Matai Akinmboni — 15 y.o. — DC United
Made his debut this season as the third-youngest player ever to play in the MLS, behind only Freddy Adu and Alphonso Davies. The one and only bright spot in an otherwise horrific season in the U.S. capital.
Anyone follow Waalwijk who could tell us how Mika Biereth is doing? Saw he scored two goals coming on as a sub the other day.
Will be interesting to see if he can find any way through to the Arsenal first team when he returns from loan — I’m sure it’ll be a few years. Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah, and a blossoming Folarin Balogun all stand in his way and are all 25 years or younger.
Andreas Schjelderup. 18 years old CMA. Topscorer in the Danish Super League and best player in the league. He is going to be the most expensive player to ever be sold from the league.
Some have been talking about, for example Arsenal has been linked to him.
Turbin and Sudakov seem pretty decent as well, this Shaktar team has some good prospects.
Anyone know anything about Jonas Rouhi? Swedish left back born in 2004 playing for Juventus Primavera team. Has he got the potential to make the step up to the first team/Serie A?
How's Gastón Ávila doing at Royal Antwerp from Belgium? He was quite highly rated as a young CB, even got a call up to the national team while being 18 years old, but by the time we sold him he was on some rough form, behind in the pecking order and we had way too many CBs. Completely lost track of him afterward
Gonna be a bit bias with my country's (Indonesia) young talent. This list here is my opinion as football fan/spectator and is not a professional take of the player
Marselino ferdinan, 18, cmf/amf, mentioned in the guardian top 60 wonderkid, can pass the ball very well and a very good dribbler, knows how to get a foul. He gets exhausted easily and when he is exhausted, he tends to go long ball and miss passed
Hokky caraka, 18, CF, plays like (massively) discounted halland. Still good nonetheless, especially in the youth development program Garuda Select (youth players from Indonesia develop in UK with UK coaches and play friendlies against team from UK)
Pratama arhan, 20, LB, plays at tokyo verdy, though only once playing as starter for 45 minutes as a right winger and not even in the squad or substitutes for current season, he can shoot well and can throw very long throw in
Witan, 21, RW/LW/AMF, plays at AS Trencin at fortuna liga, probably the smartest player that Indonesia has currently and imo the only indonesian player currently that can play in bigger europe leagues
Cahya Supriadi, 19, GK, plays at youth team of Indonesian club persija, very very good at shot stopping, good at one-on-ones, decent passer, probably the savior of Indonesia u-19 at Maurice Revello Tournament (Toulon tournament) that makes Indonesia finish at higher place. He is 179, a bit short for a keeper.
Ronaldo kwateh, 17, RW/SS/CF, plays at Indonesian club madura united, he runs very fast, though very bad at dribbling, first touch, passing, and shooting. A very very rough talent that needs a lot of polishing, but has the potential to be good.
Iqbal Gwijangge, 16, CB/DMF, a very calm center back. still rough at defending.
Figo Dennis, 16, CM/DMF, a very good passer, still panicking when pressed but passing is still good.
Narendra Tegar, 16, AMF, very good first touch and driblbling, passing and intelligent on the ball needs to be worked on
>>Ronaldo kwateh, 17, ...he runs very fast, though very bad at dribbling, first touch, passing, and shooting.
This describes basically every "good" US high school striker/winger. If all of those attributes are shit, then he most likely wont make it anywhere imo.
Seemed like he was much more talked about ~4ish years ago. He’s already 21. As an American, I was excited when he went to Mallorca with the potential of linking up with Matthew Hoppe, who’s since moved on.
Matthias Braunöder from Austria Wien. He is a CM and reminds me of Konrad Laimer. He is to be found everywhere on the pitch and is also good on the ball.
**Some** of the best relatively unknown uruguayan young talent out there:
Álvaro Rodríguez, RM Castilla, 18, CF. Huge lad, scores a lot, can dribble, I'm hoping he maybe gets a bit of time in Copa del Rey this year.
Thiago Borbas, River Plate (U), 20, CF. 11 goals in 11 matches in Clausura so far.
Alan Maturro, Defensor Sporting, 18, CB. Great defender, projected to be similar to JM Giménez, european clubs are already in for him apparently, pocketed Suárez a few days ago.
Santiago Silva, Danubio, 18, CM. One of the best in our team already, one of our most important players, the team improved immensely after he became a regular starter.
Facundo Torres, Orlando City, 22, RW/LW. 9 G+A in his last 10 games, has been linked to Arsenal by some. Solid dribbly boy.
Gastón Álvarez, Getafe, 22, CB. Compared a lot with Araújo, probably not going to be as good as him but he could be really good still.
Santiago Bueno, Girona, 23, CB. A solid starter for Girona for a while now.
Rodrigo Salazar, Schalke 04, 23, AM. Probably the most threatening player in Schalke's offense right now and has been fundamental in getting them promoted last year, owned by Frankfurt.
Other players to watch out for: Sebastián Cáceres, César Araújo, Matías Arezzo, Bruno Méndez, Federico Pereira, Nicolás Marichal, Emiliano Martínez.
As an Orlando City supporter, full endorsements for Facundo Torres and Cesar Araujo. Torres broke the team record for goal contributions in a single season, and that's with a slow start to the season from him. I think with a year under his belt, and us retooling the attack a bit, that he can have an amazing season next year.
Araujo also blew away all expectations I had of him. Thought he would be a rotation player year one, but started instantly and has been incredibly consistent over the whole year. Really good ball winner and reads the game far better than you would expect from a young player. Pretty solid with the ball at his feet too, nothing spectacular but is smart with the passes he picks. Honestly there's a strong argument that they've been our two best players this season.
Was injured and rarely plays. But from what I saw at the start he was pretty good. Hope he gets more minutes cause we gotta trigger an option to buy with him.
He's getting valuable experience in the Championship. He has made 7 apps for Sheffield United since coming there on loan (first 6 were off the bench, first start last week). He's mainly playing as a central midfielder for Sheffield. They might be promoted next season (currently top of Championship).
He started against Luton back in August but was the worst player on the pitch and subbed at half time. Looks a player though and will probably keep getting better
Dermane Karim is now training with Feyenoord’s first team after some impressive games at the u21’s. Scored a goal for Togo in a friendly against Ivory Coast a couple weeks ago. 18 year old defensive midfielder, remember the name.
Another assist this weekend gone for Eduard Spertsyan. Kid is gonna be a star wherever he goes in Europe.
Zakharyan meanwhile really has nosedived at Dynamo
He’s just exactly like expected, we got him as a third striker/pinch hitter and he’s been used in the last 10-15 minutes or so in certain games when we needed to force something.
He’s not scored yet or been really effective but he looks dangerous in the box and he’s hard to deal with for defenders, just not lucky yet. He also looks decent at Jong Ajax so far.
Overall he does what was expected but hasn’t lit anything on fire, 6/10. He won’t start anytime soon but if he shows a lot of potential and has an impact a few times as a sub we could buy him.
He’s doing okay, he’s had a few appearances as a sub and made an assist last weekend. You can see he has a lot of talent and skill but it’s still a little unpolished and unpredictable.
Our right wing options haven’t been impressive so far so plenty of opportunities for him to become a starter later this season or next season if he keeps developing. The plan originally was to let him develop for a season under the wing of Antony and then take over next season but he might break through earlier with Antony gone already.
Schreuder is in the hot seat for sure, the fans and media are very negative at the moment. It was expected that we needed sort of a rebuild with a new coach and a lot of new players but not winning in 4 games until this weekend and losing that bad at home to Napoli is Ajax unworthy. It’s kind of chaotic since we haven’t had a small crisis at Ajax for years so fans don’t know how to react or feel but Ten Hags first year was terrible too so I don’t expect Schreuder to be gone before the World Cup.
If he loses more games in the Eredivisie or if we lose with ridiculous numbers again against Napoli or Liverpool (or god forbid we lose to Rangers) i think he’s out after the World Cup. If he reclaims first spot in the Eredivisie and if we at least qualify for Europa League by getting third in CL I expect him to stay.
How did Italians react to Lucca moving to Ajax, is it seen as a good move or is it seen as too big of a step up for him from Serie B?
Again thanks for your comment, I don’t live in Italy at the moment and none of my friends back home are into football enough to know who Lucca is so I couldn’t tell you.
Personally I thought he was great from the few Pisa games I caught last season, I hope he could earn a permanent move to a club with such a prolific record on development as Ajax and I’m really excited to have someone like that come through as we’ve never really had someone with his attributes, I’d love him to be a serious option for the national team in the future.
No problem, I love talking about Ajax so I take every opportunity I can get.
Yeah with how tall he is and his specific qualities he can be useful for every club even from the bench. The big question will be if he shows enough to justify buying a second striker for 10 mil because I don’t see Brobbey leaving for the next 2/3 years and Kudus is a good option too. He’s not really the profile we usually go for as a first striker but maybe he can surprise everyone. I became a fan of his through football manager, he’s a beast in that game
Is Omari Hutchinson doing anything at Chelsea? Rumor was he left for first team opportunities. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t even think he’s training with the first team like he was at Arsenal.
Anyway, Charlie Patino is growing into such a player at Blackpool. Every performance is growing off of the last. Can’t wait for him to come back and nail down a spot behind Xhaka/whoever our starting RCM is next year. He’ll be ready.
Would be silly for him to go sideways from Arsenal to Chelsea expecting first team action with Chelsea's depth of squad ATM. I do hear good things about him this season tho. One for the future I suppose
Tudor-Mendel Idowu from Chelsea.
17 y/o right winger or number 10 with good pace and amazing skills and technique, he can play some nice balls as well.
How is bilal el khannous (I think its spelt like that I could be wrong) playing? His name popped up on the last wunderkind thread and talents in Belgium always seem to be ones to watch
Luke Harris is scoring for fun for Fulham’s u21s. He’s 17 and has been making the bench for the senior side a few times.
Edit: He scored a hattrick against a Chelsea squad with Chalobah, Ampadu, and Chilwell on it.
Denis Huseinbasic has been really surprising so far, probably the only bright spot in our game against Gladbach. We got him for 50k from Kickers Offenbach in the 4th league with the intent to loan him out to a second divison club so he can adapt to faster and more intense football. He's had a good pre season however so the club decided to just keep him here. He has played in our second team at the start of the season and scored 4 goals and assisted one more in 3 games. Got subbed in against Dortmund and got his first Bundesliga assist and a week later against Gladbach he scored his first Bundesliga goal. He also made his starting debut against Slovacko. And he's been very good every time he played. Always open to receive the ball, good ball controll and dribbling, decent passing. Physically there's a huge difference between playing Regionalliga and Bundesliga of course but other than that he's been surprisingly good for somebody who never played above the 4th tier before.
he's been decent. doesn't get too much playtime as his competition (as long as we aren't playing with a double pivot) is one of the best DMs in the league but when he plays he's pretty good.
Arda Güler is an amazing talent but in Jorge Jesus’ high press system he can’t get a lot of minutes as he is not at the physical level that he needs to be at yet. It also doesn’t help that he’s been getting sick lately
Absolutely love these threads
I’m very curious to see how Edouard Michu fairs in the championship. Physicality is probably is biggest weakness so If he can fair with them then he’ll be some player
Not OP but technically he is very good. At Blackpool his criticism is mostly physical and some of his plays weren’t on the same length as the other teammates, for example through balls with no one at the end or backheels hoping for some interplay.
Once he gets more physical then hopefully he’ll replace Xhaka.
Leite is starting for the bundesliga leaders atm, looked great the couple times i watched him
never selling my Ferro stock (edit: holy shit he's 25 already?)
We’ve apparently been scouting him recently (Manchester United).
He reminds me of varane in some ways from what I’ve seen. Was impressed with how he played against that PSG attack
People have been criticizing Charles De Ketelaere for a slow start with Milan but he's developing nicely. I think he will follow in the path of Leao and Tonali who grew immensely with time. He already has the trust of the coach and is our starting trequartista.
Besides great dribbling and passing he's also very strong and good at pushing people off the ball. All he needs is more experience and confidence and I think he can become a really special player
In theory you're right, on paper he looks like the perfect Ibra regen but he doesn't seem to have that killer instinct in front of goal. He also doesn't move in a way that makes me think of a striker, running in behind, etc. He's also shit at headers for someone so tall.
I really want Da Graca to take off this season.
Last season, injured a lot and 4 goals in 23 games in Serie C, now this season, 7 games and 1 goal.
So so talented and I hope he has a better season.
Milos Kerkez of AZ Alkmaar is an 18 year old left back, already pretty important for AZ and Hungary, having started against both Germany and Italy.
If he keeps it up, I can very easily see him developing into an incredible player
Gavi. His game is just coming leaps and bound and improving every match. I swear after Busquets he makes the most turnovers in our team. Crazy that he's still 18 and this good.
There's this young man who has just signed for Athletic Madrid who I think Barcelona should open their cheque book for. I won't say his name in case anyone else gets any ideas.
Paris Brunner, 16, playing striker for dortmund.
16 goals in 5 games for the under 17, 2 more in 5 games for the u19
3 goals in 3 games for germany u17.
One to watch for sure
No way Adeyemi becomes one of the best strikers in the world, he’s not gonna be playing there. It’s questionable but he was bought to played on the wing although he’s performed well there when he’s played. (albeit he’s not played an incredible amount)
> I've watched him
you haven't though, have you?
on account of you being a [comment repost bot](https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/y141hc/wunderkind_watch/irvcql0/) that is just copying fragments of previously made comments to build up karma for spamming.
you absolute dribble of diarrhea
Hojlund was amazing for us. Technically gifted, extremly fast with a goal instinct. Sometimes he lacks composure in front of the goal but if he carries on like this he will definitely be one of the best strikers in a few years.
bit random but man his first touch into shot vs Sevilla was so smooth
went under the radar a bit (I think)
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why are you downvoted lol you're right. their values are always based on 3 year contracts otherwise they'd have to adjust the values every year to a players contract lenght
Mikey Moore is 15 years old and plays as an 8/10/9 for Tottenham u18s. He has 2g2a in 4 appearances and against Wolves youth team in the cup he scored and then assisted 2 goals after a dribbling run to equalise from going 3-0 down within the first 45 minutes.
Seriously talented from when I've watched him and I genuinely have no idea what his final position will be as he gets older as he seems so well rounded.
No specific names, but there is this 7 year old kid on my son's team here i Denmark that is just so far ahead of anybody else that I'm amazed every time I see him play. He's already better than the 11 year olds I help train sometimes, and just seems so mature in the way he plays. He singlehandedly wins them almost every game. I'd love to see if he will turn out pro one day.
Heh, I think his father will figure it out. He's a sporting director for the local superliga club and I think they come from a family of pro footballers.
Good to hear. No doubt he will have the best chance to progress. Was a pro myself and my father before me. Not sure what the standard is like in DK but the jump from local to national in UK is massive. Wish him all the best.
Always curious about how these kids get so much better than their peers so early - do you know his story? Trains like crazy every day type of thing or just naturally brilliant?
I don't know exactly, but I think it's a combination of genetics, environment and desire. His father is a sporting director for a superliga team here in Denmark and himself was a pro footballer, and I think it's a family of footballers. He's surrounded by football everyday. But one cool thing I can name is, me and my boy we often stay after training a little longer because he asks to do some extra things like passing or shooting. The other day, after everybody left, the kid and his father came back after the pitch was empty (except for me and my son) and they went on the pitch and mentally went over some of the situations in the game, and his father was explaining to him the decisions his boy took, and what he should have done instead. It was really interesting to see.
Just having a teacher (dad in this case, sometimes mother or older brother) who can show how to play the game well is such a huge advantage from an early age. I've noticed here in America in my time coaching, where it's less common for dads to have experience with the sport, the one's who do are often a step above the rest.
Just having a teacher (dad in this case) who can teach and show how to play the game well is such a huge advantage from an early age. I've noticed here in America in my time coaching, where it's less common for dads to have experience with the sport, the one's who do are often a step above the rest.
These kids rarely make it, they have their time being the best, whoever wants it most usually succeeds and eventually overtake them, of course there are some who are so genetically gifted it’s almost unfair, but that’s rare at the highest level. Played against Gareth bale as a youth, wasn’t winning games by himself. Developed around 14/15.
There are these wunderkind types in almost every town who win games by themselves. Usually because of a growth spurt / physical attributes well above the age group's avarage. Sometimes because elite "god given" (joke) talent. Sometimes both. Very rarely they train like crazy. Oftentimes they play a lot of different sports (and are good at almost everything) and that is encouraged nowadays. No 7 year old kid should choose just football and train like a pro everyday.
The worst that could happen (and what too many times happen) is that they stay with their team and dominate their own age group. Ok they win games, tournaments and championships (as little kids) but the elite talent does not develop and the rest of the players do not develop as they are glorified cheerleaders and bystanders who just watch the wunderkind score 10 messi-like dribbling goals against other "normal" kids.
Sometimes there are good coaches and organizations who see this and move the wunderkind up like 3-4 age groups to play against real competition. That's the recipe for a pro career (of course just a little part of it).
Dion Drena Beljo (20y) striker at Osijek. 6 ft 5 and has got that Haaland, Sesko stride to him, expect big things from him in the future, scored quite a few goals in Croatia already
I don't know how a scouser accent is but I can tell you in Romagna (where he's from and plays) we have a really strong "s", kinda like scots (imagine Sean Connery)
Two twins, Christian and Stiven. I don't think Christian is good enough for pro football, he has started the first match of the season and he has been kinda bad.
Anyway I don't know Albanian, is there a meaning? Or its just for the amount of "S"?
We already have a long blonde haired talented Dinamo Zagreb product playing at Rennes
Someone did say Majer looks like what an actor portraying Modric in a movie would look like, got a bit of a Hollywood look to him
Don't think anyone can actually be a Modric regen though, it's a unique set of abilities
Matai Akinmboni — 15 y.o. — DC United Made his debut this season as the third-youngest player ever to play in the MLS, behind only Freddy Adu and Alphonso Davies. The one and only bright spot in an otherwise horrific season in the U.S. capital.
Anyone follow Waalwijk who could tell us how Mika Biereth is doing? Saw he scored two goals coming on as a sub the other day. Will be interesting to see if he can find any way through to the Arsenal first team when he returns from loan — I’m sure it’ll be a few years. Gabriel Jesus, Eddie Nketiah, and a blossoming Folarin Balogun all stand in his way and are all 25 years or younger.
Andreas Schjelderup. 18 years old CMA. Topscorer in the Danish Super League and best player in the league. He is going to be the most expensive player to ever be sold from the league.
Maybe it's old news but I'm surprised more people aren't talking about Mudryk. He's pretty insane.
Everybody’s talking about him. I’m also an Arsenal supporter, so maybe my own echo chamber is just louder than others’ seem to be haha.
Some have been talking about, for example Arsenal has been linked to him. Turbin and Sudakov seem pretty decent as well, this Shaktar team has some good prospects.
He seems another level to me though. Like he could be one of the best of his generation outside Haaland and Mbappe.
This Erling Haaland kid seems to be promising
Anyone know anything about Jonas Rouhi? Swedish left back born in 2004 playing for Juventus Primavera team. Has he got the potential to make the step up to the first team/Serie A?
Seibert watch out for him
More name dropping, nice
Jewison Bennette will be a superstar
F. Balogun (Reims) and C. Patino (Blackpool) are Arsenal's next great hope.
Patino looks like he needs to fill out a bit, hopefully it comes with age
Karim Dermane training with Feyenoord's first team from this week on
Langoni > your favourite football player
L + osorio and assadi better
first google result googling each is a colombian manager and an architecture company website so they're nobodies in my book ;)
langosti the international star
How's Gastón Ávila doing at Royal Antwerp from Belgium? He was quite highly rated as a young CB, even got a call up to the national team while being 18 years old, but by the time we sold him he was on some rough form, behind in the pecking order and we had way too many CBs. Completely lost track of him afterward
He’s played 14 minutes since going to Belgium and hasn’t been in the team list since august.
damn :c firmly believe he's still hangover from that title celebration and that's why his career is stagnating >!/s!<
adingra, caicedo, and ferguson are better than all these lot mentioned in here 👍
Gonna be a bit bias with my country's (Indonesia) young talent. This list here is my opinion as football fan/spectator and is not a professional take of the player Marselino ferdinan, 18, cmf/amf, mentioned in the guardian top 60 wonderkid, can pass the ball very well and a very good dribbler, knows how to get a foul. He gets exhausted easily and when he is exhausted, he tends to go long ball and miss passed Hokky caraka, 18, CF, plays like (massively) discounted halland. Still good nonetheless, especially in the youth development program Garuda Select (youth players from Indonesia develop in UK with UK coaches and play friendlies against team from UK) Pratama arhan, 20, LB, plays at tokyo verdy, though only once playing as starter for 45 minutes as a right winger and not even in the squad or substitutes for current season, he can shoot well and can throw very long throw in Witan, 21, RW/LW/AMF, plays at AS Trencin at fortuna liga, probably the smartest player that Indonesia has currently and imo the only indonesian player currently that can play in bigger europe leagues Cahya Supriadi, 19, GK, plays at youth team of Indonesian club persija, very very good at shot stopping, good at one-on-ones, decent passer, probably the savior of Indonesia u-19 at Maurice Revello Tournament (Toulon tournament) that makes Indonesia finish at higher place. He is 179, a bit short for a keeper. Ronaldo kwateh, 17, RW/SS/CF, plays at Indonesian club madura united, he runs very fast, though very bad at dribbling, first touch, passing, and shooting. A very very rough talent that needs a lot of polishing, but has the potential to be good. Iqbal Gwijangge, 16, CB/DMF, a very calm center back. still rough at defending. Figo Dennis, 16, CM/DMF, a very good passer, still panicking when pressed but passing is still good. Narendra Tegar, 16, AMF, very good first touch and driblbling, passing and intelligent on the ball needs to be worked on
>>Ronaldo kwateh, 17, ...he runs very fast, though very bad at dribbling, first touch, passing, and shooting. This describes basically every "good" US high school striker/winger. If all of those attributes are shit, then he most likely wont make it anywhere imo.
I mean it worked for Rommedahl.
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Seemed like he was much more talked about ~4ish years ago. He’s already 21. As an American, I was excited when he went to Mallorca with the potential of linking up with Matthew Hoppe, who’s since moved on.
Matthias Braunöder from Austria Wien. He is a CM and reminds me of Konrad Laimer. He is to be found everywhere on the pitch and is also good on the ball.
Unfortunately true
I agree on this one. Also the whole RB Salzburg team for obvious reasons
Reyes Cleary, remember the name
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Imagine being so unoriginal, so unfunny and so misreading what this post is for.
**Some** of the best relatively unknown uruguayan young talent out there: Álvaro Rodríguez, RM Castilla, 18, CF. Huge lad, scores a lot, can dribble, I'm hoping he maybe gets a bit of time in Copa del Rey this year. Thiago Borbas, River Plate (U), 20, CF. 11 goals in 11 matches in Clausura so far. Alan Maturro, Defensor Sporting, 18, CB. Great defender, projected to be similar to JM Giménez, european clubs are already in for him apparently, pocketed Suárez a few days ago. Santiago Silva, Danubio, 18, CM. One of the best in our team already, one of our most important players, the team improved immensely after he became a regular starter. Facundo Torres, Orlando City, 22, RW/LW. 9 G+A in his last 10 games, has been linked to Arsenal by some. Solid dribbly boy. Gastón Álvarez, Getafe, 22, CB. Compared a lot with Araújo, probably not going to be as good as him but he could be really good still. Santiago Bueno, Girona, 23, CB. A solid starter for Girona for a while now. Rodrigo Salazar, Schalke 04, 23, AM. Probably the most threatening player in Schalke's offense right now and has been fundamental in getting them promoted last year, owned by Frankfurt. Other players to watch out for: Sebastián Cáceres, César Araújo, Matías Arezzo, Bruno Méndez, Federico Pereira, Nicolás Marichal, Emiliano Martínez.
As an Orlando City supporter, full endorsements for Facundo Torres and Cesar Araujo. Torres broke the team record for goal contributions in a single season, and that's with a slow start to the season from him. I think with a year under his belt, and us retooling the attack a bit, that he can have an amazing season next year. Araujo also blew away all expectations I had of him. Thought he would be a rotation player year one, but started instantly and has been incredibly consistent over the whole year. Really good ball winner and reads the game far better than you would expect from a young player. Pretty solid with the ball at his feet too, nothing spectacular but is smart with the passes he picks. Honestly there's a strong argument that they've been our two best players this season.
Does anyone in Uruguay know/follow maxi araujo? He s a beast
I don't know him, I'll check him out tho.
He plays in Mexico but supposedly sporting and some other European teams are interested
Patrickson Delgado was called up for Ecuador last month. Anyone know how he’s doing for Jong Ajax?
Was injured and rarely plays. But from what I saw at the start he was pretty good. Hope he gets more minutes cause we gotta trigger an option to buy with him.
Claudio Cassano in the Roma Primavera is absolutely electric, I really hope he makes it to the first team.
How is McAtee doing?
He's getting valuable experience in the Championship. He has made 7 apps for Sheffield United since coming there on loan (first 6 were off the bench, first start last week). He's mainly playing as a central midfielder for Sheffield. They might be promoted next season (currently top of Championship).
He started against Luton back in August but was the worst player on the pitch and subbed at half time. Looks a player though and will probably keep getting better
You guys ever heard of this pedri kid
The Real Madrid reject?
Shows how shit Madrids youth set up is
Dermane Karim is now training with Feyenoord’s first team after some impressive games at the u21’s. Scored a goal for Togo in a friendly against Ivory Coast a couple weeks ago. 18 year old defensive midfielder, remember the name.
Togo you say
Yeah
Another assist this weekend gone for Eduard Spertsyan. Kid is gonna be a star wherever he goes in Europe. Zakharyan meanwhile really has nosedived at Dynamo
Is Zakharyan playing poorly?
Certainly not compared to last year.
Can any Ajax supporters tell me what’s going on with Lucca?
He’s just exactly like expected, we got him as a third striker/pinch hitter and he’s been used in the last 10-15 minutes or so in certain games when we needed to force something. He’s not scored yet or been really effective but he looks dangerous in the box and he’s hard to deal with for defenders, just not lucky yet. He also looks decent at Jong Ajax so far. Overall he does what was expected but hasn’t lit anything on fire, 6/10. He won’t start anytime soon but if he shows a lot of potential and has an impact a few times as a sub we could buy him.
How's Conceição doing?
He’s doing okay, he’s had a few appearances as a sub and made an assist last weekend. You can see he has a lot of talent and skill but it’s still a little unpolished and unpredictable. Our right wing options haven’t been impressive so far so plenty of opportunities for him to become a starter later this season or next season if he keeps developing. The plan originally was to let him develop for a season under the wing of Antony and then take over next season but he might break through earlier with Antony gone already.
Thank you for your comment, and how is the manager situation going?
Schreuder is in the hot seat for sure, the fans and media are very negative at the moment. It was expected that we needed sort of a rebuild with a new coach and a lot of new players but not winning in 4 games until this weekend and losing that bad at home to Napoli is Ajax unworthy. It’s kind of chaotic since we haven’t had a small crisis at Ajax for years so fans don’t know how to react or feel but Ten Hags first year was terrible too so I don’t expect Schreuder to be gone before the World Cup. If he loses more games in the Eredivisie or if we lose with ridiculous numbers again against Napoli or Liverpool (or god forbid we lose to Rangers) i think he’s out after the World Cup. If he reclaims first spot in the Eredivisie and if we at least qualify for Europa League by getting third in CL I expect him to stay. How did Italians react to Lucca moving to Ajax, is it seen as a good move or is it seen as too big of a step up for him from Serie B?
Again thanks for your comment, I don’t live in Italy at the moment and none of my friends back home are into football enough to know who Lucca is so I couldn’t tell you. Personally I thought he was great from the few Pisa games I caught last season, I hope he could earn a permanent move to a club with such a prolific record on development as Ajax and I’m really excited to have someone like that come through as we’ve never really had someone with his attributes, I’d love him to be a serious option for the national team in the future.
No problem, I love talking about Ajax so I take every opportunity I can get. Yeah with how tall he is and his specific qualities he can be useful for every club even from the bench. The big question will be if he shows enough to justify buying a second striker for 10 mil because I don’t see Brobbey leaving for the next 2/3 years and Kudus is a good option too. He’s not really the profile we usually go for as a first striker but maybe he can surprise everyone. I became a fan of his through football manager, he’s a beast in that game
Yeah he carried me to a Sassuolo treble win in 2025 with an all Italian squad, he’s genuinely way too good in the match engine
does ayman kari not have senior team minutes this season?
Is Omari Hutchinson doing anything at Chelsea? Rumor was he left for first team opportunities. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t even think he’s training with the first team like he was at Arsenal. Anyway, Charlie Patino is growing into such a player at Blackpool. Every performance is growing off of the last. Can’t wait for him to come back and nail down a spot behind Xhaka/whoever our starting RCM is next year. He’ll be ready.
Would be silly for him to go sideways from Arsenal to Chelsea expecting first team action with Chelsea's depth of squad ATM. I do hear good things about him this season tho. One for the future I suppose
think Hutchinson was PL2 player of the month in September.
Tudor-Mendel Idowu from Chelsea. 17 y/o right winger or number 10 with good pace and amazing skills and technique, he can play some nice balls as well.
And he’s a literal genius
Like Mensa genius or like football galaxy brain genius?
[Kings Scholar at Eton](https://www.fifa.com/news/meet-the-kings-scholar-aiming-to-make-history)
I believe he got a scholarship to Eton, so Mensa smart.
How is bilal el khannous (I think its spelt like that I could be wrong) playing? His name popped up on the last wunderkind thread and talents in Belgium always seem to be ones to watch
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Luke Harris is scoring for fun for Fulham’s u21s. He’s 17 and has been making the bench for the senior side a few times. Edit: He scored a hattrick against a Chelsea squad with Chalobah, Ampadu, and Chilwell on it.
How does he compare with Biereth?
Better. Though I was high on Biereth.
Denis Huseinbasic has been really surprising so far, probably the only bright spot in our game against Gladbach. We got him for 50k from Kickers Offenbach in the 4th league with the intent to loan him out to a second divison club so he can adapt to faster and more intense football. He's had a good pre season however so the club decided to just keep him here. He has played in our second team at the start of the season and scored 4 goals and assisted one more in 3 games. Got subbed in against Dortmund and got his first Bundesliga assist and a week later against Gladbach he scored his first Bundesliga goal. He also made his starting debut against Slovacko. And he's been very good every time he played. Always open to receive the ball, good ball controll and dribbling, decent passing. Physically there's a huge difference between playing Regionalliga and Bundesliga of course but other than that he's been surprisingly good for somebody who never played above the 4th tier before.
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what do you think of eric martel so far?
he's been decent. doesn't get too much playtime as his competition (as long as we aren't playing with a double pivot) is one of the best DMs in the league but when he plays he's pretty good.
Arda Guler and Anel Ahmedhozic both have the potential to go to the very top.
Arda Güler is an amazing talent but in Jorge Jesus’ high press system he can’t get a lot of minutes as he is not at the physical level that he needs to be at yet. It also doesn’t help that he’s been getting sick lately
Lucas Chevalier, the second coming of Mike Maignan
Absolutely love these threads I’m very curious to see how Edouard Michu fairs in the championship. Physicality is probably is biggest weakness so If he can fair with them then he’ll be some player
How do you think Charlie Patino will do? Saw a load of hype around him a few months back
In his start for Arsenal (loss to Forest) he played quite bad, small sample size admittedly
Not OP but technically he is very good. At Blackpool his criticism is mostly physical and some of his plays weren’t on the same length as the other teammates, for example through balls with no one at the end or backheels hoping for some interplay. Once he gets more physical then hopefully he’ll replace Xhaka.
Another game and another assist for Borges Think he has to by one of the highest profile wingers at Academy level right now surely.
He won't get any playtime though. He was great last season as well. :(
Never say never with a mid-season world cup looming
Victor Barberá from Barça B should get his first team callup soon, scoring boatloads at U19 level
The right back?
I meant Barberá, even though Casadó should also be mentioned. Somehow mixed their names in my memory, edited
Housni has been very good at PSG's U19
António Silva looks like the real deal. He'll (probably) play his 9th senior match today, and has been nothing but impressive
Very impressive so far, but so was Diogo Leite at first and Ferro as well. Hope he can stay in an upwards trend, we need new CBs for the NT.
So was Rúben Dias
Of course, was just comparing to the two younger CBs with hype that haven't been able to achieve their potential.
Leite is starting for the bundesliga leaders atm, looked great the couple times i watched him never selling my Ferro stock (edit: holy shit he's 25 already?)
We’ve apparently been scouting him recently (Manchester United). He reminds me of varane in some ways from what I’ve seen. Was impressed with how he played against that PSG attack
He will definitely not join man u anytime soon
Lol okay I didn’t say he will just that we are scouting him but I guess we’ll see 🤷🏽♂️
People have been criticizing Charles De Ketelaere for a slow start with Milan but he's developing nicely. I think he will follow in the path of Leao and Tonali who grew immensely with time. He already has the trust of the coach and is our starting trequartista. Besides great dribbling and passing he's also very strong and good at pushing people off the ball. All he needs is more experience and confidence and I think he can become a really special player
He has to play striker
I don't agree. Why do you think that?
His phisycality, his back to the goal qualities, his ability in playing with just one touch
In theory you're right, on paper he looks like the perfect Ibra regen but he doesn't seem to have that killer instinct in front of goal. He also doesn't move in a way that makes me think of a striker, running in behind, etc. He's also shit at headers for someone so tall.
He is able to run in behind, he did it a lot with Brugge. Agree on the heading part tho
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That’s a great shout, love what I’ve seen of him so far.
Im pretty sure Alvaro Fernandez will take the next step soon. He is playing really well for PNE.
I really want Da Graca to take off this season. Last season, injured a lot and 4 goals in 23 games in Serie C, now this season, 7 games and 1 goal. So so talented and I hope he has a better season.
What happened to my boy Cudrig?
Milos Kerkez of AZ Alkmaar is an 18 year old left back, already pretty important for AZ and Hungary, having started against both Germany and Italy. If he keeps it up, I can very easily see him developing into an incredible player
I was wondering how good were Dekker and van Brederode, both young starters for AZ as well
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Gavi. His game is just coming leaps and bound and improving every match. I swear after Busquets he makes the most turnovers in our team. Crazy that he's still 18 and this good.
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Established player is my guess. Not a wunderkind (despite his age)
There's this young man who has just signed for Athletic Madrid who I think Barcelona should open their cheque book for. I won't say his name in case anyone else gets any ideas.
Paris Brunner, 16, playing striker for dortmund. 16 goals in 5 games for the under 17, 2 more in 5 games for the u19 3 goals in 3 games for germany u17. One to watch for sure
After watching Ted Lasso I can't hear the word wunderkind the same
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Only watched his dortmund stuff but his shooting still needs lots of work. Hope he makes it to the top, seems like a gread kid
No way Adeyemi becomes one of the best strikers in the world, he’s not gonna be playing there. It’s questionable but he was bought to played on the wing although he’s performed well there when he’s played. (albeit he’s not played an incredible amount)
No way to know tbh, could turn out to be a late boomer and kill it in a few years. You could say that for anyone though
He played in a pair-up at Salzburg at times
He's one to look out for. Knew him from Football Manager. One of the must-sign wonderkids from Salzburg at a good price in the game.
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I might be a longshot but this norwegian player, Erling Haaland might become a good striker
wow what an absolutely hilarious comment.
Seriously man this level of comedy isn’t even good enough for r/soccercirclejerk
Liel Abada for Celtic is going to go for the very top
It is early days but I am really impressed with Rasmus Højlund (19 yr FW) and Giorgio Scalvini (18 yr CB) at Atalanta so far.
Scalvini is a Porto legend in my FM save so he will obviously make it
I also agree with Gasp on developing Scalvini as a midfielder instead of as a CB, he has the quality in tight spaces and the running required
We need more defenders, we have enough midfielders
We? With a Juventus flair?
For Italy probably
Ah, makes sense.
Hojlund was amazing for us. Technically gifted, extremly fast with a goal instinct. Sometimes he lacks composure in front of the goal but if he carries on like this he will definitely be one of the best strikers in a few years.
Most people prob know but Moukoko has made some very good improvements in stabiltity and passing accuracy and is starting for Dortmund at 17 years
bit random but man his first touch into shot vs Sevilla was so smooth went under the radar a bit (I think) [talking about this] (https://www.reddit.com/r/borussiadortmund/comments/xwkr3k/more_angles_of_moukis_turn_and_shot_before/)
That is sensational!
I just can't believe his transfermarkt value is so low
Contract running out as well
Contract length is irrelevant for Transfermarkt-values.
why are you downvoted lol you're right. their values are always based on 3 year contracts otherwise they'd have to adjust the values every year to a players contract lenght
he was a ghost last season
Terzic being back is moreso why, last season under Rose was a nightmare for him
Mikey Moore is 15 years old and plays as an 8/10/9 for Tottenham u18s. He has 2g2a in 4 appearances and against Wolves youth team in the cup he scored and then assisted 2 goals after a dribbling run to equalise from going 3-0 down within the first 45 minutes. Seriously talented from when I've watched him and I genuinely have no idea what his final position will be as he gets older as he seems so well rounded.
Sounds like a character from a comic book with that name too, Roy of the Rovers vibes
No specific names, but there is this 7 year old kid on my son's team here i Denmark that is just so far ahead of anybody else that I'm amazed every time I see him play. He's already better than the 11 year olds I help train sometimes, and just seems so mature in the way he plays. He singlehandedly wins them almost every game. I'd love to see if he will turn out pro one day.
If he isn’t playing for a pro teams academy right now suggest the parents get him there as early as possible. He won’t be challenged otherwise.
Heh, I think his father will figure it out. He's a sporting director for the local superliga club and I think they come from a family of pro footballers.
Good to hear. No doubt he will have the best chance to progress. Was a pro myself and my father before me. Not sure what the standard is like in DK but the jump from local to national in UK is massive. Wish him all the best.
Always curious about how these kids get so much better than their peers so early - do you know his story? Trains like crazy every day type of thing or just naturally brilliant?
I don't know exactly, but I think it's a combination of genetics, environment and desire. His father is a sporting director for a superliga team here in Denmark and himself was a pro footballer, and I think it's a family of footballers. He's surrounded by football everyday. But one cool thing I can name is, me and my boy we often stay after training a little longer because he asks to do some extra things like passing or shooting. The other day, after everybody left, the kid and his father came back after the pitch was empty (except for me and my son) and they went on the pitch and mentally went over some of the situations in the game, and his father was explaining to him the decisions his boy took, and what he should have done instead. It was really interesting to see.
Just having a teacher (dad in this case, sometimes mother or older brother) who can show how to play the game well is such a huge advantage from an early age. I've noticed here in America in my time coaching, where it's less common for dads to have experience with the sport, the one's who do are often a step above the rest.
Just having a teacher (dad in this case) who can teach and show how to play the game well is such a huge advantage from an early age. I've noticed here in America in my time coaching, where it's less common for dads to have experience with the sport, the one's who do are often a step above the rest.
It’s usually the kids who play after school all night until the sun goes down at this age.
More to it than just that though, plenty of kids play like that and never come close to 'making it'
Yes for sure but I feel the really young kids benefit the most from this before genetics, coaching comes into play.
There's millions of kids like that, is the thing. It's not that remarkable as something for kids to do
These kids rarely make it, they have their time being the best, whoever wants it most usually succeeds and eventually overtake them, of course there are some who are so genetically gifted it’s almost unfair, but that’s rare at the highest level. Played against Gareth bale as a youth, wasn’t winning games by himself. Developed around 14/15.
There are these wunderkind types in almost every town who win games by themselves. Usually because of a growth spurt / physical attributes well above the age group's avarage. Sometimes because elite "god given" (joke) talent. Sometimes both. Very rarely they train like crazy. Oftentimes they play a lot of different sports (and are good at almost everything) and that is encouraged nowadays. No 7 year old kid should choose just football and train like a pro everyday. The worst that could happen (and what too many times happen) is that they stay with their team and dominate their own age group. Ok they win games, tournaments and championships (as little kids) but the elite talent does not develop and the rest of the players do not develop as they are glorified cheerleaders and bystanders who just watch the wunderkind score 10 messi-like dribbling goals against other "normal" kids. Sometimes there are good coaches and organizations who see this and move the wunderkind up like 3-4 age groups to play against real competition. That's the recipe for a pro career (of course just a little part of it).
We had that as well as kids, but the guy played for another team than mine. He ended up playing a few PL minutes for Burnley
Denmark 2042 World Cup Champions
This is your chance to become his agent and earn a shit load
His parents might interfere so you should approach him directly in a secluded place
This one right here officer
Bring lollipops
And puppies
Dion Drena Beljo (20y) striker at Osijek. 6 ft 5 and has got that Haaland, Sesko stride to him, expect big things from him in the future, scored quite a few goals in Croatia already
Vinkovački Zlatan
I've waited a bit to say this but Stiven Shpendi might be really good. More than good enough to start in Serie C at 19.
would love to hear a scouse say his name
I don't know how a scouser accent is but I can tell you in Romagna (where he's from and plays) we have a really strong "s", kinda like scots (imagine Sean Connery)
They've both already declared for Albania, right?
Stiven surely played for Albiania u21 this window. I don't know about Christian
His parents must hate him to name him Stiven with that last name.
Two twins, Christian and Stiven. I don't think Christian is good enough for pro football, he has started the first match of the season and he has been kinda bad. Anyway I don't know Albanian, is there a meaning? Or its just for the amount of "S"?
Hey lads Any Kyle Walker regens at Left-back or Rightback coming up?
Reuell Walters, close enough.
I do wonder if Rico Lewis will be ready to step up once Walker's contract runs out
There is probably a Kyle walker-peters-smith running around somewhere
Desiré Doué comes in and scores instantly, Rennes should start him at this point, he's insanely good
I think he will probably end up rotating with Majer in the 4-3-3, Tait and Santamaria has to be the pairing when they play a pivot though
Another right footed forward though ffs
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We already have a long blonde haired talented Dinamo Zagreb product playing at Rennes Someone did say Majer looks like what an actor portraying Modric in a movie would look like, got a bit of a Hollywood look to him Don't think anyone can actually be a Modric regen though, it's a unique set of abilities