5 EFL Championship players who could light up the Premier League

#2 Eberechi Eze (QPR)

Eberechi Eze is one of the Championship's best young midfielders

QPR might only occupy a mid-table spot in the Championship right now (14th place), but in the form of 21-year old midfielder Eberechi Eze, they have a player as good as any other in England’s second tier. Eze has been absolutely fantastic thus far this season, and it’s hard to imagine that the England U-21 international will spend another campaign outside of the Premier League after his exploits in 2019-20.

The youngster – who is eligible to play for both England and Nigeria due to his family heritage – broke through into QPR’s first team last season, making 37 starts, but he’s really burst onto the scene as a key player for the London club in recent months, earning 8 Man of the Match awards from WhoScored.com – more than any other player at the club.

A creative midfielder, Eze has a fantastic range of passing and is highly accurate too, averaging a pass completion rate of 86% this season. His speed and dribbling ability make him a handful for any defender, and this season, in particular, he’s been getting into more dangerous positions on the pitch – which would explain why he’s registered 10 goals and 6 assists thus far, more than doubling his output from last season.

A good comparison for Eze would be James Maddison, who produced some extraordinary performances at Norwich before his move to Leicester City last summer. There will naturally be some question marks over how well the youngster would make the step up in competition, given he wouldn’t be allowed as much room or time on the ball in the Premier League, but judging by what he’s produced thus far, he’d be a risk worth taking for any top-flight club.