With a €160m budget we choose our Euro 16 dream 11

A side we could buy with the EuroMillions jackpot

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With a €160m budget we choose our Euro 16 dream 11

There’s a strange and difficult question doing the rounds in JOE HQ today.

‘Which would you rather? Ireland to win the European Championships or you to win this Friday’s €160m EuroMillions jackpot?”

We all love football, but we’re a selfish bunch so most of us picked the EuroMillions. The next question was ‘if you had that €160m and were to put together a team from players who will be playing at the euros, who would you buy?’

Here’s our answer…

All market values are taken from http://www.transfermarkt.ie/

GK – Hugo Lloris – France – €22m

You’re only as strong as your goalkeeper and the Spurs stopper is one of the best out there.

RB – Stephan Lichtsteiner – Switzerland – €9m

The Swiz player is probably the best right back in the tournament… although we have no idea what he’s doing in this photo.

LB – Robbie Brady – Ireland – €6m

One of the heroes of our playoff against Bosnia. We couldn’t possibly leave Robbie out, particularly at such a bargain price.

CB – Raphaël Varane – France – €25m

The best young defender in Europe slots in beside one of the best veterans.

CB – Giorgio Chiellini – Italy – €15m

This man has won virtually every trophy in world football and is undoubtedly one of the best defenders of all-tine.

CM – Nani – Portugal – €10m

He disappointed for Manchester United but never lets his country down.

CM – Stephan El Shaarawy – Italy – €11m

The phrase mercurial was invented for this player. A world beater on his day.

CM – Lassana Diarra – France – €4m

Diarra is a fine player who is back to his best playing for Marseilles.

F – Jon Walters – Ireland – €3.5m

We were never going to leave him out, were we?

ST – Olivier Giroud – France – €24m

Although he can be frustrating, the Arsenal man definitely has an eye for goal and we think he would perfectly into this team.

ST – Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Sweden – €30m

As the good man once said, ‘without Zlatan, there is no party.’

Total= €159.5m… you will even have some money left over for jerseys and half-time oranges. What changes would you make? Tell us in the comments below.