World Cup 2018 Fantasy: Ten



The OMAC is the player you build around - in real life, and in fantasy. The nine is your Golden Boot hopeful. But the ten... the ten is something magical. The attacking midfielder. The small, skillful player directing his teams forward play, taking set pieces, and finishing moves. They may play off a striker, or behind a pair. They may be a false 9, but especially come the World Cup, these are the players the hipsters love, and at whom scouts can't throw enough money.
  • Antoine Griezmann (he's part 9, part 10, and almost an OMAC, and will get a mention in each of those posts)
  • David Silva (he's part 10, part wide-forward. In fact, half the Spain side fits that bill, so let's add...)
  • Isco
  • Luka Modric
  • Mesut Ozil
  • James Rodriguez
  • Gylfi Sigurdsson
  • Carlos Vela (listed as a forward, and probably starting)
  • Giovanni Dos Santos (listed as a midfielder, and probably not starting)
  • Hakim Ziyach
  • Shinji Kagawa
  • Christian Cueva
  • Joao Mario
  • Giorgian De Arrascaeta
I'm all-in on De Arrascaeta. He's hopefully a cheap in to a Uruguay attack that should score buckets in a historically bad group. He counts against a forward spot, but if he can set-up Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani - or be set up by them, as happened in their most recent friendly - he could be a productive player in his own right, and enable you to afford big hitters elsewhere in your squad.

Hakim Ziyach and Christian Cueva, would complete my bargain tens. My (playing at the tip of the) diamonds in the rough.

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