‘If you are good enough, you are old enough.’- Sir Matt Busby told this as he loved to give chance to teenagers. Now, all managers love to nurture young talents. It helps the young talent to prosper and become better.
World football is presently blessed with a large number of emerging young talent. In this article, we will look at the best five 20 years old in European football.
Dominik Szoboszlai
Club: Red Bull Salzburg [Austrian Bundesliga]
Country: Hungary
The young midfielder is highly talented and also termed as ‘Next Kroos’. He joined RB Salzburg in 2018. In his 78 appearances for the Austrian side, he has already scored 25 goals. He has scored against Atletico Madrid last week in the UEFA Champions League tie. Though his team has lost, he has caught the eye on that match as well. He was also the player of the season in the Austrian Bundesliga last season.
Phil Foden
Club: Manchester City [Premier League]
Country: England
Phil Foden is one of the important members of the Manchester City squad since last season. He was excellent since the restart in June. David Silva’s departure last summer opens his door to start regularly for the Premier League giant.
Alphonso Davies
Club: Bayern Munich [Bundesliga]
Country: Canada
Davies is one of the emerging talents this year. His blistering pace, commitment, both attacking and defending ability helps him to secure his place for the German side.
Initially, Davies was signed as a winger. But he flourished as a left-back last season. He possesses excellent technical ability in his game.
Jadon Sancho
Club: Borussia Dortmund [Bundesliga]
Country: England
The English forward is one of the best young talents all over Europe. He has a total of 34 goals and assists in Bundesliga last season, the highest for any U-23 player in this season in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
He has scored 3 goals in his first 11 appearances for the club his season.
Erling Haaland
Club: Borussia Dortmund [Bundesliga]
Country: Norway
He started last season with FC Red Bull Salzburg and scoring plenty of goals for them in the UCL group stage. After joining Dortmund in January he continued his scoring form as well and has taken the world of football by storm.
This season he has already scored 17 goals this season in just 14 appearances. He also provided 3 assists this season.
