Top 10 teenagers by career prospects
With Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon the wrong side of 30, it is important that a new generation of young players start coming through to take over from some of football's greats.
That appears to be the case, with numerous teenagers playing week-in and week-out for their respective clubs, which will no doubt increase their career prospects for the future.
In fact, the English data analyst company, CIES Football Observatory, has published a report on the most promising footballers under the age of 20 and the top ten are all quite influential already.
February 19, 2018
We take a look at the teenagers who appear to have a long career ahead of them in the sport:
10. Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham / England)
9. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen / Germany)
8. Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax / Netherlands)
7. Tom Davies (Everton / England)
6. Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig / Germany)
5. Malang Sarr (Nice / France)
4. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund / Germany)
3. Kylian Mbappe (PSG / France)
2. Alban Lafont (Toulouse / France)
1. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan / Italy)
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Serie A
Bundesliga
Eredivisie
Ligue 1
Championship
Ajax
B. Dortmund
Everton
Fulham
Milan
Nice
PSG
Toulouse
B. Leverkusen
RB Leipzig
K. Mbappé
G. Donnarumma
D. Upamecano
C. Pulišić
Tom Davies
Alban Lafont
Matthijs De Ligt
R. Sessegnon
Kai Havertz
Malang Sarr
