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This star is Arsenal’s key to Champions League glory

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Arsenal’s Champions League bid starts tonight in the form of a difficult away tie with PSG.

The Gunners have struggled to live up to expectations in Europe’s top tournament in recent years, surpassing the quarter-finals just twice throughout Arsene Wenger’s lengthy tenure.

But if there’s one Arsenal star who can inspire the team to Champions League glory this season and win you a wealth of FanDuel points – who will match your first deposit all the way up to £400 – it’s undoubtedly Alexis Sanchez. Here’s why.

First of all, the Chile international has been one of Arsenal’s better performers domestically this season, with one goal and one assist in four Premier League outings, and that’s translated well to his FanDuel rankings.

Indeed, Sanchez has returned 1.38 points per million spent on him in the opening four weeks of the season – averaging around 17 points each week.

Perhaps that’s not exactly awe-inspiring when compared to some of the Premier League’s other high scorers – not to mention the wealth of the world-class talents on show in the Champions League.

But if that doesn’t convince you, Sanchez’s form in Europe’s top competition last season should; he claimed three goals and five assists in seven Champions League outings last term (the most set-ups of any player involved in the tournament), whilst his dribble return of 6.3 per match was only bettered by FC Porto’s Yacine Brahimi.

In fact, based on his stats last season, Sanchez would have earned you within the region of 28 points per match on FanDuel.

So will Sanchez drag his team-mates through to the final rounds of the Champions League (and pick you up some serious points on FanDuel)? I guess we’ll get a clearer picture after tonight’s game, but we at Gunnersphere are certainly backing him!

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