FanDuel Fantasy: Champions League Week 1 Under-the-Radar Player Picks

The Champions League makes its welcome return this week—and it brings with it the opportunity for you to try the next generation of fantasy football.

FanDuel is just like regular fantasy, except all the action takes place on a single matchday. Using a £100 million budget, you pick a starting XI of players who feature during one matchday. Then, you take on your friends and aim to win big cash prizes.

You can play for free; you can play for money—there is a FanDuel contest to suit everyone. It’s simple, it’s great fun and there’s no season-long commitment.

You may have already tried your hand at FanDuel on a Premier League matchday, but this season you will also be able to test your continental prowess under the lights on Champions League nights.

To enter a team for the opening round of the 2016-17 Champions League proper and to find out more, head over to FanDuel.co.uk.

Be sure to check out the “£3,500 Champions League Kick Off” contest—there are £3,500 in prizes available, it’s only £5 to enter and over 190 teams will win cash.

Much like the fantasy game you are used to, Fan Duel is all about maximising points per pound of budget spent. Hence, in order to put some “box office” names in your team, you’ll need to get value from some lesser-known stars. Take a look at our five under-the radar player picks from Tuesday evening’s games:

Arkadiusz Milik, Napoli (Forward)Value: £7.9 millionOpponent: @ Dynamo Kiev

Arek Milik enjoyed a superb season with Ajax in 2015-16, earning 21 goals. Of course, success in Holland doesn’t always translate to other leagues, but the Polish striker is filling Gonzalo Higuain’s shoes rather nicely at Napoli: On his full debut, he scored twice.

On Tuesday, Milik is facing a Dynamo Kiev side who have conceded on their last four outings, and we know he is used to performing on the big stage thanks to his status as the top scorer in qualification for the most recent European Championship (13 goals).

At £7.9 million, his price tag is nearly half that of the most expensive player in …

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