🚨 If you aren’t aware, everyone gets unlimited free transfers before this MD (9) and then unlimited free transfers out of the playoffs before MD11. So choose your 15 just based on the 2 playoff legs (MD9, MD10).

✍️ 24 hours before each matchday I put together all the essential information you need to make informed UCL Fantasy decisions.

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⭐ My Current OR: 46,441. Top 3/4%.

🎯 My 24/25 Target: Top 1k

💥 Key players who went HUGE (13+ points) in MD8: Morgan Rodgers (20pts), Dembele (20pts), Lautaro Martinez (17pts), Griezmann (14pts), Wirtz (13pts), Guirassy (13pts).

⭐ I’ll be keeping a close eye on last minute news so make sure you follow me on X (@_FantasyEd)

🔀 Players added/changed in the game: Kvaratskhelia (PSG, £7.5m), Marmoush (Man City, £8m), Kolo Muani (Juventus, £7.1m).

🔥 Players I’d love to own in MD9: Dembele, Kane, Hakimi, Pulisic, Olise, Kolo Muani, Guerreiro, Retegui…

💸 Potential BARGAINS: Retegui (5.5m), Di Gregorio (4.2m), Willian Pacho (€4.8m), Maghnes Akliouche (€5.3m)

✅ Fixtures to target in MD9
⭐ Celtic vs Bayern Munich - Celtic are better at home but i’m still backing Bayern
⭐ Brest vs PSG - This exact fixture happened on the 1st Feb and PSG won 5-2.
⭐ Juventus vs PSV - Back Juventus’ defence IMO.

🧢 Captaincy options:
1️⃣ Tuesday: Dembele, Haaland, Vini Jnr/Mbappe
2️⃣ Wednesday: Kane, Pulisic, Musiala?

💯 My 0-1% MASSIVE DIFFERENTIAL series continues (it’s done pretty well so far) with Juventus’ 1% owned Kolo Muani - see below.

In the end, the team news for MD8 ended up forcing me to play my limitless wildcard chip. It did quite well and took my rank from 80k-ish to 45k-ish. Although many others are doing a lot better, I feel being at this OR with over half of the game to go is a good position to be in for a top 10k finish.

My main concern with playing the LL chip was having the same team as everyone else who was playing it, so I added in some changes. I avoided Mbappe and went with Guirassy which paid off. I also added in KDB instead of Foden and Sane instead of Musiala/Olise - those two did nothing.

My defence provided a very solid foundation of points for the week. 87 points in total by the end.

It’s great to have a blank slate to attack these two legged playoff ties. The draw has given us a few different things to think about. Ignore the times on the image below, i’m currently abroad - check the app where you are for accurate KO times.

You can see my current MD9 draft below. Other players I am seriously considering are Retegui, Vini Jnr/Mbappe instead of Haaland and Guirassy.

The only other unresolved question on my mind is

Captaincy on the Tuesday will likely be the in-form Dembele. In the exact same fixture only 9 days ago the French forward (midfielder on this game - key!) scored a hattrick and has 8 goals in 2025 already - the most in Europe along with Retegui.

I can’t see past Harry Kane for the Wednesday captaincy.