EURO 2020 - Group A & B
Updated: Feb 3
Group A - England
Until they face each other on 14/11/19, it is too close between Czech Republic and Kosovo to confidently say which team will qualify for EURO 2020.
Therefore, from Group A, I will just focus on England.
England
Many English players are inflated in price, mostly due to the rational reasoning of having an increased chance of MB. However, many are inflated in price because of the irrational demand for English players which partly comes from English players playing in leagues (The Premier League in particular) which Football Index traders tend to watch the most as the product is available in the UK and Ireland.
The three England players which are quality, young, could have potential transfer speculation and will be playing at EURO 2020 are Declan Rice, James Maddison and Ben Chilwell.
Rice and Maddison could increase in price further, however, as they already appear quite expensive (Maddison is currently the 12th most expensive player on Football Index and Rice's price ceiling is lower as a Defensive Midfielder) I have decided to focus on Ben Chilwell.
1. Ben Chilwell
Country: England
Age: 22
Price: £1.45
Team: Leicester City
Position: Defender
Pros:
Young
Transfer Speculation - Strong MB Potential
Strong PB
Top 5 PB scores 19/20 season - 220, 138, 134, 112, 112
Cons:
High Price - especially for a defender
Group B - Portugal, Ukraine
As you can see Ukraine have made a very strong start to their EURO 2020 Qualifying campaign and as Portugal have a game in hand and are of course such a strong team - we can be quite confident that Ukraine and Portugal will both qualify.
Serbia do have an outside chance, but, having lost 5-0 to Ukraine in their first fixture against Ukraine, it is unlikely they will be able to qualify for EURO 2020.
Portugal
1. Bruno Fernandes
Country: Portugal
Age: 25
Price: £2.51
Team: Sporting CP
Position: Midfielder
Pros:
Very Strong PB
PB Scores 19/20 season - 255, 201, 140, 103
Transfer Speculation - Strong MB Potential
Many goals and assists in Primeira Liga (Portugal 1st Division)
Cons:
Very high price - especially for a non-pb league player
Is not particularly young
2. Ruben Dias
Country: Portugal
Age: 22
Price: £0.98 *Highlighted last month at £0.87
Team: Benfica
Position: Defender (Center Back)
Pros:
Young
Transfer Speculation - MB Potential
Cons:
Lower price ceiling as a Center Back
Currently low demand for Center Backs due to lower PB scores since the PB matrix change
Ukraine
1. Vitaliy Mykolenko
Country: Ukraine
Age: 20
Price: £0.49
Team: Dynamo Kyiv
Position: Defender (Left Back)
Pros:
Young
Strong PB
PB Scores 19/20 season - 210, 191, 188
3 assists in 8 games for Dynamo Kyiv this season
Future transfer speculation is possible
Cons:
Lower price ceiling as a defender
MB is unlikely even if a transfer does develop
2. Viktor Tsygankov
Country: Ukraine
Age: 21
Price: £1.39 *First highlighted last month at £0.93
Team: Dynamo Kyiv
Position: Midfielder (Attacking)
Pros:
Young
Transfer Speculation - MB Potential
Capable of goals and assists (Strong G&A record in Ukrainian Premier League)
Cons:
High price
Risen in price considerably in the last 3 weeks *I would not recommend purchasing right now at his current price, but, after he has dropped in price he could be worth buying for EURO 2020 / Transfer Speculation