The World Cup break is upon us, and fans will be taking a welcome break from the Fantasy Premier League over the coming weeks by embarking on a Fantasy World Cup adventure instead.
With official pages, tipsters and even podcasts based on the English top-flight version, it seemed only a formality that the mid-season break would form some excitement by keeping an eye on players across the worldwide tournament that is set to unfold from Sunday onwards. Of course, the rapid nature of events means that fans will have to be hot on the task of replacing, replenishing and looking for players to fire them up the tables with their friends, foes and overall competitors in a bid for glory.
Here, Football.london takes you through bargains, players you can't miss out on, players to avoid and dark horse teams with a plethora of hidden gems with World Cup fever set to take over screens for the best part of a month.
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Must haves
Neymar - POTT
Kylian Mbappe - obvious reasons
Thibaut Courtois - weak group won't score many
Denzel Dumfries - good form and in a weak group
Bruno Fernandes - Portugal's talisman with Jota out and Cristiano Ronaldo in poor form
Players to avoid
Joao Cancelo - free scoring group
Robert Lewandowski - Poland up against well-drilled Mexico and Argentina
Jordi Alba - Japan pack a surprise, Germany will score
James Maddison - high priced and won't get into the team initially
Sadio Mane - injuries worries, Senegal could play poorly
Hidden gems
Anass Zaroury - point to prove, in great form, replaces Harit
Rodrigo Bentancur - Uruguay's best midfielder with Valverde likely to be on the wing and in goalscoring form of his life
Achraf Hakimi - could take advantage of a poor Canada and ageing Croatia defence - long-term investment for cheap
Richarlison - low priced to say that he is Brazil's starting striker and Firmino has been left out
Giovanni Reyna - could star against a poor Wales and Iran side, long term investment for cheap
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