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Karim Benzema: Is he one to watch at the Euros?
We are getting ever closer to the kick-off of Euro 2008 and we would like to know which stars you think we should be watching out for in Austria and Switzerland.
Will household names such as Cristiano Ronaldo add to their reputations with outstanding international performances?
Can Fernando Torres produce the kind of searing pace and goal-scoring form he has shown for Liverpool all season when he pulls on the shirt of Spain?
Can Cesc Fabregas transpose the midfield vision he demonstrates week in and week out for Arsenal to the international stage?
Will stars who perform outside of the Premier League such as Barcelona's central defender Carles Puyol and former Arsenal favourite Thierry Henry be worth keeping an eye on?
Will a youngster such as Karim Benzema, the 20-year-old Lyon striker, make the world stand up and take notice?
Do home nations Austria and Switzerland have talented players who will thrive on the big stage?
Let us know using the form below.
Comments (53)
Aaron Moloney (Manchester City fan) says...
i think that raphael van der vaart will be the player of the tournament or wesley sneijder and am going with david villa to get the golden boot award d-_-b
Posted 02:57 11th June 2008
Jp Simelane (Arsenal fan) says...
Watch out for Cesc Fabregas,his one of the young matured creative midfielder i've ever seen.I also like Torres,he has really proved what a classy striker he is.Once you allow him any space he'll make sure that he punishes you.One more thing watch out for some of the Holland and Portugal players,They've got some brilliant individual players.
Posted 00:43 11th June 2008
Alper Cakir (Manchester United fan) says...
David Villa will be the man of the tournament.
Posted 22:19 10th June 2008
Andrew Pearson (Tottenham Hotspur fan) says...
I think Luis Carlos Nani will take his chance to out shine Ronaldo. he is in my opinion a fantastic player and unfortunatley for him plays with the best player in the world for both club and country. Portugal all the way for me.
Posted 21:45 10th June 2008
Damian Dawson (Arsenal fan) says...
Everyones mentioning Fabregas, Torres and Ronaldo. Thats too obvious. Would anyone be suprised if they all lit the tournament alight? I wouldn't. If your looking deeper, look out for Toulalan of France. Unbelievable year at Lyon, now doing it for the former World and European Champions. Breaks up play and gives the ball easy. A young Makelele that will only get better! Another to look out for is Razvan Rat at Left Back for Romania. Now I saw him boss Frank Ribery against France yesterday and Ribery has had an outstanding season with Bayern Munich!! Rat plays for Shaktar in the Ukraine but expect Prem clubs to be showing intrest by the time the tournaments over. One more player I'd recomend to watch out for is Mario Gomez. The 22yr old plies his trade with German side Stuttgart but rumour has it Munich have agreed a deal for the German striker after the tournaments finished. Stuttgart struggled to emulate the form of the previous two seasons last year but Gomez didn't! fast, inteligent, can finish, strong he has everythin. Everyone (and rightly so) is looking at Klose for the German goals, but watch this boy flurish in the background!!!!!
Posted 16:26 10th June 2008
Marcus Michalis (Liverpool fan) says...
Really impressed with Moutinho from Portugal. Rafa was after him a few years back when he was a nipper and I've followed him ever since. Finally starting to get a bit of recognition.
Posted 15:42 10th June 2008
Fabio Sartin (Portsmouth fan) says...
As a Pompey Boy im gunna say Niko Kranjcar for Croatia, hes had a good spell at portsmouth and I reckon the lads got plenty more to show us! Also Mario Gomez for Germany fantastic season hes had so i reks hel b a goal machine. My top players il b watching will be: Wesley Sneijder Niko Kranjcar Mario Gomez Andrés Iniesta Fernando Torres David Villa
Posted 15:11 10th June 2008
Max Rainger says...
Sneijder to be the player of the tournament, great vision and quality finisher
Posted 13:58 10th June 2008
Robert Bradley (Arsenal fan) says...
Thought Ribery would be a big hit this summer but the way he was handled by Rat of Romania last night was a lesson in defending. Come on Arsenal we need some cover at left -back.
Posted 13:46 10th June 2008
Chris Barron (Manchester United fan) says...
Keep a close eye on Sneiijder the kids got pace and a good pair of feet also the usual candidates like Benzema, Ronaldo, Quersma, Nasri, Torres, Villa, Klose, Podolski etc KLAAS-JAN HUNTELAAR to go to man utd next season, would be a QUALITY transfer.
Posted 12:59 10th June 2008
Des Orchid (Everton fan) says...
Ones to watch are top Everton transfer targets: Joao Moutinho Kim Kallstrom Andrei Arshavin
Posted 12:11 10th June 2008
Cassian Farrelly (Arsenal fan) says...
If Donadoni can pluck up the courage to play his best players as opposed to the most established, then watch out for Antonio Cassano. He came on last night and almost set up Luca Toni- if he's given a chance he can set the tournament alight.
Posted 12:09 10th June 2008
Nico Visahan (Fulham fan) says...
Here are my players to watch out for: Keeper: Artur Boruc (Poland + Celtic) Defender: Joris Mathijsen (Holland + Hamburger SV) Midfielder: Kim Källström (Sweden + Lyon) Striker: Dmitri Sychev (Russia + Lokomotiv Moscow)
Posted 11:27 10th June 2008
Hossein Masoumi (Manchester United fan) says...
I think Ronaldo will be the best player of the tournoment but Spain will win win the with Torees the top scorer
Posted 07:30 10th June 2008
Fariis My (Liverpool fan) says...
I think Torres will be in good shape and will continue his form into the euro. He will be up to his standards and will get the golden boots. DE ROSSI and DI NATALE are also the players to watch along with Benzema, C ronaldo, Lucas Podolski, Fabregas and Michael BAllACK..
Posted 21:26 9th June 2008
Carl Johard (Chelsea fan) says...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of course - the man that can do whatever he wants with the ball and he will always surprise you. And don´t forget Henrik Larsson, that despite his age is an upcomer. He is a sustainable machine that will explode and explode ever again.
Posted 19:34 9th June 2008
Stephen Cook (Southampton fan) says...
i think there will be a few rising stars coming into form here at the Euro 2008. Tottenham Hotspur will be well pleased, despite having spent another large wedge, with Croatian midfielder Luka Modric. Chelsea fans will be happy to see explosive wing-back Bosingwa strutting his stuff on the international stage. Toward the end of the Tournament though I think Premiereship eyes will be turning toward Netherlands young striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who (according to Wikipedia!) has scored and impressive 70 goals in 82 games for Ajax since 2005 and an equally impressive international career with 7 in 12. If he gets the nod ahead of Ruud van Nistelrooy, he will certainly make a great impact. Valencia youngster David Silva may well light up Spain's midfield. I quite fancy French players Benzema and Jérémy Toulalan to do well. It's not just the young guns to look out for though - he didn't have a great game against Portugal but Turkey's Nihat, 28, is always good value. And Adrian Mutu 29, will be the key for Romanian hopes. Ultimatley, however, I reckon Italy will prove too strong for most teams with Pirlo, Gattuso and De Rossi heading up the midfield and Toni tucking the goals away. Although they currently sit in the 'Group of Death' I think they have what it takes to win it... though I may have just now cursed them and all the aforementioned!
Posted 19:07 9th June 2008
Steve Burgess (Liverpool fan) says...
Andrei Arshavin is the only one to watch.........................
Posted 18:06 9th June 2008
Tom O'dubhain (Chelsea fan) says...
I think Jéremy Toulalan will suprise everybody. He's a fantastic link up player between Midfield and Defence. Luka Modric will prove to be a bargain for Tottenham, so look out for him also. One more, Roman Pavlyuchenko will need to make a big step up now that Pavel Pogrebnyak is out of the tournament through injury. So watch out for him & his team mates, the speedy Vladimir Bystrov & genious Andrei Arshavin.
Posted 15:23 9th June 2008
Sweet Zoe (Manchester United fan) says...
Watch out for Ruud van Nistelrooy, Van der Vaart (watch him!) Sneijder, the one and only Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Cristiano Ronaldo
Posted 15:09 9th June 2008