Top 10 young talents in the big leagues

Collectively GL knows a lot about each of the big leagues, so lets see.

What are the top 10 U-23 talents in whatever league you are most familiar with? Which are the players to look forward the most?

To reduce the hyping of youth team scrubs, lets say they must have at least played in the top division (La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, etc) and not just on youth leagues and lower divisions. I chose U-23 since that's the last youth teams for NTs.

Serie A (not in order)

Dybala (Argentina, SS, 22, Juve)
Icardi (Argentina, CF, 23, Inter)
Berardi (Italy, RW, 22, Sassuolo)
Belotti (Italy, CF, 22, Torino)
Felipe Anderson (Brazil, RW, 23, Lazio)
Benassi (Italy, CM, 22, Torino)
Rugani (Italy, CB, 22, Juve)
Donnarumma (Italy, GK, 17, Milan)
Keita (Senegal, SS/LW, 21, Lazio)
Romagnoli (Italy, CB, 21, Milan)

In my case I picked the ones that have already given a lot of good performances in the league over other promising players that haven't exploded yet (e.g. Pellegrini). A lot of good ones missing like Kessie, Niang, Diawara, Suso, etc. And more that I forgot.

Bundesliga

Julian Weigl (Germany, DM, 21, BVB)
Jonathan Tah (Germany, CB, 19, Leverkusen)
Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal, LB/CM/AM, 22, BVB)
Joshua Kimmich (Germany, CM/RB/CB, 21, Bayern)
Ousmane Dembele (France, AM, 19, BVB)
Julian Brandt (Germany, AM, 20, Leverkusen)
Timo Werner (Germany, CF/AM, 20, Leipzig)
Kingsley Coman (France, AM, 20, Bayern)
Leon Goretzka (Germany, CM/DM/AM, 21, Schalke)
Andreas Christensen (Denamrk, 20, CB, Gladbach)

No top 10 spot for: Max Meyer, Calhanoglu, Dahoud, Pulisic, Süle, Malli, Arnold, Öztunali, Embolo (), Klostermann (), Henrichs, Bittencourt, Navie Keita, Yussuf Poulsen, Gnabry, Yedvaj, Elvedi, Mayoral, Vallejo, Renato

No spot among the not top 10 spots: Halilovic

Hmmmmm. I guess if we're using 23 as the cutoff:

Premier League

Paul Pogba
Raheem Sterling
Romelu Lukaku
Harry Kane
Hector Bellerin
Dele Alli
Big **** Divock (Origi)
Kelechi Iheanacho
Leroy Sane
Joe Gomez

I guess.

This thread needs more Nathan Redmond.

dat Pulisic snub tho.

rincon wrote:Collectively GL knows a lot about each of the big leagues, so lets see.

What are the top 10 U-23 talents in whatever league you are most familiar with? Which are the players to look forward the most?

To reduce the hyping of youth team scrubs, lets say they must have at least played in the top division (La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, etc) and not just on youth leagues and lower divisions. I chose U-23 since that's the last youth teams for NTs.

Serie A (not in order)

Dybala (Argentina, SS, 22, Juve)
Icardi (Argentina, CF, 23, Inter)
Berardi (Italy, RW, 22, Sassuolo)
Belotti (Italy, CF, 22, Torino)
Felipe Anderson (Brazil, RW, 23, Lazio)
Benassi (Italy, CM, 22, Torino)
Rugani (Italy, CB, 22, Juve)
Donnarumma (Italy, GK, 17, Milan)
Keita (Senegal, SS/LW, 21, Lazio)
Romagnoli (Italy, CB, 21, Milan)

In my case I picked the ones that have already given a lot of good performances in the league over other promising players that haven't exploded yet (e.g. Pellegrini). A lot of good ones missing like Kessie, Niang, Diawara, Suso, etc. And more that I forgot.

I would add Simone Lo Faso (18 years old). Reminds me of Roberto Baggio.

Dybala
Pjaca
Rugani
Icardi
Donnarumma
Bernardeschi
Benassi
Belotti
Berardi
Niang

Forgot about Bernardeschi, would put him in mine over Keita or Benassi

Premier League
Pogba
Martial
Rashford
Shaw
Kane
Lukaku
Ihenacho
Bellerin
Alli
Sane

Serie A
Donarumma
Romagnoli
Niang
Felipe Anderson
Bernadeschi
Dybala
Icardi
Paredes
Belotti
Pjaca

What is this, Italy? Over 21 is no longer "young"

Basically the entire Torino forward line

Any PL list without Big Dick Divock is wrong.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:What is this, Italy? Over 21 is no longer "young"

rincon wrote: I chose U-23 since that's the last youth teams for NTs.

All the olympic teams are U-23 still.

Anyway it doesn't matter. You can make it with any cutoff.

Right, I realized I was wrong and deleted the post but I guess it was too late.

McLewis wrote:dat Pulisic snub tho.

That's not meant as a snub AT ALL.
The names I list after the top 10 are all great young players.
I mention Pulisic, alongside much more established players like Calhanoglu, Meyer, or Süle, as a candidate who for me just does not make top 10 in the league yet. He's barely 18, remember, so even though he impressed in recent weeks with good performances in lots of game time, it's IMO too early for a spot in my list. If I knew the season continues like it started, I'd swap him with Coman who hasn't been showing the same quality of performances he showed last season so far.

Pulisic is without a doubt a legit top talent and his recent weeks have been pretty breathtaking. It's just that with the inclusion of up to U23 there's simply more than 10 young players better than him in my estimation.
Also, like @rincon I tend to value relative longevity of performance higher than flashes of potential in this list, so Pulisic would need to confirm his last weeks over a longer period.

rincon wrote:All the olympic teams are U-23 still.

Anyway it doesn't matter. You can make it with any cutoff.

Then I'd add Totti for Serie A.

Is Aquilani still considered an upcoming youngster?

La LIGA

Varane
Saul
Gimenez
Carrasco
Asensio
Kovacic
Morata
Willians
Oblak
oyarzabal

Ligue 1:

Sarr
Tolisso
Koziello
Mbappe
Bernardo Silva
Rabiot
Marquinhos
verratti
Lemar
Fabinho

edited lacazette out

no Ross Barkley in any BPL list ?? i thought he was legit

Prem

Bellerin
Pogbah
Alli
Sterling
Shaw
Martial
Kane
Rashford
Iwobi
Iheanacho


With honorable mentions Lukaku, Sane, Hojberg, Redmond, Traore, Origi, Gomez, Zouma, N'koudu, Loftus Cheek, Gray, Grugic, Fosu Mensah etc. Might have missed some names from smaller teams.

Don't call me James wrote:Is Aquilani still considered an upcoming youngster?

Yes, I hear Liverpool wants him back now that he's matured

Warrior wrote:no Ross Barkley in any BPL list ?? i thought he was legit

He is.

Mr Nick09 wrote:Ligue 1:

Sarr
Tolisso
Lacazette
Mbappe
Bernardo Silva
Rabiot
Marquinhos
verratti
Lemar
Fabinho

Lacazette is 25

ES wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:Ligue 1:

Sarr
Tolisso
Lacazette
Mbappe
Bernardo Silva
Rabiot
Marquinhos
verratti
Lemar
Fabinho

Lacazette is 25

and Marian sarr doesn't play i Ligue 1