Lists of this nature can be hit and miss at the best of times.
The infamous England Team of the Future picture from the 2007 can attest to this.
The World Soccer Magazine’s list of the 50 most exciting teenagers on the planet, from November of the same year, comes away with significantly more credence, though. It’s been almost eight years since the publish date.
The list in full is as follows, with the notable players bolded:
* Sadick Adams. Ashanti; Ghana
* Ismail Aissati. PSV Eindhoven; Holland
* Alexandre Pato. AC Milan; Brazil
* Anderson. Manchester United; Brazil
* Gareth Bale. Tottenham; Wales
* Giovani Dos Santos. Barcelona; Mexico
* Sergio Aguero. Atletico Madrid; Argentina
* Ever Banega. Boca Juniors; Argentina
* Bojan Krkic. Barcelona; Spain
* Breno. Sao Paulo; Brazil
* Gerardo Bruna. Liverpool; Argentina
* Diego Buonanotte. River Plate; Argentina
* Macauley Chrisantus. Abuja; Nigeria
* Angel Di Maria. Benfica; Argentina
* Franco Di Santo. Audax Italiano; Argentina
* Karim Benzema. Lyon; France
* Dumitru Copil. Hearts; Romania
* Kermit Erasmus. Sundown United; South Africa
* Fabio. Fluminense; Brazil
* Fabio Coentrao. Benfica; Portugal
* Marouane Fellaini. Standard Liege; Belgium
* Guilherme. Cruziero; Brazil
* Nour Hadhria. Club Africain; Tunisia
* Rabul Ibrahim. Sporting Lisbon; Nigeria
* Damian Ismodes. Sporting Cristal; Peru
* Lorenzo De Silvestri. Lazio; Italy
* Kerlon. Cruzeiro; Brazil
* Toni Kroos. Bayern Munich; Germany
* Lulinha. Corinthians; Brazil
* Sapol Mani. Maranatha; Togo
* Juan Mata. Valencia; Spain
* Cristian Nazarith. America Cali; Colombia
* Aaron Niguez. Valencia; Spain
* Daniel Opare. Ashanti; Ghana
* Ransford Osei. Kesseben; Ghana
* Fran Merida. Arsenal; Spain
* Nikolay Mihaylov. Twente Enschede; Bulgaria
* Mesut Ozil. Schalke; Germany
* Renato Augusto. Flamengo; Brazil
* Micah Richards. Manchester City; England
* Andrea Russotto. Treviso; Italy
* Henri Saivet. Bordeaux;France
* Alexis Sanchez. River Plate; Chile
* Marek Suchy. Slavia Prague; Czech Republic
* Sergio Tejera. Chelsea; Spain
* Ivan Rakitic. Schalke; Croatia
* Abdou Traore. Rosenborg; Burkina Faso
* Gregory Van Der Wiel. Ajax; Holland
* Carlos Vela. Osasuna; Mexico
* Theo Walcott. Arsenal; England
Theo Walcott and Henri Saivet are the only players who have remained at their respective clubs since the list was made. Multiple Champions League and World Cup winners abound in the list, with Gareth Bale becoming the most expensive player of all time after a €100m move to Real Madrid in 2013. Eight of the fifty (16% overall) currently ply their trade in the Barclays Premier League.
(H/t: Reddit Soccer)
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