5 best U-23 footballers in Europe
With the FIFA World Cup due to be played next year in Russia, the managers of international teams have been busy scouting top talent for their squads. Apart from the usual names on the team sheets, the managers need an influx of young talent so that the legacy can go on.
Every season football fans across the world see the rise of a youngster but only a handful of those players go on to make it big for their club and country in the future. But with only six more months to go for the World Cup to be held in Russia, there is added motivation for them to perform and compel the gaffer to include them in their national squads.
Keeping that in mind, these are the five best emerging talents in Europe who have already been tipped by the pundits to make it big in their respective careers.
#5 Ousmane Dembele
The 20-year-old sensation completed his move to Barcelona this summer from Borussia Dortmund for the joint second highest fees ever paid for a footballer. But with an injury to his hamstring, Dembele has not been in action for over three months now.
The Frenchman will be back in action soon to terrify the opposition defences like he had been doing in the Bundesliga last season. Dembele possesses everything in his locker, from swift dribbling to rapid pace, which is bound to confuse the defender trying to mark him.
The French international had a tremendous first season in Germany last time around and was brought as a replacement for Neymar at Barcelona now. Whether Dembele can reach those heights remains to be seen but with his pace, technique and dribbling skills, there is a high probability that he won’t disappoint.