Euro Soccer ( Football) card advise

bigdogparty

My wife will be traveling to England and Spain for business in a few weeks. While I rarely venture away from my baseball and football card comfort zone, i thought it would be fun to have her bring me back some soccer card packs to rip. Other than Panini, is there any type of brand or set she should keep an eye out for? Any suggestions are appreciated.

EAsports

Topps makes a Match Attax product (similar to the card game they make for baseball or Panini's Adrenalyn.)

Futura (Futera?) also makes a product.

You should be able to find examples of both on eBay.

I have zero idea about cost or distribution.

bigdogparty

Thanks for the soccer card imput. Just looking to take advantage of worldly travels and bust some foriegn packs if possible.

eagles33

I don't really know much about soccer cards but if you see any boxes of 2003 or 2004 panini mega cracks or mega craques I would scoop them up. The ronaldo from 03 sells for over 100 and the messi from 04 sold for 300 in December. I'm pretty sure the Nessie is from a Spanish set so you might have some luck. The robaldo is from a Portuguese set.