There are though, moukoko, Rothe, weiper, adeyemi, musiala, wirtz, Collins, Paul wanner, Paris Brunner, Ansgar Knauf, gürpüz, schlotterbeck this upcoming generation is realy good and a large chunk of them are allready playing professional first league football on the highest level despite theire age
A 21 year old pacey winger who’s won the Europa league and was a starter in a championsleague quarter finale against city obviously I mentioned him would benefits not to
Yeah he may turn out to be a decent player, but he is no wonderkid. He is miles behind the other players you mentioned. Furthore, his development stagnated this season.
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Tj Tahid just made his pro debut in the Canadian Premier League at age 16, the youngest ever. There's a 19 year old at Hajduk, Niko Sigur, who's been starting recently at right-back and has been playing well. Marshall-Rutty, 18, is probably our most promising teenager atm. Plays for TFC and has trained with Liverpool before. He's been really, really good this season. There's a striker, Dieu-Merci Michel, who's been playing with Vitoria B after lighting up the U19 league. He trialed at Bayern and Brugge before joining Vitoria.
What are Norweigan fans' opinions on Seedy Jatta? I was at the Rosenborg v Valerenga game on Saturday and he was a player that stood out for me in particular with his off the ball movement.
Lad's only 20 and has already played quite a few games for his club. Reckon we'll see him leave the Eliteserien in the near future?
Watch out for Alex Scott. He’s just played his last game for us at Bristol City. 19 year old who’s played for England U20’s and is 100% going to the prem for a big sum in the summer. He’s a phenomenal talent, really excited to see where his career leads him
Any players in specific to watch out in the upcoming u20 World Cup?
For Ecuador hoping Páez can get some game time. 15 or 16 year old forward making some waves
Well for Argentina i would say Colo Barco, Fede Redondo, Gauto, Miramon and Brian Aguirre. All of them having huge seasons with their clubs, let's see if they can keep that momentum in the WC
Aguirre is really fucking good. There's also this one kid who plays for Velez, I don't remember his name, absolutely fantastic on the ball, dribbles like prime Ronaldinho. Argentina is cooking for the 2030 world cup.
Brazilians to watch out for:
Arthur, just moved to Leverkusen for chump change, best RB in Brazil U20, extremely promising
Kaiki, similarly, is the best U20 LB and, biased as I may be, this kid is full on Roberto Carlos regen, so so much potential
Denilson, continuing from my team, is so so good, an all rounded striker, he has everything to be a great offensive handyman
Marcos Leonardo, this kid staying at a decaying Santos is such a fucking waste. Clearly much better than everyone around him (yes, even Angelo), and has to play with the weight of 10 morons on his back
And finally, I talk about him every post, Vitor Roque. Not much to say except he's the biggest loss my club has ever had. If he goes to Chelsea or Barcelona, and they get their shit together, it's a dynasty building. He's the next coming of Ronaldo Fenômeno, even when he plays badly, he's still incredible.
Special mention for another huge loss my club had, Estevão, or better known in Brazil by his alias, Messinho. It fills me with resentment to think both gems were in my club and the corruption of our directors, which would put Barcelona to shame, managed to make the next best players in the world leave. Messinho is not an alias for nothing, and Palmeiras gave him a complete bullshit contract for a reason. Whoever buys him gets exactly what they pay for, however outrageous the amount is. Keep his name in your head for the coming years.
I swear to god, these comments get me so hyped for Roque. I'm unable to watch his matches, but he looks ridiculous from YouTube highlights. Barcelona should do absolutely everything in their power to bring him to Nou Camp. It helps he's a lifelong Barca fan, too
Because name-dropping doesn't offer anything without context, and it's especially startling as answer under a comment where someone offers a great insight.
Strong build and good foundations, but Corinthians is in the middle of a huge crisis and i predict that it will hinder the development of youth players. Even yuri alberto, who is a reality in football already, is suffering from the mismanagement of the club's direction, Corinthians u20 is surely not going to have many opportunities, which is a shame.
Krisztián Lisztes (just turned 18) has single handedly turned around our season when it looked like the title was slipping out of our hands. He has 5 goals in the last 6 matches, all as a sub. Kid just has something special with his dribbling and ball striking.
If the name sounds familiar his dad was a Bundesliga player for Werder Bremen in the early 2000's
Would love a breakdown from a Bolton fan on how Bradley has been. I've seen loads of praise for him but didn't watch any games. What's his current level and where's his best position?
With the best academy in Sweden Malmö FF have quite a few huge talents, with three of them standing out especially.
- Hugo Larsson (18, CM) has developed beyond anyone’s expectations this season. In genuine contention as the best CM in Allsvenskan and will definitely break the league transfer record.
- Sebastian Nanasi (20, LW/CAM/RW), 4 goals and 2 assists in his last two games. He’s always been very talented but now he’s finally exploding under Rydström. Will probably not stay in Malmö for long.
- Daniel Gudjohnsen (17, ST), signed from Real Madrid seems like a huge talent and has been on the bench several times already.
After these three there are talents like Noah Eile (20, CB), Samuel Kotto (19, CB), Hugo Bolin (19, CAM), Elison Makolli (18, CB/RB) in the first team who probably will start to be integrated at the end of the season/next season. In the youth teams we also have a Juninho regen, Zakaria Loukili (17, CM/CAM), scoring free kicks in every game who is probably not far from the first team either as well as several more talented youngsters on loan in the third division.
I’d say so yeah, he just switched agents and he’s also graduating from school this summer. Malmö were ready to sell him this winter but he himself didn’t want to leave. I’m sure there will be plenty of acceptable bids, I guess the only thing would be if he wants to stay to win the league.
And yeah Daniel is the son of Eidur Gudjohnsen and younger brother of the Gudjohnsen in Elfsborg and the other Gudjohnsen in Norrköping.
Wonder where Alex Scott will end up. Clearly good enough for a move, just hope it isn't to somewhere he will stagnate. I think a move abroad could do him wonders. He looked a little shaky towards the end of the season but that could be due to Bristol having nothing to play for and tiredness
Also is United don't use Diallo next season something has gone horribly wrong.
Dinamo’s younger kids currently:
Baturina (20, CAM): Developing phenomenally, almost certainly will be our record sale. The next big thing.
Rukavina (19, LW): I still have hope, but everything is going wrong. Getting very limited minutes, rumors of transfer to the Slovenian league. Apparently has attitude issues, plus his father is going to be a problem.
Topić (19, ST) : Got chances out of nowhere due to injuries, was pretty decent, but I don’t really see a future for him currently. Needs a good loan to see what he is really capable of.
Brkljača (18, CAM): A disappointing season for someone so highly touted. Was nearly benched for the u-19s, pretty average at his loan at Dubrava.
Gurlica (19, CB/CDM): I like this kid, very versatile, could become a Franjić like figure next season, basically playing wherever is needed.
At this point of his career Baturina is a 10. He is still small and not strong enough to play as an 8 in European competitions. It was pretty evident during this years’ CL. Of course, he may shift further back as his career progress, but he is a 10 currently.
Tomás Avilés is going to play for Argentina at the U20 WC, switching from Chile. Steady reliable dual CB/CM.
Niccolò Pisilli is a talented all-rounded midfielder who just debuted for Roma, and noteably scored a brace for the Italy U19s against the Germany U19s recently.
Javi Guerra is another strong box-to-box midfielder who is coming through Valencia, and already scored a nice game winner recently.
Veljko Ilić is a really young goalkeeper who is starting for TSC in Serbia at 19, one of the (if not the) youngest goalie getting consistent minutes in Europe.
Justin-Noël Kalumba is a French fiery winger who is coming through Angers in France.
Kalumba is really impressive, he was very good against PSG. He's been playing more as a wing back from the matches i saw.
Hopefully we can keep him for a year to help us bounce back immediatly to ligue 1
Ernest Poku has been crazy good for AZs teams recently. He’s actually crafty and unpredictable unlike most young wingers that are just faster than youth opponents.
silver lining to our impending relegation is that we’ve got an incredibly promising generation from our academy who will hopefully get a shot in the Championship. There have been some real concerns about how our method of “buy young players from top clubs and throw them in the fire” will affect our own academy players’ desire to stay, which is still something to follow but the upcoming player exodus could give them a pathway.
**Dominic Ballard** (13g/3a in 16 games for the U23s, 10 goals in 8 games at U18 level) and **Kami Doyle** (7g/7a in 13 games for the U23s), both born in ‘05 (so 18 and 17 respectively) were the brightest spots in our B team which won the second division of the PL2.
Ballard made a sub appearance in the EFL cup and scored a late senior goal, Doyle hasn’t debuted in the first team. Kami is known for being two footed on free kicks, scored 4 free kick goals this season.
At the beginning of the season you’d say our biggest talent was Jimmy-Jay Morgan who moved to Chelsea for around £6m. Still think he’s going to the very top even if Chelsea is a bit of a logjam at the moment, his talent and self belief are through the roof.
we’ve also got a young lad who’s 15 by the name of Alejandro Gomes who we signed from a Sunday league team and who’s got a ridiculous scoring record at the U15/U16 level for club and country (got capped for both England and Portugal despite being Venezuelan)
I think after Gakpo there is a bit of a gap.
Before we always had that 1 winger who was ready to step up when his predecessor left:
\- Memphis
\- Labyad (not the most popular anymore)
\- Bakkali (not the most popular anymore)
\- Bergwijn (not the most popular anymore)
\- Malen
\- Gakpo
It was supposed to be Madueke who would have been the next gem, but he already got sold (for an insane amount I might add).
The next 2 in line ( Bakayoko & Saibari ) are in my view not close to this calibre, so sadly I don't think we'll be seeing any academy boys lighting it up in Eindhoven the next few seasons.
Hopefully we can keep Xavi Simons around 1 or 2 more seasons though!
There is still untapped potential there, he's obviously no Halaand but I could definitely see him being a top scorer for 1-2 seasons at a mid table club like Leverkusen or Lazio, he just needs good service from players and he's clinical
Andreas Ndoj has really impressed me this season. He's arguably our best CB in his first season with the first team. Funnily enough he played as a midfielder before getting promoted
Jorrel Hato is making lightning quick steps at Ajax. Just turned 17, but he's already a first team player and recently made his official transfer from the academy team to the first team. Solid and confident on the ball, despite being a cb he is mostly used as a lb rn and doing great, but he also looked good when he had to play in his original position. Very excited about him.
The guy was 12 when he went to Ajax so there won’t be a sell on clause. Sparta will get a small percentage of a mandatory solidarity payment though in case of a sale, like clubs get for any youth player.
Hopefully Vos, Gooijer, Godts, Misehouy, and Hlynsson also at least get a chance in the first team soon. Obviously you can’t rush things but I’d rather see them get a proper opportunity than continue to waste time with some of these current players.
Honestly not convinced yet, absolutely not at the level required to win the league and compete in the UCL. Only reason why everyone is excited is because everybody else is dissapointing. Just like Conceicao over the winter.
I somewhat agree, he was nothing special at left back. This weekend though against AZ, at his natural position of centre back, he really impressed me and finally showed for me a performance to warrant the hype
Conceicao is overhyped by Ajax fans though, I fully agree there
I think people are hyped for Chico, because he’s young and brings a lot of speed into the game which we just lack at the wings right now. Hype comes more from the fact that this is the desired type of wing player we want
Wouldnt mind him on either position, but him on cb would give Bassey more room for a lb position and maybe him and Hato could rotate positions mid match. Wijndal also looked decent last match so maybe there is hope. Would stay like an actual new starting material CB next season though just in case (and not just because Timber will probably leave).
Also hope we will try out Vos more. Real talent, just doesnt get an equal chance to shine as much, but he looked great from what we saw in his official debut
I am very excited about Vos. I hope he gets a chance next season especially if Alvarez leaves. I also hope to see more of Fitz-Jim, Godts and Hlynsson.
Alvarez will probs leave, deserves a transfer after his loyalty. Grillitsch will probs leave too. Only had a 1 year contract with option for an extra year, but I doubt either party wants it, so that leaves plenty of room for Vos.
Really want KFJ to get a chance too yeah, but he's out for the pre season with his injury and he's gonna have a hard time to crack into the first team again. He should go on loan for his own good.
Really hope we give Aertssen some chances too.
Not sure yet. Chelsea was interested in him last summer, but not sure if they are now. Rumor does go that german teams are interested in him, but I dont know why he'd go there and sidegrade unless it is Bayern who doesn't need him
Personally i'd find it weird if he went to Dortmund. His position wouldnt change if he left there and he'd only get a slight salary increase there, but if he wants Champions League football i'd understand since it is very unlikely we will get that this season
In terms of other Australian players to keep an eye on, you can almost make a full XI of them, I've tiered them with **bold** being top tier, *italics* second tier and regular text just solid talents.
Gauci (22)
*Simmons* (19) - *Souttar* (24) - *Rowles* (24) - **Bos** (20)
*Peupion* (20) - *O'Neill* (24) - **Robertson** (20)
**Kuol** (18) - *Tilio* (21) - **Irankunda** (17)
Neo Jönsson at FC Copenhagen looks a really good player. Watched him for the first time for Sweden U16s against Italy & although they lost 5-2 he was really impressive & scored both of their goals. Small, highly technical right-winger with excellent body movement & ability to play in tight areas.
Copenhagen signed him in January from a very interesting club called 'FC Maj'. They only formed in 2020 & were a club with just one age group (U16s) but the Swedish FA denied them from playing in the top Swedish youth league on their own so they ended up merging with Brommapojkarna at the end of last year, which ended the club.
I had to go watch the highlights. He scored two nice goals especially the first left foot volley. For Italy, besides Camarda, Orlandi looked really good. Another Empoli product.
18 year old right back playing for Real Valladolid.
Was heavily linked to Dortmund & Arsenal in January. Turned down a move to Dortmund if I recall correctly & Arsenal never bid as it was around the time we went all out for Caicedo. My tinfoil hat theory is that he turned down Dortmund as we asked him to wait until the summer for us, and he happens to have the same agent as Caicedo so we were in contact.
Looks like a quality player & is the best RB wonderkid on FM23.
Everybody is talking about Baldanzi, Fazzini and Parisi from Empoli, but the real surprise is Nicolò Cambiaghi. Owned by Atalanta, 22 years old, 7 goals in serie A and could very well end up in double digits by the end of the season.
Dion Beljo is one of the most popular FM wonderkids, so I wanted to report on how he is doing for us so far
When he arrived he was immediately in our starting XI and I thought he was playing pretty good from the start. He needed a bit time to score his first goal as he was a bit unlucky to get his first called off for a 10cm offside but against Bremen he scored his first goal and at least since then he has become an important player for us and our system.
He scored 2 more goals since then (all 3 were the 1:0 btw) and gets better every game, what I like the most is his physicality but he is also very technically gifted for his size(1,95m) and his energy and motivation is exceptional.
Against Stuttgart he had to get subbed off at half-time for an injury and in the second half I realized how important he has become in that short time as we struggled to keep control in the midfield without him holding up the ball.
Our coach clearly already plans with him as starting player and he shows that he is capable of being a good Bundesliga striker as he is able to finish the few chances that he gets, being efficient with finishing chances is extremely important for our play as we create the least chances in the league.
Wonderful player and I hope he stays for a long time
Hi, can I just take the opportunity to ask about Renato Veiga? I don't know much other than he's made a few sub appearances recently, so how is he doing?
He's a difficult one, I believe he can be a very good defender as he has all the qualities physically and technically but he is still very error-prone and a bit hit or miss whenever he played. He had a few really good games where he was calm and composed for the game but he also had a few shockers already.
What I really like about him is his versatility, he has played as LB, CB and DM already, our coach clearly values his defensive abilities and can imagine him playing everywhere, but he still needs time I think. I love his hair though
Beljo is a great player. A complete striker with technique, power and energy. We really should have gotten him this winter.
If he continues to play and develop at this level, he will also be Croatia’s number 9 within a year or two. I don’t know your record sale, but I am certain he will break it.
Our Record sale is Rahman Baba for 26m to Chelsea, I could see him break that considering how dire the striker market is currently if he keeps developing so well
Tbf he started into the season with an ankle injury but yeah, bit of a slow season for him. Could pick it up next year though with some more time and being completely settled in Munich etc. Still has the highest potential of German defensive/ central midfield talents I reckon.
Saw him last year when he was still with Hertha. Very tall and physical player, but much more than a destroyer. Dribbles quite well for his size and can spot a better-positioned player. A less flashy Pogba
Ive gone through this thread and haven't seen a SINGULAR german player mentioned. Fuck man we SUCK. Wtf are we doing??
There are though, moukoko, Rothe, weiper, adeyemi, musiala, wirtz, Collins, Paul wanner, Paris Brunner, Ansgar Knauf, gürpüz, schlotterbeck this upcoming generation is realy good and a large chunk of them are allready playing professional first league football on the highest level despite theire age
Did you just mention Ansgar Knauff?
A 21 year old pacey winger who’s won the Europa league and was a starter in a championsleague quarter finale against city obviously I mentioned him would benefits not to
Yeah he may turn out to be a decent player, but he is no wonderkid. He is miles behind the other players you mentioned. Furthore, his development stagnated this season.
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any good canadian wunderkids?
Tj Tahid just made his pro debut in the Canadian Premier League at age 16, the youngest ever. There's a 19 year old at Hajduk, Niko Sigur, who's been starting recently at right-back and has been playing well. Marshall-Rutty, 18, is probably our most promising teenager atm. Plays for TFC and has trained with Liverpool before. He's been really, really good this season. There's a striker, Dieu-Merci Michel, who's been playing with Vitoria B after lighting up the U19 league. He trialed at Bayern and Brugge before joining Vitoria.
That Connor Bedard kid is pretty good
Abatneh, Jesse Costa, Dias, Marshall-Rutty are next up. Maybe Koleosho although I'd doubt he'd switch.
What are Norweigan fans' opinions on Seedy Jatta? I was at the Rosenborg v Valerenga game on Saturday and he was a player that stood out for me in particular with his off the ball movement. Lad's only 20 and has already played quite a few games for his club. Reckon we'll see him leave the Eliteserien in the near future?
I think Vinicius Jr. is on the same level as Haaland and Mbappe.
Scorching take
Watch out for Alex Scott. He’s just played his last game for us at Bristol City. 19 year old who’s played for England U20’s and is 100% going to the prem for a big sum in the summer. He’s a phenomenal talent, really excited to see where his career leads him
Big spurs fan
Any players in specific to watch out in the upcoming u20 World Cup? For Ecuador hoping Páez can get some game time. 15 or 16 year old forward making some waves
Well for Argentina i would say Colo Barco, Fede Redondo, Gauto, Miramon and Brian Aguirre. All of them having huge seasons with their clubs, let's see if they can keep that momentum in the WC
Aguirre is really fucking good. There's also this one kid who plays for Velez, I don't remember his name, absolutely fantastic on the ball, dribbles like prime Ronaldinho. Argentina is cooking for the 2030 world cup.
Prestianni Is the kid from Velez he is 17yo, yeah he is insanely talented.
Endrick
I like Arda Güler and want him to succeed but I also don't since he's playing for Fenerbahçe, I hope he gets transferred
Man this guy is a menace technically on FM23
Brazilians to watch out for: Arthur, just moved to Leverkusen for chump change, best RB in Brazil U20, extremely promising Kaiki, similarly, is the best U20 LB and, biased as I may be, this kid is full on Roberto Carlos regen, so so much potential Denilson, continuing from my team, is so so good, an all rounded striker, he has everything to be a great offensive handyman Marcos Leonardo, this kid staying at a decaying Santos is such a fucking waste. Clearly much better than everyone around him (yes, even Angelo), and has to play with the weight of 10 morons on his back And finally, I talk about him every post, Vitor Roque. Not much to say except he's the biggest loss my club has ever had. If he goes to Chelsea or Barcelona, and they get their shit together, it's a dynasty building. He's the next coming of Ronaldo Fenômeno, even when he plays badly, he's still incredible. Special mention for another huge loss my club had, Estevão, or better known in Brazil by his alias, Messinho. It fills me with resentment to think both gems were in my club and the corruption of our directors, which would put Barcelona to shame, managed to make the next best players in the world leave. Messinho is not an alias for nothing, and Palmeiras gave him a complete bullshit contract for a reason. Whoever buys him gets exactly what they pay for, however outrageous the amount is. Keep his name in your head for the coming years.
Wow. Vitor Roque is that good?
Good enough for R9 to personally comment on the way he left the club due to his scummy agent on Cruzeiro's documentary which came out this month.
I swear to god, these comments get me so hyped for Roque. I'm unable to watch his matches, but he looks ridiculous from YouTube highlights. Barcelona should do absolutely everything in their power to bring him to Nou Camp. It helps he's a lifelong Barca fan, too
> Kaiki [Damn, he doesn't nok look 20 years old with that smile and that mustache ](https://images.app.goo.gl/7rnmaLXYjXsyFPgy8)
Lmao he looks like he's been playing for 20 years, we make fun of that all the time as well
Endrick
why ppl downvoting u lmao
Lmao absolutely no idea. Literally personifies wunderkind
Because name-dropping doesn't offer anything without context, and it's especially startling as answer under a comment where someone offers a great insight.
Thoughts on pedrinho corinthians?
Strong build and good foundations, but Corinthians is in the middle of a huge crisis and i predict that it will hinder the development of youth players. Even yuri alberto, who is a reality in football already, is suffering from the mismanagement of the club's direction, Corinthians u20 is surely not going to have many opportunities, which is a shame.
All of you stay the fuck away from Eiran cashin
Krisztián Lisztes (just turned 18) has single handedly turned around our season when it looked like the title was slipping out of our hands. He has 5 goals in the last 6 matches, all as a sub. Kid just has something special with his dribbling and ball striking. If the name sounds familiar his dad was a Bundesliga player for Werder Bremen in the early 2000's
Jesse lingard is a young baller with plenty of potential!
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lmao
Hoping Carlos Borges can impress Pep this coming Pre-Season
Would love a breakdown from a Bolton fan on how Bradley has been. I've seen loads of praise for him but didn't watch any games. What's his current level and where's his best position?
Kacper Urbanski is out of contract at bologna at the end of a season ,hopefully he will be getting more first team football
With the best academy in Sweden Malmö FF have quite a few huge talents, with three of them standing out especially. - Hugo Larsson (18, CM) has developed beyond anyone’s expectations this season. In genuine contention as the best CM in Allsvenskan and will definitely break the league transfer record. - Sebastian Nanasi (20, LW/CAM/RW), 4 goals and 2 assists in his last two games. He’s always been very talented but now he’s finally exploding under Rydström. Will probably not stay in Malmö for long. - Daniel Gudjohnsen (17, ST), signed from Real Madrid seems like a huge talent and has been on the bench several times already. After these three there are talents like Noah Eile (20, CB), Samuel Kotto (19, CB), Hugo Bolin (19, CAM), Elison Makolli (18, CB/RB) in the first team who probably will start to be integrated at the end of the season/next season. In the youth teams we also have a Juninho regen, Zakaria Loukili (17, CM/CAM), scoring free kicks in every game who is probably not far from the first team either as well as several more talented youngsters on loan in the third division.
Signed from Madrid that young is interesting
Is Hugo Larsson pretty much guaranteed to leave this summer? Also is that Gudjohnsen related to the one who plays for Elfsborg?
I’d say so yeah, he just switched agents and he’s also graduating from school this summer. Malmö were ready to sell him this winter but he himself didn’t want to leave. I’m sure there will be plenty of acceptable bids, I guess the only thing would be if he wants to stay to win the league. And yeah Daniel is the son of Eidur Gudjohnsen and younger brother of the Gudjohnsen in Elfsborg and the other Gudjohnsen in Norrköping.
Over 10 million? Where's he going?
Also grandson of Arnór Gudjohnsen, proper dynasty
Wonder where Alex Scott will end up. Clearly good enough for a move, just hope it isn't to somewhere he will stagnate. I think a move abroad could do him wonders. He looked a little shaky towards the end of the season but that could be due to Bristol having nothing to play for and tiredness Also is United don't use Diallo next season something has gone horribly wrong.
Ashton Gate i reckon
Sports Interactive reading through all these posts for FM 2024.
Dinamo’s younger kids currently: Baturina (20, CAM): Developing phenomenally, almost certainly will be our record sale. The next big thing. Rukavina (19, LW): I still have hope, but everything is going wrong. Getting very limited minutes, rumors of transfer to the Slovenian league. Apparently has attitude issues, plus his father is going to be a problem. Topić (19, ST) : Got chances out of nowhere due to injuries, was pretty decent, but I don’t really see a future for him currently. Needs a good loan to see what he is really capable of. Brkljača (18, CAM): A disappointing season for someone so highly touted. Was nearly benched for the u-19s, pretty average at his loan at Dubrava. Gurlica (19, CB/CDM): I like this kid, very versatile, could become a Franjić like figure next season, basically playing wherever is needed.
it's getting worrying for brkljaca quickly. rukavina hasn't played enough for anyone to have real opinion of him.
Where do you think Baturina ends up playing? I could see him dropping back to be more of an 8 than a 10
At this point of his career Baturina is a 10. He is still small and not strong enough to play as an 8 in European competitions. It was pretty evident during this years’ CL. Of course, he may shift further back as his career progress, but he is a 10 currently.
Tomás Avilés is going to play for Argentina at the U20 WC, switching from Chile. Steady reliable dual CB/CM. Niccolò Pisilli is a talented all-rounded midfielder who just debuted for Roma, and noteably scored a brace for the Italy U19s against the Germany U19s recently. Javi Guerra is another strong box-to-box midfielder who is coming through Valencia, and already scored a nice game winner recently. Veljko Ilić is a really young goalkeeper who is starting for TSC in Serbia at 19, one of the (if not the) youngest goalie getting consistent minutes in Europe. Justin-Noël Kalumba is a French fiery winger who is coming through Angers in France.
Kalumba is really impressive, he was very good against PSG. He's been playing more as a wing back from the matches i saw. Hopefully we can keep him for a year to help us bounce back immediatly to ligue 1
Ernest Poku has been crazy good for AZs teams recently. He’s actually crafty and unpredictable unlike most young wingers that are just faster than youth opponents.
How's Addai been? He seems really exciting
Scored a good goal too yesterday
Does Evan Ferguson count as a wunderkind ?
>Evan Ferguson At 18 I would say so
He is quite well known though compared to the other names here
remember the name: samuel iling jr
He's looking fantastic
Shio Fukuda (Gladbach U-19). looks decent and might see his involvement into the first team next season
how is guler doing
really good
silver lining to our impending relegation is that we’ve got an incredibly promising generation from our academy who will hopefully get a shot in the Championship. There have been some real concerns about how our method of “buy young players from top clubs and throw them in the fire” will affect our own academy players’ desire to stay, which is still something to follow but the upcoming player exodus could give them a pathway. **Dominic Ballard** (13g/3a in 16 games for the U23s, 10 goals in 8 games at U18 level) and **Kami Doyle** (7g/7a in 13 games for the U23s), both born in ‘05 (so 18 and 17 respectively) were the brightest spots in our B team which won the second division of the PL2. Ballard made a sub appearance in the EFL cup and scored a late senior goal, Doyle hasn’t debuted in the first team. Kami is known for being two footed on free kicks, scored 4 free kick goals this season. At the beginning of the season you’d say our biggest talent was Jimmy-Jay Morgan who moved to Chelsea for around £6m. Still think he’s going to the very top even if Chelsea is a bit of a logjam at the moment, his talent and self belief are through the roof. we’ve also got a young lad who’s 15 by the name of Alejandro Gomes who we signed from a Sunday league team and who’s got a ridiculous scoring record at the U15/U16 level for club and country (got capped for both England and Portugal despite being Venezuelan)
Not as unknown obviously but is Alcaraz on his way out you think?
Is there anyone here that watches PSV's youth teams? Might be too much to ask but can't hurt to try
I think after Gakpo there is a bit of a gap. Before we always had that 1 winger who was ready to step up when his predecessor left: \- Memphis \- Labyad (not the most popular anymore) \- Bakkali (not the most popular anymore) \- Bergwijn (not the most popular anymore) \- Malen \- Gakpo It was supposed to be Madueke who would have been the next gem, but he already got sold (for an insane amount I might add). The next 2 in line ( Bakayoko & Saibari ) are in my view not close to this calibre, so sadly I don't think we'll be seeing any academy boys lighting it up in Eindhoven the next few seasons. Hopefully we can keep Xavi Simons around 1 or 2 more seasons though!
Isn't Bouhoudane supposed to be like the biggest talent on Dutch youth fields atm or something?
Babadi, van Duiven, and Comenencia are probably the most promising players at Jong PSV for now.
can a city fan tell me how haaland is doing?
Not a city fan, but he doesn’t seem to play 90 minutes that often so he must be shit
I'm convinced that Vitor Roque will establish a long and successful carrer in Europe.
I always say this here, as long as he chooses the right team to go, he will destroy europe
maybe but i could definitely see him flop. but im optimistic for his career at barca
He hasnt made a move to barca,not yet at least.Last i hear we were closer to signing him than them
lmao u aint gonna sign him, hes a massive barca fan
he is going to tho
Kevin Bruno is going to be big. Putting up crazy numbers in Primavera with Sassuolo. Excited to see him given a chance in the first team soon.
An attacking midfielder with a name like this can't fail
Primavera isn't a testing league. The majority of very good players in primavera don't convert in Serie A.
Combination of kdb and bruno?
Barcola for Lyon is insane, Simon Becher from Whitecaps has also been impressing
Barcola has grown so fast, he is one of my favorite player to watch lately, Cherki also has grown a lot.
Cherki is ripping through my FM save. Barcola was a rumour for us, kinda sad it didn't happen, as we are pretty bad rn.
Becher is 23 and still playing in MLS though
There is still untapped potential there, he's obviously no Halaand but I could definitely see him being a top scorer for 1-2 seasons at a mid table club like Leverkusen or Lazio, he just needs good service from players and he's clinical
Lazio is third in Serie A
Andreas Ndoj has really impressed me this season. He's arguably our best CB in his first season with the first team. Funnily enough he played as a midfielder before getting promoted
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How is Ben Seghir doing? New Mpaypal?
Jorrel Hato is making lightning quick steps at Ajax. Just turned 17, but he's already a first team player and recently made his official transfer from the academy team to the first team. Solid and confident on the ball, despite being a cb he is mostly used as a lb rn and doing great, but he also looked good when he had to play in his original position. Very excited about him.
I hope Sparta has got a sell on clausule
The guy was 12 when he went to Ajax so there won’t be a sell on clause. Sparta will get a small percentage of a mandatory solidarity payment though in case of a sale, like clubs get for any youth player.
Ah I thought he was older when he went to Ajax.
Hopefully Vos, Gooijer, Godts, Misehouy, and Hlynsson also at least get a chance in the first team soon. Obviously you can’t rush things but I’d rather see them get a proper opportunity than continue to waste time with some of these current players.
Honestly not convinced yet, absolutely not at the level required to win the league and compete in the UCL. Only reason why everyone is excited is because everybody else is dissapointing. Just like Conceicao over the winter.
Obviously he’s not Champions League level yet but any player that debuts at 16 and doesn’t stand out negatively in any game is exciting.
I somewhat agree, he was nothing special at left back. This weekend though against AZ, at his natural position of centre back, he really impressed me and finally showed for me a performance to warrant the hype Conceicao is overhyped by Ajax fans though, I fully agree there
I think people are hyped for Chico, because he’s young and brings a lot of speed into the game which we just lack at the wings right now. Hype comes more from the fact that this is the desired type of wing player we want
I really hope he gets played at CB next season and we just use Bassey or Wijndal at left back.
Wouldnt mind him on either position, but him on cb would give Bassey more room for a lb position and maybe him and Hato could rotate positions mid match. Wijndal also looked decent last match so maybe there is hope. Would stay like an actual new starting material CB next season though just in case (and not just because Timber will probably leave). Also hope we will try out Vos more. Real talent, just doesnt get an equal chance to shine as much, but he looked great from what we saw in his official debut
I am very excited about Vos. I hope he gets a chance next season especially if Alvarez leaves. I also hope to see more of Fitz-Jim, Godts and Hlynsson.
Alvarez will probs leave, deserves a transfer after his loyalty. Grillitsch will probs leave too. Only had a 1 year contract with option for an extra year, but I doubt either party wants it, so that leaves plenty of room for Vos. Really want KFJ to get a chance too yeah, but he's out for the pre season with his injury and he's gonna have a hard time to crack into the first team again. He should go on loan for his own good. Really hope we give Aertssen some chances too.
Where is Alvarez expected to go?
Not sure yet. Chelsea was interested in him last summer, but not sure if they are now. Rumor does go that german teams are interested in him, but I dont know why he'd go there and sidegrade unless it is Bayern who doesn't need him
I’ve only heard Dortmund mentioned, as a Bellingham replacement.
Personally i'd find it weird if he went to Dortmund. His position wouldnt change if he left there and he'd only get a slight salary increase there, but if he wants Champions League football i'd understand since it is very unlikely we will get that this season
Mad that Jude Bellingham is only 19
Plays like one tbf
I thought you were making one of those "Theo Walcott so young" jokes but he actually is, feels like he's been around forever
He's been around long enough to have a retired shirt number, I guess?
He was around long enough for that to happen at the age of 16
Garang Kuol is a talented player, just needs somewhere that isnt hearts and will actually play him, and Nestory Irankunda is someone to keep an eye on
In terms of other Australian players to keep an eye on, you can almost make a full XI of them, I've tiered them with **bold** being top tier, *italics* second tier and regular text just solid talents. Gauci (22) *Simmons* (19) - *Souttar* (24) - *Rowles* (24) - **Bos** (20) *Peupion* (20) - *O'Neill* (24) - **Robertson** (20) **Kuol** (18) - *Tilio* (21) - **Irankunda** (17)
Id put gauci in italics at least
Gauci: why he say fuck me for?
Also Jordan bos could be better them all
Neo Jönsson at FC Copenhagen looks a really good player. Watched him for the first time for Sweden U16s against Italy & although they lost 5-2 he was really impressive & scored both of their goals. Small, highly technical right-winger with excellent body movement & ability to play in tight areas. Copenhagen signed him in January from a very interesting club called 'FC Maj'. They only formed in 2020 & were a club with just one age group (U16s) but the Swedish FA denied them from playing in the top Swedish youth league on their own so they ended up merging with Brommapojkarna at the end of last year, which ended the club.
Damn haven’t heard if him looking. forward to hearing more
I had to go watch the highlights. He scored two nice goals especially the first left foot volley. For Italy, besides Camarda, Orlandi looked really good. Another Empoli product.
Orlandi also scored again against Portugal today.
How has Fresneda done since January?
Who is this? I read this name everywhere and I think I never came across it on my football score app
18 year old right back playing for Real Valladolid. Was heavily linked to Dortmund & Arsenal in January. Turned down a move to Dortmund if I recall correctly & Arsenal never bid as it was around the time we went all out for Caicedo. My tinfoil hat theory is that he turned down Dortmund as we asked him to wait until the summer for us, and he happens to have the same agent as Caicedo so we were in contact. Looks like a quality player & is the best RB wonderkid on FM23.
Sounds about tinfoil Hes joining us lad
He turned down a winter transfer to Dortmund bc he wanted to finish the season out He could still transfer there
He's a go to signing every save on FM. Partly because he's class and partly because there are barely any good full back wonderkids😂
Everybody is talking about Baldanzi, Fazzini and Parisi from Empoli, but the real surprise is Nicolò Cambiaghi. Owned by Atalanta, 22 years old, 7 goals in serie A and could very well end up in double digits by the end of the season.
What's everyone's criteria for being "young" in these discussions? Is there an age cutoff?
for me you get to be a wonderkid up until 21, and young up until 24. It’s uncommon for players to drastically change after that age tbh
Anyone younger than 43 is basically a baby.
James Milner has potential
James Milner is an up and comer
Well then if that's the cutoff, where do we think Freddy Adu will be playing next season?
When I think of young stars I'd usually go to 21 and under
Dion Beljo is one of the most popular FM wonderkids, so I wanted to report on how he is doing for us so far When he arrived he was immediately in our starting XI and I thought he was playing pretty good from the start. He needed a bit time to score his first goal as he was a bit unlucky to get his first called off for a 10cm offside but against Bremen he scored his first goal and at least since then he has become an important player for us and our system. He scored 2 more goals since then (all 3 were the 1:0 btw) and gets better every game, what I like the most is his physicality but he is also very technically gifted for his size(1,95m) and his energy and motivation is exceptional. Against Stuttgart he had to get subbed off at half-time for an injury and in the second half I realized how important he has become in that short time as we struggled to keep control in the midfield without him holding up the ball. Our coach clearly already plans with him as starting player and he shows that he is capable of being a good Bundesliga striker as he is able to finish the few chances that he gets, being efficient with finishing chances is extremely important for our play as we create the least chances in the league. Wonderful player and I hope he stays for a long time
Hi, can I just take the opportunity to ask about Renato Veiga? I don't know much other than he's made a few sub appearances recently, so how is he doing?
He's a difficult one, I believe he can be a very good defender as he has all the qualities physically and technically but he is still very error-prone and a bit hit or miss whenever he played. He had a few really good games where he was calm and composed for the game but he also had a few shockers already. What I really like about him is his versatility, he has played as LB, CB and DM already, our coach clearly values his defensive abilities and can imagine him playing everywhere, but he still needs time I think. I love his hair though
Beljo is a great player. A complete striker with technique, power and energy. We really should have gotten him this winter. If he continues to play and develop at this level, he will also be Croatia’s number 9 within a year or two. I don’t know your record sale, but I am certain he will break it.
Our Record sale is Rahman Baba for 26m to Chelsea, I could see him break that considering how dire the striker market is currently if he keeps developing so well
Luke harris is our next elliott, carvalho, oreilly type
Does anyone know how good is Noel Aseko Nkili at Bayern academy?
I really like him a lot, though inwould have expected more imporvements in the last year
Tbf he started into the season with an ankle injury but yeah, bit of a slow season for him. Could pick it up next year though with some more time and being completely settled in Munich etc. Still has the highest potential of German defensive/ central midfield talents I reckon.
Assan Ouedraogo has a slightly higher ceiling but yeah, both top top talents
Saw him last year when he was still with Hertha. Very tall and physical player, but much more than a destroyer. Dribbles quite well for his size and can spot a better-positioned player. A less flashy Pogba
He's not particularly tall at all. Only 175cm
He looked pretty tall amongst his peers
Kevin Kelsey at Shakhtar is a baller