50 Best U20 Players In The World

[Modo]

Gazzetta dello Sport list the top 50 U20 players in the world

1. Kingsley Coman. Bayern Munich. On loan from Juventus.
2. Leroy Sane. Schalke.
3. Youri Tielemans. Anderlecht.
4. Gianluigi Donnarumma. AC Milan.
5. Breel Embolo. Basel.
6. Alen Halilovic. Sporting Gijon. On loan from Barcelona.
7. Ruben Neves. Porto.
8. Dele Alli. Spurs.
9. Gerson. Roma.
10. Kenedy. Chelsea.
11. Mahmoud Dahoud. Borussia Monchengladbach.
12. Gabigol. Santos.
13. Danilo. Valencia.
14. Ante Coric. Dinamo Zagreb.
15. Almamy Toure. Monaco.
16. Reece Oxford. West Ham.
17. Andrija Zivkovic. Partizan Belgrade.
18. Gabriel Jesus. Palmeiras.
19. Martin Odegaard. Real Madrid.
20. Marko Grujic. Red Star Belgrade. On loan from Liverpool.
21. Riechedly Bazoer. Ajax.
22. Dom Solanke. Vitesse Arnhem. On loan from Chelsea.
23. Julian Brandt. Bayern Leverkusen.
24. Sebastian Driussi. River Plate.
25. Richario Zivkovic. Willem II.
26. Adalberto Penaranda. Granada.
27. Goncalo Gueded. Benfica.
28. Abdou Diallo. Zulte Waregem. On loan from Monaco.
29. Borja Mayoral. Real Madrid.
30. Gedion Zelalem. Rangers. On loan from Arsenal.
31. Antonio Sanabria. Sporting Gijon.
32. Milot Rashica. Vitesse Arnhem.
33. Marco Asensio. Espanyol. On loan from Real Madrid.
34. Alban Lafont. Toulouse.
35. Viktor Kovalenko. Shakhtar.
36. Kelechi Iheanacho. Manchester City.
37. Andreas Christensen. Borussia Monchengladbach. On loan from Chelsea.
38. Lo Celso Giovani. Rosario.
39. Ousmane Dembele. Rennes.
40. Brendan Galloway. Everton.
41. Olivier Nitcham. Genoa. On loan from Manchester City.
42. Amadou Diawara. Bologna.
43. Jeisson Vargas. Universidad Católica.
44. Renato Sanches. Benfica.
45. Rodrigo Betancur. Boca Juniors.
46. Leon Bailey. Genk.
47. Lee-Seung Woo. Barcelona.
48. Dani Ceballos. Real Betis.
49. Laszlo Benes. Zilina.
50. Jean-Kevin Augustin. PSG.

I think the list consists of players born on or after 1996. So if you're wondering why Jordon Ibe isn't there it's because he's born in 1995.

Is it fair to see it as a massive failure to not have a single academy product in the top 50 list?
Our academy must be among the top 50 in the world at least?

 

[Best Believe It]

The top 50 according to who though? I'm fairly sure most sports publications do a top 50 list and they're all different. I think it's probably fair to say we don't have enough outstanding prospects in the 19-21 year region but from the looks of it we have decent youngsters slightly younger than that.

 

[Oliver Twist]

What about that Norwegian bloke who played for the national team aged 16 or something. Is he a bit shit now?

 

[Zlate]

That's Odegaard, he's on the list.

 

[KopRed]

Markovic must have been on that list at some stage. Look how that turned out.

 

[Judge Jules]

Dele Alli at no.8. Feck feck feckity feck.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

We've been down this lane before.

If ever there was a football equivalent of a Walk of Fame (or shame in this context), you'll definitely find the handprints of Tony Le T and Sinama Pongolle embedded on that tarmac forever.

Previously of the top 10 best U20 players in the world.