Best Young Football Talent - 40 Players to Keep an Eye on
The Guardian / Football (link below) put together a list of top 40 young players, born in the year 1997, who are making waves and are on the radars of the elite clubs.Here is the list, arranged by countries the players represent:
Guido Vadala - Boca Juniors - Argentina
Daniel Da Silva - Roma - Australia
Youri Tielemans - Anderlecht - Belgium
Malcom Filipe - Corinthians - Brazil
Gerson Santos da Silva - Fluminense - Brazil
Bozhidar Kraev - Levski Sofia - Bulgaria
Li Zhongyi - Guangzhou Evergrande - China
Alveiro Sanchez - Deportivo Cali - Colombia
Ante Coriz - Dinamo Zagreb - Croatia
Nikola Vlasic - Hajduk Split - Croatia
Mikkel Duelund - Midtjylland - Denmark
Dominic Solanke - Chelsea - England
Ryan Ledson - Everton - England
Ousmane Dembele - Rennes - France
Jean-Kevin Augustin - PSG - France
Maxime Baila Lopez - Marseille - France
Benjamin Henrichs - Leverkusen - Germany
Benedikt Gimber - Hoffenheim - Germany
Lazaros Lamprou - Panathinaikos - Greece
Federico Bonazzoli - Inter - Italy
Daisuke Sakai - Oita Trinita - Japan
Erick Aguirre - Morelia - Mexico
Abdelhak Nouri - Ajax - Netherlands
Jari Schuurman - Feyenoord - Netherlands
Sander Svendsen - Molde - Norway
Dawid Kownacki - Lech Poznan - Poland
Ruben Neves - Porto - Portugal
Cristian Manea - Viitorul - Romania
Timur Zhamaletdinov - CSKA - Russia
Luka Jovic - Red Star Belgrade - Serbia
Irfan Bin Fandi Ahmad - Singapore
Fagrie Lakay - Santos - South Africa
Seo Jung-hyun - Pohang Steelers - S. Korea
Adrian Marin - Villareal - Spain
Julen Arellano - Barcelona - Spain
Ferran Sarsanedas - Barcelona - Spain
Erik Andersson - Landskrona Bois - Sweden
Enes Unal - Bursaspor - Turkey
Erik Palmer-Brown - Sporting K.C. - USA
Phan Thanh Hau - Hoang Ang Gia Lai - Vietnam
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It will be interesting to look at this list a few years from now, when the careers of the above named young footballers take shape.
Is there a new Pele somewhere on this list?
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Source: The Guardian
