These are the top 10 young guns of Europe who can become legends of their respective country and club.
10. Paul Pogba – Juventus
Paul Pogba was chosen by Alex Ferguson for Manchester United squad but could not fix his place in the squad.So,Juventus bought Pogba in the summer of 2012 and because of his great future.Pogba plays defencively at CDM position for the Juventus team with Pirlo alongside him.
9. Lucas Moura – Paris Saint-Germain
Moura had arrived at PSG at a massive sum of 45m.He plays tactical football which lights up in Carlo Ancelloti’s team.His tactical playing and Ibrahimovich’s awesome finishing has helped PSG to qualify for the Semis of Uefa Champion league.His favoured position is centre attacking midfield but also plays in the wing.
8. Raphael Varane – Real Madrid
Raphael Varane has already shown his abilities for Real Madrid as he has been preffered more than Pepe in the Real Madrid squad.People usually call him ‘wall’ because of his defencing qualities.We saw his goal scoring ability in the both legs of Copa Del Rey against their rivals Barcelona. For sure,he will be one of the best Defender of the world.
7. Raheem Sterling – Liverpool
Raheem Sterling,Jamaican,18 years old had made his place in the Liverpool squad since the start of the Barclays Premier League 2012-13 season. He was called by Roy Hodgson for England u19 because of his great future in the footballing society.There are speculations about Sterling moving on loan but Rodgers has cleared out such non-sense rumours.
6. David De Gea – Manchester United
David De Gea,recently been nicknamed as Spiderman,is the most stretchable goal-keeper.His saves against Real Madrid and Chelsea recently have saved his team from disgrace.Though they lost to Real Madrid because of some controversy,but De Gea had somehow helped his team.Since his eye surgery,he has been very good for Manchester United.
5. Mario Gotze – Borrusia Dortmund
He is the best young midfielder of Germany and best young midfielder in Bundesliga.Scoring a wonder goal against Shakhtar in the Uefa Champions League tie,he again proved his talent in front of whole world.No doubt,there will be many managers in future who will want him in their squads.He plays in the attacking position where the absence of Shinji Kagawa is not felt.
4. Stephan El Shaarawy – AC Milan
He had been the top scorer of Seria A till the end of January but Edinson Cavani replaced him.He has scored 16 goals eventhough he is only 20 years old.His acceleration and aggression has been very good for the Seria A defending champions.He is the Center Forward of AC Milan and preffered as CF for Italy national team also.
3. Jack Wilshere – Arsenal
Though there is no replacement for the best,but Wilshere can be called as a replica of the living legend Steven Gerrard.His passing inside the box and crosses have been wonderful.Arsene Wenger has focused on him in recent days after he was injured many times in the recent 2 seasons.
2. Eden Hazard – Chelsea.
Buying him from the French side Lille was a good move for him to prove himself at Chelsea in the Premier League.Having 5 assists in the debut week is not an ordinary thing to do.He is exceptional player of Chelsea replacing Florent Malouda.Hazard is probably the best midfielder of the Barclays Premier League.
1. Neymar da Silva – Santos
The best player of the footballing world after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is the quote which is used to represent him.Currently,both clubs Real Madrid and Barcelona are behind him but Neymar is thinking to stay at Santos for a year.He is the best young striker and has that Brazilian strength and ability like Kaka,Pele etc. to score and shatter the opponents
These are my Top 10 young guns.
The other young guns who can be the in this list are,
Phillipe Coutinho – Liverpool
Isco – Malaga
Balotelli – AC Milan
Phil Jones – Manchester United
Tom Cleverly – Manchester United
Note – Gareth Bale is not in the list because this list containes U22 players and Gareth Bale is 23 years old.