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#UCLFantasy Scout: International impressions

Paolo Menicucci rounds up the international action to find which players are hitting form for matchday five.

Denmark's Christian Eriksen enjoys his hat-trick in Ireland
Denmark's Christian Eriksen enjoys his hat-trick in Ireland ©AFP/Getty Images


Christian Eriksen (MF, €8.5m)
This one is pretty obvious. The Tottenham midfielder took Denmark to Russia with a hat-trick in the return leg of the FIFA World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland. He struck 11 goals in the qualifying campaign, fewer only than Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo and contributed three assists.

Romelu Lukaku (FW, €10m)
A scintillating Belgium had already booked qualification long ago but the Manchester United striker shows no signs of slowing down. He scored three goals in friendlies against Mexico and Japan to move two goals short of the national team's all-time top scorers, and that record shouldn't last long considering Lukaku is only 24!
 
Sergio Agüero (FW, €10.5m)
The forward reached a landmark himself on matchday four: with his strike against Napoli he surpassed Eric Brook's goals record in all competitions for Manchester City. During the international break he scored Argentina's winner against Russia and also found the net in the 4-2 defeat against Nigeria that followed. However, he was taken to hospital after fainting at half-time, so check his condition ahead of matchday five.

Marcel Sabitzer (MF, €8.5m)
After scoring early with an easy tap-in, the Lepizig star led Austria to a famous win against Uruguay in a friendly game. It was a very good international break for Leipzig players: Emil Forsberg (MF, €9m) helped Sweden beat Italy in the FIFA World Cup play-off while Timo Werner (FW, €9.9m) scored for Germany in a friendly against France.

Victor Lindelöf (DF, €5.5m)
The Manchester United centre-back was instrumental for a Sweden side who kept Italy goalless for 180 minutes in the play-offs. Will it be enough for him to earn more space at Manchester United? If you want to play safer, Manchester City's John Stones (DF, €5.7m) helped England keep clean sheets against Germany and Brazil.