Top 5 young players in world football

3: Erling Braut Haaland

Erling Braut Haland after scoring a goal for Borussia Dortmund.

Born in Leeds, England to retired Norwegian football player Alf-Inge Haland, Erling-Braut Haaland is a fantastic striker who scores goals for a living. With his tall stature and good built, he is a striker that every team would like to have as he is a threat to the defence because of his keen positional sense.

He lit up the Champions League this season with RB Salzburg, scoring in his first five matches to become the only teenager to do so.

Haaland has 10 Champions League goals, not too bad for a teenager in his first season in European club football's blue riband competition. He moved to Borussia Dortmund in the winter, a team that gives promotes young players and plays attacking football, which should stand Haaland in good stead in the years to come.

At Dortmund, Haaland has scored 13 goals in 15 matches in half a season, proving once again how good he is as a striker. With Dortmund securing Champions League football for next season, it remains to be seen if Haaland will have the same impact and retain his goal-scoring form.

2: Kai Havertz

Kai Havertz in action

Kai Havertz is a name which has been appearing in the football transfer market often. He is supposed to sign for Chelsea FC, though nothing official has been confirmed in this regard yet.

Born in 1999, Havertz joined Bayern Leverkusen at the age of 11 and came through their youth ranks to make his senior debut in 2016 against Werder Bremen. Havertz is a talented attacking midfielder who can also play as a right winger and is two-footed, which gives a lot of attacking options to the team.

Havertz is the youngest player to make both 50 and 100 appearances in the Bundesliga, in the process beating former record holder Timo Werner. He also made the 2018-19 Bundesliga team of the season. As an attacking midfielder, Havertz has scored 45 goals and registered 31 assists in his club football career.

Bayer Leverkusen did not qualify for the Champions League next season. Havertz would like to keep playing in Europe's top club football competition with an elite club like Chelsea. But it remains to be seen where Chelsea finishes in the Premier League table.

1: Jadon Sancho

Jordan Sancho with the football at his feet.

Jadon Sancho is an ex-Manchester City youth player who made a move to Borussia Dortmund in 2017 as he did not make the cut in the senior team for at City.

In the limited time that he received during his first season with the German football club, Sancho made a name a for himself and was since been a regular in the Dortmund team.

Sancho also played in the preliminary rounds of the 2017 U-17 World Cup held in India. He plays predominantly as a right winger but can also play as a left winger.

The young Englishman has already made over 70 appearances in the Bundesliga, tallying 38 assists and 30 goals. He made the Bundesliga team of the season in 2018-19.

Looking at his form and talent, Manchester City seems to have lost out on a great player. Sancho has the potential to perform even better in the coming seasons. He has been pursued by a number of top European football clubs, but as of now, he ooks likely to join Manchester United.