Today, I’m counting down the top 10 young talents of the English Premier League. All these players are under the age of 21 and are the bright future of the league with making recent appearances for their sides.
10 Alex Iwobi: The 20-year-old winger has been with Arsenal his whole professional career, and is now making consistent appearances for the side with 14 games, 1 goal and 3 assists. He started his pro career in 2014 for the Gunners and is looking like a promising talent for the future with his strengths being his ball control and agility.
9 Georges-Kevin N’Koudou: The young Frenchman only just came to the EPL on a free transfer from Olympique Marseille this year. The 21-year-old is looking like a promising player for Tottenham with his incredible speed and amazing agility and balance. He’s only had 5 appearances for the spurs but is likely to increase the number in the new year.
8 Kelechi Iheanacho: The Nigerian striker has been a great backup for Sergio Aguero this season and is looking more likely to get a couple more nods from Pep Guardiola. With last year getting 26 games, 8 goals and 1 assist under his belt which then set him up for a great season this year with 12 games, 4 goals, and 3 assists. He is a deadly striker being 6,1 and having spectacular sprint speed and acceleration.
7 Leroy Sane: The $50million pound winger has been a consistent sub for Manchester City with 9 games under his belt. The German moved to Manchester from Schalke 04 this year and has been an amazing player ever since. The German is exactly what you want for a winger as his strengths are acceleration, dribbling, and crossing. He is one player to look out for in the future.
6 Luke Shaw: The Englishman started his professional career for Southampton at the age of 16 and moved to Manchester United in 2014 for $40million. Unfortunately, the 21-year-old has had serious injury problems and has only been able to play a few games for the red devils this season. Although, Shaw is the dream fullback at the height of 6,1 with incredible sprint speed and an amazing standing tackle he is impossible to get past.
5 Divock Origi: The Belgium striker has now been a real talent and key player for Liverpool in the past couple of months. With Daniel Sturridge’s consistent injuries, he is now getting a whole lot more game time with 15 games, 4 goals and 1 assist this season. The 21-year-old is now becoming more of a deadly threat in front of goal being 6,1 and having amazing strength and incredible speed. Liverpool’s future is in good hands with Divock Origi in their squad.
4 Dele Alli: The Attacking midfielder has become a key part in Tottenham’s title campaign, with 16 games, 4 goals and 1 assist this season. The 20-year-old joined spurs in 2015 from MK Dons for $7million. The Englishmen’s strengths are his brilliant positioning, short passing, and aggression. Alli also won the EPL Young player of the year last season and is looking like a player to watch out for in the future.
3 Anthony Martial: The Manchester United forward has been a masterpiece for the red devils over the past couple of seasons, and has been noted down has the new great striker for the future. The 21-year-old arrived at Manchester from Monaco in 2015 for a fee of $50million pounds. Martial is known for his pinpoint finishing, rapid speed, and clinical dribbling. He is definitely a player to hold on to for the future.
2 Hector Bellerin: The Spanish man is now becoming a guard on Arsenal’s right-hand side. With has incredible speed, acceleration, and tackle, he is impossible to get past. Bellerin has been with the Gunners his whole professional career apart from a loan to Watford in 2014. He is now a nominee for this TOTY as a right-back.
1 Marcus Rashford: The youngster was sitting his finals for school when he was playing for Manchester United at the age of 17. The Englishman has now developed into a world-class striker for the red devils with having 14 games and 3 goals under his belt this season. Rashford has said to multiple news stations, that he is still making mistakes and that he is learning a lot from the 35-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is now one of the candidates for TOTY. The 19-year-old is known for his incredible speed and amazing agility. Manchester United’s future looks very bright as long as the keep hold of the youngster.
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I came to visit because you left me a follow. My husband who is not a blogger is an avid soccer fan, a coach and referee for many years. I’ve printed a copy of this post to give to him. He will probably recognize some of these men. Thanks.
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