AS the World Cup start draws ever nearer, stress levels of Dream Team World Cup managers continue to grow.
Stacking your midfield with attacking talent is crucial and could quite easily be the difference between victory and failure in your mini-league.
With that in mind, we’ve ranked the five best midfield options in the game – just our opinion of course…
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5. Federico Valverde
The Real Madrid has completely transformed himself into a potent threat in the final this season.
Where before he did a lot of the dirty work, this term he’s scored eight goals and provided four assists for Los Blancos and heads to Qatar as one of the most in-form assets in his position.
With South Korea, Portugal and Ghana in their group, Uruguay are expected to progress to the round of 16.
Might Valverde cash in on a relatively comfortable group stage? Who knows. But at £4.5m you’re not breaking the bank to find out.
4. Bernardo Silva
Speaking of Portugal, their little wizard Bernardo Silva could be set for a big winter.
His performances at Man City have been excellent, with seven goal involvements (2G, 5A) so far this season and had four in total during his nation’s World Cup qualifying campaign.
Like Uruguay, Portugal will be very confident of making it through Group H despite it looking awkward on paper.
Less than 4% of managers have selected the 28-year-old until now, so adding him could give you an edge on the field.
In terms of pure quality, there aren’t many on Bernardo’s level.
3. Leroy Sane
Now we’re getting to the expensive buys — but they’re expensive for a reason.
Leroy Sane and Germany have some exciting fixtures ahead in Qatar, with Costa Rica, Japan and fellow Europeans Spain.
Sane’s goal involvements with Bayern Munich (10G, 6A) are encouraging this season and Germany’s wingers are often presented with the best scoring opportunities.
The ex-Man City winger averaged a goal or assist every 97.4 minutes during qualifying.
2. Vinicius Junior
Following the bookies’ lead and reckon Brazil will go all the way? Then you NEED this guy in your XI.
Vinicius Jr has taken his game to a new level in 2022 and could crown it off with a huge performance to elevate him further in the game.
Simply one of the most exciting talents in world football over the last year, the 22-year-old has the ability to take Qatar by storm.
He arrives bang in form after a strong first half of the season with Real Madrid (10G, 5A) and he’ll keen to make a statement at his first World Cup.
1. Kevin De Bruyne
A man who needs absolutely no introduction as Dream Team World Cup’s most-expensive midfielder.
De Bruyne is a phenomenon in his position, his whipped crosses, weighted passes and long-range shots are all weapons of significant potency.
The Man City playmaker has 71 goal involvements in 93 appearances at international level – say no more.
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