FourFourTwo's 59 Best Under-21 Wonderkids in the World

[JamieMCFC]

1. Dele Alli (Tottenham)
2. Kingsley Coman (Bayern)
3. Renato Sanches (Bayern)
4. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan AC)
5. Marcus Rashford (Rag)
6. Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras, Manchester City in January)
7. Anthony Martial (Rag)
8. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
9. Leroy Sané (Manchester City)
10. Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund)
11. Gabriel Barbosa (Inter Milan)
12. Lo Celso - PSG
13. Brandt - Leverkusen
14. Iheanacho - Manchester City
15. Pulisic - Dortmund
16. Tielemans - Anderlecht
17. Werner - Leipzig
18. Marcos Moreno - La Coruna (on loan from Manchester City)
19. Jedvaj - Leverkusen
20. Ante Coric - Dinamo Zagreb
21. Tah - Leverkusen
22. Iwobi - Arsenal
23. Andre Silva - Porto
24. Kovalenko - Donetsk
25. Christensen - Bor. Mochen. (on loan from Chelsea)
26. Riedewald -AJAX
27. Embolo - Schalke
28. Sanchez - AJAX
29. Emre Mor - Dortmund
30. Augustin - PSG
31. Daoud - Bor. Monch.
32. Lemar - Monaco
33. Lucas Hernandez - Atletico Madrid
34. Ascacibar - Estudiantes
35. Oyarzabal - Sociedad
36. Bazoer - Ajax
37. Cornet - Lyon
38. Unal - Twente (on loan from Manchester City)
39. Diop - Toulouse
40. Guedes - Benfica
41. Ramselaar - PSV
42. Kessie - Atalanta
43. Burke - Leipzig
44. Mbappe - Monaco
45. Jorge - Flamengo
46. Santi Mina - Valencia
47. Rajkoic - Maccabi
48. Ounas - Bordeaux
49. Golovin - CSKA Moscow
50. Koziello - Nice
51. Bailey - Genk
52. Malcom - Bordeaux
53. Gray - Leicester
54. Horta - Benfica
55. Méré - Gijon
56. Henrichs - Leverkusen
57. Dolberg - AJAX
58. Thiago Maia - Santos
59. Vallejo - Frankfurt (on loan from Real Madrid)

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/fou ... kids-world

[Dubciteh]

I think iheanacho is the best of our lot and no way is alli thebest youth player in the world no way!

[Mase]

What a load of bollocks that is!

[Original Dub]

What has rashford achieved at either club or international level that ranks him higher than iheanacho?
Or Jesus for that matter?

The answer is absolutley nothing other.

It's because he plays for manchester united.

Or am I missing something else??

[nottsblue]

Any mention of the criteria they used? Or did they have a slow afternoon, Googled some names and drew them out of a hat?

[Original Dub]

This belongs in the football media thread.

It says it all

[Nigels Tackle]

donnarumma wins hands down
to be playing as a top flight keeper at 17 is fucking incredible

[aaron bond]

From a quick glance it looks like we're the only team to have 5 players in the list.

[Fidel Castro]

Alli?! He wouldn't get in half the squads of other players teams on that list

[Wonderwall]

I like Alli and wouldn't mind his drive and energy next to fernandinho. he isn't the no1 on that list though

[I Just Blue Myself]

Reads like the 59 Currently Most Consistently Performing Under-21 Players

The term wonderkid, to me, implies a potential Ballon D'Or winner. Can't see any of the top 5 making the shortlist (tbf to Donnarumma, mostly because he is a keeper).

I like Alli and think that he can become a great player, if he keeps this up. But he doesn't excite me, really. Maybe I'm a tad bitter, but that's how I feel.

Coman is a speed merchant and an average talent.

Renato Sanches' most impressive quality is his physique for his age.

Rashford is an average talent high on confidence. The English media will knock him down soon enough.

[Scatman]

Reads like the 59 Currently Most Consistently Performing Under-21 Players

The term wonderkid, to me, implies a potential Ballon D'Or winner. Can't see any of the top 5 making the shortlist (tbf to Donnarumma, mostly because he is a keeper).

I like Alli and think that he can become a great player, if he keeps this up. But he doesn't excite me, really. Maybe I'm a tad bitter, but that's how I feel.

Coman is a speed merchant and an average talent.

Renato Sanches' most impressive quality is his physique for his age.

Rashford is an average talent high on confidence. The English media will knock him down soon enough.

We're not signing him are we?

[Douglas Higginbottom]

I would throw in Sancho and Brahim

[Mase]

It was written by an England fan

[Moonchesteri]

Reads like the 59 Currently Most Consistently Performing Under-21 Players

The term wonderkid, to me, implies a potential Ballon D'Or winner. Can't see any of the top 5 making the shortlist (tbf to Donnarumma, mostly because he is a keeper).

I like Alli and think that he can become a great player, if he keeps this up. But he doesn't excite me, really. Maybe I'm a tad bitter, but that's how I feel.

Coman is a speed merchant and an average talent.

Renato Sanches' most impressive quality is his physique for his age.

Rashford is an average talent high on confidence. The English media will knock him down soon enough.

I think there are many meanings to the term wonderkid but I have to say I disagree with your "criteria". IMHO at U20 it's way too early to say who is or is not potential Ballon D'or winner. To me Coman reminds me of Bale and if you can reach those levels you IMO are capable of winning Ballon D'or under normal circumstances (i.e. no Messi-level player around).

To me the term 'Wonderkid' has means someone who is truly exceptional talent amongst his age group.
Donnarumma is the perfect example of a wonderkid for me.

Alli, Coman, Sanches, G.Jeaus etc hugely promising and actually already very good players but would I use the wonderkid for any of them? No.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

It was written by a rag

Edited for accuracy.