3) Granit Xhaka (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Another Swiss starlet on Brendan Rodgers’ radar at Liverpool is this excellent midfielder, who is mature beyond his 21 years according to TalkSport. He is already a key player for his club side, while his former national manager Ottmar Hitzfeld once dubbed him the “young Schweinsteiger”.
Tenacious in the tackle, Xhaka is always ready to get stuck in and protect the defence behind him, the likes of Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling are likely to find him snapping at their heels as he looks to dispossess them and kick-start a Swiss attack. Because of his intelligence and his love for science, he is now known more commonly amongst his teammates as “young Einstein”.