (€5.5m), Artem Fedetskiy (€5.0m)
Banker: Andriy Yarmolenko
Bargain signing: Olexandr Zinchenko (€4.5m)
Wales (Mark Pitman, @UEFAcomMPitman)
Penalty taker: Gareth Bale (€10.5m)
Set-piece taker: Gareth Bale
Secret weapons: James Collins (€4.5m), Joe Ledley (€5.5m)
Banker: Gareth Bale
Bargain: Jonathan Williams (€4.5m)