Top 5 best young players in football today

#2 Jadon Sancho

Jadon Sancho is one of the top talents in football today

Another Englishman to feature on this list is Jadon Sancho. The 19-year-old has been nothing short of a revelation since he caught the attention of the footballing world last season.

One of the most dynamic and skilled forwards in the game today, the Borussia Dortmund winger is known for his ability to dribble past players and create goalscoring chances for his team.

Despite his inexperience, his decision-making is second to none, as is his ability to pick out team-mates through incisive passes.

Having registered 13 goals and 19 assists for Dortmund last season, Sancho has started this season in an equally impressive manner.

Sancho is a player that many of the elite European clubs have shown an interest in, and it remains beyond any doubt that this young English starlet will be a world-beater in the years to come.

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#1 Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe is the best young talent in the world

Possibly the most obvious entry on this list, Kylian Mbappe, despite being only 20, is already one of the very best players in the world. Challenging Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the title of the best player in the world, Mbappe has accolades that would outshine some of the most established players.

The winner of the 2018 FIFA Young Player award, Mbappe has everything in his armory to become one of the greatest of all time.

Mbappe's breakthrough season was 2016/17, where he orchestrated Monaco's domestic triumph in Ligue 1, beating reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain to the title. The following year, he was taken on loan by the Parisians, where he formed a devastating trio with Neymar and Edinson Cavani, and truly cemented himself as one of the best players in the world.

Demonstrating one stellar performance after another in the 2018 World Cup for France, Mbappe continued to establish his status as one of the best players in the world. Last season, Mbappe scored 39 goals and had 17 assists for PSG, a tally only bested by Lionel Messi.

Truly a footballing prodigy, Kylian Mbappe is seen by fans all over the world as the player who will take up the mantle of the best player in the world, after Messi and Ronaldo decide to hang up their boots.

But he will have stiff competition from players like Frenkie de Jong, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ousmane Dembele and Jadon Sancho. Only time will tell how great these young stars go on to become in the years to come.