BEARGER 1,829 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Gazzetta dello Sport list the top 50 U20 players in the world, ft. Chelsea trio & Dele Alli (Spurs) Everyone loves a list of top young players and famed Italian pink newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport have produced a seriously snazzy page for their top 50 Under-20 players in the world. All the players listed were born in 1996 or after. The top Under-20 player in the world, according to Gazzetta, is Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman. Followed by two in-demand players. Leroy Sane of Schalke. And, Anderlecht’s Youri Tielemans. Included are five Brazilians, four Englishman, three Germans, three Portuguese and three Spaniards. The “aristocracy of football”, according to Gazzetta. Nine of 50 talents listed below play in La Liga, against five from the Bundesliga and Premier League, then four Ligue 1, the Eredivisie and Serie A. From an English perspective, Dele Alli comes in at 8 – you would expect the Spurs midfielder to now be on every list going after a stunning first season at Spurs. Once again, Chelsea feature heavily on this type of list, with Kenedy, Dom Solanke and Andreas Christensen all appearing. Other players of note from England, include Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, Arsenal’s Gedion Zelalem (on loan at Rangers) and Everton full back Brendan Galloway. Gazzetta also list a few players that just missed out. Amongst them are Aston Villa’s Adama Traore, who has shown flashes of brilliance this season. The full Gazzetta list is below. 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. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,151 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Aye but did they count how many times he passed backwards in a game? Edited January 29, 2016 by Frankie 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anchorman 0 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Incredible for a boy who doesn't know how to strike a ball properly. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Aye but did they count how many times he passed backwards in a game? No but I'll tell you at the Dinner. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Incredible for a boy who doesn't know how to strike a ball properly. If Zelalem (2 assists, both against Dumbarton since September and no goals) is the 30th best Under-20 player in the world then I'm glad we aren't suffering any of the rest. I'd be interested to know the methodology, but whoever, made up the list must have been on too much cheap Lambrusco. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 World football is in bother then. He's struggling in the Scottish second division. Even allowing for him being 18 that's not great. Maybe he will come on fast. He does work hard and has a good touch. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,330 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Perhaps it says more about the views of some of the Gersnet members? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Perhaps it says more about the views of some of the Gersnet members? I don't drink Lambrusco, cheap or otherwise 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Perhaps it says more about the views of some of the Gersnet members? It's not our views benching him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 9,374 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 These lists are very subjective anyway, but it says something for an Italian paper to notice, or highlight, a British-based player (and playing in Scotland at that...in the second division!). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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