Our guide to the best Euro 2024 Fantasy Football defenders. <\/p>
Defenders will grow in value as Euro 2024 progresses, but don\u2019t be afraid to add a couple of elite stars into your XI from the outset.<\/p>\n
Matches in the knockout rounds tend to yield fewer goals than group-stage matches due to the quality of teams and higher stakes involved.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not to say you should completely overlook the defence, with one particularly cheap defender among our most high-conviction picks for the tournament.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you a round-up of the best Euro 2024 Fantasy Football defenders to sign.<\/p>\n Maximilian Mittelst\u00e4dt (Germany) \u20ac4m<\/strong><\/p>\n Introducing Maximilian Mittelst\u00e4dt. You\u2019d be forgiven for not recognising the name of the Stuttgart left-back, but it won\u2019t leave your brain now. We are tipping Mittelst\u00e4dt to be the No. 1 bargain buy in the whole game. He costs a rock-bottom \u20ac4.0m but is a favourite of coach Julian Nagelsmann, and is very likely to be a starter for one of the top teams in the tournament.<\/p>\n Wout Faes (Belgium) \u20ac4m<\/strong><\/p>\n Similar to Mittelst\u00e4dt, Faes is likely to be a cheap way into a premium defence. Belgium conceded just four goals in qualifying, and look set to line up with three at the back (plus wing-backs).<\/p>\n Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain) \u20ac5m<\/strong><\/p>\n Nobody could have predicted just how well Alejandro Grimaldo\u2019s 2023\/24 season would pan out after he joined Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer in 2023. He picked up 10 goals and 14 assists in 33 games, making him an eye-catching prospect here.<\/p>\n Federico Dimarco (Italy) \u20ac5m<\/strong><\/p>\n Group B may look spicy with Spain, Italy, Croatia and Albania in action, but the reigning champions are typically renowned for their defensive capabilities, and Dimarco is a nice way in. The Inter full-back recorded five goals and six assists in 30 Serie A games last season.<\/p>\n Jo\u00e3o Cancelo (Portugal) \u20ac6m<\/strong><\/p>\n Portugal scored 36 goals and conceded just twice in 10 matches during a bumper qualifying campaign. Jo\u00e3o Cancelo is a Swiss army knife in their side, capable of playing right-back or left-back, while tending to drift inside and seek to pull strings in midfield. He is a creative force and worthy of his price tag.<\/p>\n Theo Hern\u00e1ndez (France) \u20ac5.5m<\/strong><\/p>\n France are likely to go long at Euro 2024, and Hern\u00e1ndez may be their most assured starter. Benjamin Pavard, William Saliba, Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 and Dayot Upamecano will duel for two places at centre-back, while Hern\u00e1ndez is a lock on the flank.<\/p> Check out more of our\u00a0Sport<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Our guide to the best Euro 2024 Fantasy Football defenders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52763,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign.jpg",1795,1197,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/euro-2024-fantasy-football-tips-defenders-you-should-sign.jpg",1795,1197,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Our guide to the best Euro 2024 Fantasy Football defenders.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Best Euro 2024 Fantasy Football defenders to sign<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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