⚽ Euros expert Gianni Buttice has his team ready for the Fanteam free-to-play 'Beat the Pundits' contest, aiming for a share of the £2k prize pool.

👇 Check out his current draft—do you think you can beat it?

🔢 Select your squad by heading to Fanteam and using the password ‘Pundits2024’.

If you enter ‘Beat the Pundits’, you can then use the same squad in Fanteam's £175k Main Event, which boasts a staggering £35k first-place prize!

For new customers, Fanteam has an amazing sign-up offer: deposit £10, play any paid fantasy contest, and you'll get a free entry to the Main Event.

Today is the day that Euro 2024 kicks off in Germany. An exciting summer of football awaits and, as always, Fantasy Football Scout is here to provide in-depth coverage via written articles and official UEFA podcasts. 

Our general Euro 2024 Fantasy landing page neatly puts everything in one place, such as a fixture ticker, set-piece takers, in-depth previews for each of the 24 nations and predicting their line-ups. Our ‘how to play’ guide points out the ways that managers can benefit from its slight alterations to Fantasy Premier League (FPL). 

For example, there are rewards for ball recoveries and long-range goals. Captaincy can change mid-Matchday, so having a day-by-day armband matrix will prove handy.

Once you’ve settled on a team name, identifying the best goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards is crucial. The cheap €4.0m stoppers too. Scout’s first draft is opting for a heavyweight front three, Dominik Szoboszlai and the Mittelstadt bargain. Not only that, Pro Pundits like Pras, Zophar, FPL Milanista, Lateriser and Tom Freeman have all provided team reveals and their own personal chip strategies.

It’s also useful to keep up to date with pre-Euro friendlies. Bruno Fernandes has looked explosive, Trent Alexander-Arnold offers out-of-position potential and it’s hard to ignore the superb goal-scoring form of Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk. However, favourites England and France both ended with a shock home result.

By joining our mini-league, you’ll have a chance of winning prizes worth over £500. And we’ve partnered with FanTeam for their free ‘Beat the Pundits’ league, where cash is up for grabs and those who finish higher than Scout’s squad will receive a free one-month membership.

To ensure it’s a fair contest, we’ve picked out the main players who are cheaper here than in the official game, plus six individuals well-suited to the scoring system.

Over on our YouTube channel, check out Ed’s Matchday 1 preview. As well as his own final draft, he’s spoken to FPL Harry, Andy North and Pras about their thoughts.

In addition to his five top tips, Ed has singled out some cheap bargains and players to avoid.