🧙‍ Strong in Fantasy Football but... beware: top players often injured ⚠️

Some players can attract attention during the Fanta auction, but to safeguard our strategies, we must remember their propensity for injuries.

Let's look at those players who can be interesting and at the same time need to be careful about.

Defenders

In defense, Alessandro Buongiorno is among the strongest players in the championship but also one of the most fragile: last year he missed 15 games with Napoli, 8 of which were due to muscle injuries. Nuno Tavares brings bonus and also insecurity: 19 games injured due to various muscle problems in the thigh and adductors.

Benjamin Pavard was out for 18 games with Inter last season, mainly due to muscle discomfort: namely those injuries that can reoccur more easily over time. Kolasinac is a big question mark: in 2024/25 he had three muscle injuries, then he tore his cruciate in April and will return in the fall, his physical integrity could be compromised.

For Kalulu this will be an important season on a physical level: last year he missed 8 games with Juventus due to a hamstring tendon injury, while in his last season at Milan he was out for 39 games, mainly due to a muscle tear. The player is now fit but still leaves some doubts.

Midfielders

In midfield, the purchase of Lewis Ferguson from Bologna should be evaluated: after returning from a cruciate tear, he had two muscle problems, never had in his career before the big injury. Also monitor Albert Gudmundsson: last year with Fiorentina he was absent for 20 games, particularly for muscle problems and calf.

Junior Messias last season suffered 4 muscle injuries with Genoa, remaining out for 19 games. Also Ivan Ilic is prone to many small-medium injuries that stopped him for 14 games with Torino (16 in total counting other minor problems). Always in granata, be careful with Tino Anjorin: last season he was out for more than two months due to a thigh injury, while in 2022/23 he missed 6 months due to an ankle problem.

Forwards

The emblem of "strong but fragile" is Paulo Dybala: during the last season he suffered few muscle injuries but in March he tore a tendon in his left thigh that required surgery, the Argentine could return to full regime in September. Also Nico Gonzalez is prone to injuries, in fact with Juventus he missed 14 games and even in this pre-season he had some discomfort to old scars.

Domenico Berardi in Serie B has lived one of the few seasons in his career without physical problems: a comforting sign in Fanta perspective (and not only) but his history among old muscle injuries and the Achilles tendon operation is not the most comforting.

Taty Castellanos has a bit delicate adductors: almost 2 months out due to that muscle and also the calf in the last season. Vitinha in Genoa due to three muscle injuries was out for more than 3 months in 2024/25; while Keinan Davis of Udinese missed exactly 3 months due to muscle problems: a constant of his career. 

A different story for Lameck Banda who in his career has been more prone to "collision" injuries rather than muscular ones, in fact last season he was out 100 days due to a malleolus fracture.

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