World Cup Fantasy: 5 Bargain Goalkeepers

In a World Cup filled with high-profile names like Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, fantasy managers tend to spend lavishly on such glamorous names and are usually left with little to no money to buy other players.

Since fantasy managers work on a budget, it is tough to fit in all the high-profile names and the selected ones usually eat a huge chunk out of the allotted budget. Hence fantasy managers are usually left in a dilemma to find cheap but impactful players in other positions.

Goalkeepers are usually where fantasy managers tend to save their budgets the most and try to find cheap players with starting and clean sheet potential.

As big-name Goalkeepers like France's Hugo Lloris, Spain's David De Gea or Brazil's Allison who are coming off great seasons for their respective clubs, they demand a huge price for their services in any fantasy game.

It is usually advised with high caution to acquire their services as it might shave a dollar or two off t budget that might be required to pick someone like a De Bruyne or Harry Kane.

So buying a bargain goalkeeper with a high clean sheet potential is very important if fantasy managers want to keep their high-profile bank-breaking players in their squad.

So, on that note, here are 5 of the best bargain goalkeepers for your 2018 FIFA World Cup fantasy team:

#5 Wojciech Szczesny(Poland)

Wojciech Szczesny

The new Juventus No.1 was hot for Il Bianconeri this season as he recorded 14 clean sheets in 21 matches across all competitions for them.

He is the Polish No.1 for the 2018 World Cup and will be hoping that his hot form continues into the tournament. Szczesny has let in just a solitary goal in Poland's last 2 friendlies.

According to FIFA rankings, Poland are placed in the 2nd easiest group in the tournament consisting of Colombia, Senegal and Japan. Szczesny can be backed to keep at least 2 clean sheets in his 3 group stage matchups.

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#4 Kasper Schmeichel(Denmark)

Kasper Schmeichel

Schmeichel did not have a great season with Leicester but has always been in great form for the national team as the Danes conceded just 8 goals in their 10 matches during their World Cup Qualifiers campaign.

He has kept clean sheets in Denmark's last 3 friendlies in the run-up to the World Cup. The partnership of Chelsea's Andreas Christensen and Sevilla's Simon Kjær in the centre of defence is working great as a security blanket for Schmeichel.

Denmark are placed in Group C alongside France, Peru and Australia, Schmeichel should be backed to keep clean sheets in at least 2 of his matchups.

#3 Danijel Subasic(Croatia)

Danijel Subasic

Subasic had a strong season for Monaco as he recorded 12 clean sheets across all competitions for the French outfit. He was instrumental for the Les Rouges et Blancs as they finished runners-up in Ligue 1 and in Coupe de la Ligue.

Croatia has veteran Verdan Corluka and ever-improving Dejan Lovren guarding at the centre back position who can provide a high-level of protection to Subasic.

Croatia are in Group D along with Argentina, Iceland and Nigeria and realistically, owners can expect clean sheets in at least 2 of the three matches from Subasic.

#2 Willy Caballero(Argentina)

Willy Caballero(left)

Injuries are a part of football and in some cases, one's pain is the other's gain. Caballero is one who can clearly relate to this as a knee injury to Romero got him a starting place in Argentina's World Cup squad.

Caballero has played in two of Argentina's last 3 matches and successfully registered a pair of clean sheets. With the renewed Nicolas Otamendi and either of Marcus Rojo or Federico Fazio at the heart of the defence, Caballero can breathe a sigh of relief.

He can be a quality option for fantasy managers as only Croatia threatens to be a major goal threat in a group also consisting of Nigeria and Iceland.

#1 Fernando Muslera(Uruguay)

Fernando Muslera

The 31-year old is a 2-time World Cup veteran who currently plies his trade for Turkish football giant Galatasaray. Muslera won the Turkish league title this year and was a pivotal part of the squad as he kept 13 clean sheets during the whole season.

With Diego Godin and Jose Maria Gimenez guarding at the centre back position, Muslera should have an easy time during the group stages. Muslera has recorded a trio of clean sheets in Uruguay's last 3 matches.

Uruguay are placed in the easiest of groups at the World Cup comprising of minnows Saudi Arabia, hosts Russia and a Mo Salah led Egypt, none of whom feature in the top-40 of FIFA rankings.