🧙‍ Strong in Fantasy Football but... beware: who is often injured ⚠️ | OneFootball

Some players may attract attention during the Fantasy auction, but to safeguard our strategies, we must remember their injury-prone nature.

Let's take a look at those players who can be interesting and at the same time, beware of.

Defenders

In defense, Alessandro Buongiorno is among the strongest players in the league, 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 bonuses and also uncertainty: 19 games missed 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 issues: i.e., those injuries that can recur more easily over time. Kolasinac, on the other hand, is a big question mark: in 2024/25, he had three muscle injuries, then broke his cruciate ligament in April and will return in the fall, his physical integrity may be compromised.

This will be an important season for Kalulu on a physical level: last year he missed 8 games with Juventus due to a thigh tendon injury, while in his last season at Milan, he was out for 39 games, mainly due to a muscle strain. The player is currently fit but still raises doubts.

Midfielders

In midfield, it's worth evaluating the purchase of Lewis Ferguson from Bologna: after returning from a cruciate ligament rupture, he had two muscle problems, never had before the big injury. Also, keep an eye on Albert Gudmundsson: last year with Fiorentina, he was absent for 20 games, particularly due to muscle and calf problems.

Junior Messias suffered 4 muscle injuries with Genoa last season, missing 19 games. Ivan Ilic is also prone to many minor-medium injuries that kept him out for 14 games with Torino (16 in total, considering other minor issues). Always in granata, be cautious with Tino Anjorin: last season he was out for over 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, which required surgery, the Argentine could return to full capacity in September. Nico Gonzalez is also prone to injuries, in fact, with Juventus, he missed 14 games, and even in this pre-season, he had some discomfort in old scars.

Domenico Berardi in Serie B experienced one of the few seasons in his career without physical issues: a comforting sign in terms of Fantasy (and not only) but his history of old muscle injuries and tendon surgery is not the most comforting.

Taty Castellanos has slightly 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 over 3 months in 2024/25; while Keinan Davis of Udinese missed 3 months exactly due to muscle problems: a constant in his career.

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

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