FIFA Ultimate Team 14: 8 Most Crazily Overpowered Strikers
2. Christian Benteke
It is sad to admit it, but everyone other than Belgians will be secretly relieved that Christian Benteke has been ruled out of the World Cup when he ruptured an Achilles tendon in training at the start of April. The Belgium squad has been looking increasingly dangerous and is a favoured underdog pick among many punters to win the whole tourney. Though Christian Benteke hasnt looked like the same player who devastated Premier League defences in 2012/13, he is still widely regarded as the sleeping giant of the Aston Villa squad. The 23-year-old may have had a lacklustre 2013/14 in reality, but on consoles Benteke is likely to have scored far more goals than the likes of Suarez, Robin van Persie and Aguero. Our logic for this statement is justified even the 81-rated winter upgrade of Benteke is available for a sub-1000 price tag so the Belgian is likely to be fielded on more squads than the more expensive strikers. Further, his overpowered stats make it incredibly easy to score with Benteke. His 90 finishing certainly helps with this but Bentekes real weapon is his dominancy in the air. A crazy 63 frame means that Benteke is taller than most of the centre-backs marking him and combine this with his 93 strength and 84 jumping and its not hard to see why the affordable Benteke is the surprise first choice striker of many Barclays PL Ultimate Teams.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
