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26th Aug 2015

Leicester City’s hat-trick hero isn’t even available on Fantasy Football

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Patrick McCarry

Joe Dodoo.

I just did a Fantasy Football search and he’s nowhere to be found.

You can’t really blame the decision-makers at the popular game – they can hardly include every promising young academy player.

However that may all be about to change after the 20-year-old Ghanian’s impressive hat-trick for Leicester City, on his senior debut, in the Capital One Cup.

Dodoo rattled in three goals in the Foxes’ 4-1 cup win over Bury [the first goal arrives about 0:18 in].

https://youtu.be/Ert_pYtYidM

After snatching the match ball, Dodoo said, ‘It is amazing. I couldn’t have thought this was going to happen.

‘I want to thank the manager and players for helping me and talking me through the game.’

The Fantasy Football steal of the year, so far, is City’s winger Riyad Mahrez. If Dodoo shows up this week, he will be snapped up.

Dodoo, who can play on the wing or up front, is qualified to play for England so expect that to add £20m to his price-tag in the next transfer round-up you see.

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