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MD7: NEWSLETTER

Is Bellingham a genuine midfield option again?
HEADLINES
✍️ 24 hours before each matchday I put together all the essential information you need to make informed UCL Fantasy decisions.
⭐ My Current OR: 63,931. Top 5%.
🎯 My 24/25 Target: Top 1k
💥 Key players who went HUGE (15+ points) in MD6: Saka (19pts), Olise (15pts), Griezmann (13pts), Guirassy (13pts), Hakimi (13pts).
⭐ I’ll be keeping a close eye on last minute news so make sure you follow me on X (@_FantasyEd)
🚑 Key Players - Out & Doubts: Saka, Jesus, Tillman, Saliba, Pau Torres, Jota, Malen, Rodri, McGinn, Ter Stegen, Pulisic…
🔥 Players I’d love to own in MD7: Trossard, Bellingham, Mbappe, Gyokeres, Lookman, Retegui, Foden, Kane, Olise.
✅ Fixtures to target in MD7
⭐ Atalanta vs Sturm Graz (early KO)
⭐ Liverpool vs Lille
⭐ Celtic vs Young Boys
⭐ Real Madrid vs Salzburg
⭐ Arsenal vs GNK Dinamo
🧢 Captaincy options: Day 1: Salah, Lookman, Retegui?
🧢 Captaincy options: Day 2: Mbappe, Bellingham, Trossard, Havertz?
💰 FIVE Potential MD7 Bargains:
➡️ Retegui (5.4m, 1% owned)
➡️ Timber (4.4m, 3% owned)
➡️ Engels (5.7m, 0% owned)
➡️ Reijnders (5.8m, 7% owned)
➡️ Di Gregorio (4.2m, 4% owned)
🏆 My 0-1% #UCLFantasy player series continues
✅ MD1: 0% Ramsey 9pts
✅ MD2: 1% Taremi 16pts
❌ MD3: 1% Retegui 1pt
✅ MD4: 0% Sudakov 14pts
✅ MD5: 1% Tillman 17pts
❌ MD6: 1% Sima 1pts⭐️ MD7: 1% Retegui - Home vs Sturm Graz
🦾 Let's get this series back on track! x.com/i/web/status/1…
— ED (@_fantasyED)
4:04 PM • Jan 20, 2025
LIMITLESS DRAFT
💰 Each week i’ll show you who i’d pick if I was on a LL because a) it’s fun and b) it might help someone:

I would go with something like this for a limitless, focussing on Real Madrid and Bayern attack. With Saka out I feel like i’d need some Arsenal attack (vs Dinamo GNK) but can’t fit Havertz in - so Trossard it is.
ED’S TEAM - OR 63,931
Another very average week for me in MD6 (66pts) capped off a frustrating start to the UCL season. I have to remind myself that with 17 MD’s this season, we are less than halfway through - lot’s of points left to play for.
The most frustrating part of MD6 was, unfortunately, self-inflicted. I took a risk and changed captaincy from Salah to Alvarez for day two. In itself, that was fine, and I only lost 1 point by doing it, however all week I had planned to captain Saka on day two. Saka would have been a 38 (THIRTY-EIGHT) point captain and taken an average week, to a good one.

My team before transfers

When considering my transfers this week, I need to keep in mind that I plan to use my Limitless chip in MD8, which therefore makes MD7 effectively a free hit.
There are a lot of players I want this week (listed above), but the two I am going for are Mbappe and Trossard with the injured Saka coming out joined by Atletico Madrid’s Alvarez. I would have loved to have Kane
Real Madrid seem to have clicked into gear this season, and so does Mbappe. He scored two more goals at the weekend to take him to 17 goals for the season. Top of La Liga and playing a Salzburg side who were thrashed 6-0 by Bayern earlier this month, Mbappe is top of my list. If I had more free transfers I’d be looking to get Bellingham in as well who now has 9 goals and 7 assists this season.
My second transfer has to be Saka out (my only injured player) and it’s a straight replacement for an Arsenal attacker. Arsenal’s fixture is too good to not have a stake in (Dinamo GNK at home), and Trossard has looked very lively in the Premier League this season with 5 goals and 5 assists mainly off the bench. At only 2% ownership he could be a very tasty differential.
In all probability i’ll be captaining Salah on day one and, if needed, Mbappe on day two. Simple.
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