The best young footballers in the world right now.
These are, in our opinion, the best players in world football who are still to reach their 20th birthday and there is a fair amount of Premier League representation though only a smattering of English born talents.
A trio of Liverpool talents make the grade, a testament to the long term strategy Brendan Rodgers has in operations whilst a quartet of Arsenal youngsters rank among our top fifty.
Four Chelsea players also force their way into this elite group whilst it’s also worth noting that Atletico Madrid outnumber La Liga rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid in this countdown.
50. Will Hughes (Derby County)
49. Bjorn Engels (Club Brugge)
48. Jonathan Tah (Hamburg)
47. Diego Fagundez (New England Revolution)
46. Junior Malanda (Wolfsburg)
45. Timo Werner (Stuttgart)
44. Nathan Ake (Chelsea)
43. Isaiah Brown (Chelsea)
42. (Paris Saint-Germain)
41. Marcos Lopes (Manchester City)
40. Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea)
39. Karim Rekik (Manchester City)
38. James Wilson (Manchester United)
37. Jordon Ibe (Liverpool)
36. Kingsley Coman (Juventus)
35. Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen)
34. Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham)
33. Alessio Romagnoli (Roma)
32. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Anderlecht)
31. Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona)
30. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal)
29. Hachim Mastour (AC Milan)
28. Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
27. Doria (Botafogo)
26. Keita Balde Diao (Lazio)
25. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid)
24. Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
23. Ryan Gauld (Sporting Lisbon)
22. Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona)
21. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton)
20. Anthony Martial (Monaco)
19. Simone Scuffet (Udinese)
18. Bruma (Galatasaray)
17. Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid)
16. Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal)
15. Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain)
14. Julian Green (Bayern Munich)
13. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
12. Zakaria Bakkali (PSV Eindhoven)
11. Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City)
10. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal)
Young German is on the fringes of Arsene Wenger’s starting eleven and a player of great ability and able to fill many roles.
9. Divock Origi (Liverpool)
Already has a World Cup finals goal to his name and loaned back to Lille to garner more experience before he no doubt makes his mark at Anfield.
8. Leon Goretzka (Schalke)
Towering midfielder has already been capped at full national team level by Germany.
7. Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Clearly a player of great potential, hence Man United forking out a massive £27m for the full-back this summer.
6. Max Meyer (Schalke)
A hugely talented attacker who though only 18 has already played for the senior German national team.
5. Oliver Torres (Atletico Madrid)
Stunning midfield talent, currently at FC Porto on a loan deal, and a regular in the Spain Under 21 set-up.
4.Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United)
Belgian showed what he is capable of last term, even during David Moyes’s disastrous spell in charge, made it into Marc Wilmots’ World Cup squad to boot.
3. Calum Chambers (Arsenal)
A player who has already greatly impressed at the Emirates Stadium since making his summer move from Southampton and now capped by England.
2. Alen Halilovic (Barcelona)
Croatian playmaker is a pint sized performer who is sure to be huge name in the future.
1. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
The England attacker has been superb over the past 18 months and is a player who with the footballing world at his feet.
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