Europe joins the ‘Lamine trend’

La Masia is a world brand with a recognized name. FC Barcelona takes advantage of this to feed its first team by betting on early talent and to create a trend and a copycat effect in clubs that once only invested in maturity. This summer has been especially fruitful in raising the school of culé as a global reference, by putting it at its peak for a month Lamine Yamal17, as the best young footballer in a Euro Cup he ended up winning with La Roja, and the 21-year-old midfielder Fermín López as the absolute MVP of the Paris Olympic Games and a great star in the gold won of the Spanish team. Barça’s example of giving flight to its young products had an impressive reflection on the opening day of the League in the line-up that helped win the match at the Mestalla against Valencia, with three minors player in the culé team: Barça himself Lamine Yamal , the center Pau Cubarsialso a starter and champion in the Olympic team, and in midfielder Marc Bernal. The contagion effect is being felt at several big clubs in Europe.

Kenan Yildiz

The 10 of Juve, of Platini, Zidane and Baggio

Kenan Yildiz (19 years old) already wears the number 10 of Juventus, the legendary number worn in previous decades by Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio, Zinedine Zidane and Alessnadro del Piero. Of Turkish origin and born in Germany in 2005, he just renewed his contract until 2029 with Juve, who signed him as a youth player in 2022 from Bayern, where he arrived at the age of 7. At Juventino U- 19 he scored 15 goals in 37 games. With former Masia player Thiago Motta as coach, Juve are putting themselves in the hands of the young formula.

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Samuel Mbangula

Another bold bet from Motta

Motta wanted a brave young Juve and fielded a team at the premiere of Serie A without a single pro player over 27 years old. One of its surprising headlines is
Samuel Mbangula, 20, while the big summer signing, Brazilian Douglas Luiz, is on the bench. The Belgian responded with a football and scored his first goal. Mbangula was discovered by Juventus scouts in 2020, when he was 16 years old, in Anderlecht’s youth team.

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Lenny Yoro

An injury delayed his appearance in Manchester

Leny Yoro, an 18-year-old French central defender who was wanted by Real Madrid but ended up going to Manchester United from Lille in exchange for 62 million euros and 8 in variables, is a very bold bet by Old Trafford club for already thought. protector of the future. A preseason injury will sideline him for 3 months, but in Manchester they believe the investment will be worth it.

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Warren Zaire-Emery

And 18 years old she already has a relationship with Luis Enrique

Warren Zaire Emery is from the generation of 2006. A Parisian, he is already a reference at PSG, where he arrived when he was 8 years old and with whom he made his debut in the first team when he was 16. Luis Enrique Martínez , coach with an important culé resume, he also does not hesitate when it comes to giving the role to the youth. Zaire-Emery. The idea excited president Nasser Al-Khelaïf, always with Barça in his thoughts. In January, he predicted that Zaire-Emery “should be PSG’s Steven Gerrard, live his whole life here.” The talent and legs for the midfield, Zaire-Emery became a France international.

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Arda Güler

More impact on the Euro Cup than Madrid

Arda Güler is, at 19 years old, one of the greatest young talents in European football. His current problem is being in a Real Madrid team full of stars who, at the moment, don’t see a place for him. Carlo Ancelotti, a classic coach, respects hierarchies and in the first official matches of the season he gave the former Fenerbahçe player two minutes of playing time. Things got worse for Brazilian scorer Endrick, a multimillion-dollar signing from Palmeiras who is now 18 and didn’t play a single second in the Super Cup or against Mallorca in the Liga In March, made provisional GOAL ranked its Next Generation with the 50 best players born after January 1, 2005 and placed Lamine Yamal at number 1, Endrick at number 2 and Güler at number 5. Güler was a star in his first season in Madrid only at the end, scoring 6 goals in the last 12 games, but his leading role is the leader of the Turkish team in the Euro Cup. Only Lamine’s brilliance got him through the tournament.

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Kobie Mainoo

A reference to Old Trafford and to England

Aside from Yoro, Kobbie Mainoo could be one of the signs for Manchester United that their true path may also lie in looking further down the line. From the ‘Busby Boys’, first Duncan Edwards and then Bobby Charlton and George Best, to later Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, at Old Trafford they turned their young players into reference footballers. The latest discovery is Kobbie Mainoo, a midfielder who shines for his physicality and football as a 19-year-old both at his club and in the English team. At United since he was 9 years old, he made his first team debut in January 2023 alongside Erik ten Hag and in less than two years he was a regular.

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Mathis Tel

Appearing in Bayern

Mathys Tel, a 19-year-old striker, should be one of Bayern’s future leaders, along with the well-established Jamal Musiala, one of the great stars of the German national team at the age of 21 .Tel was signed in the summer of 2022 by the Bavarian club when he was 17 years old and was already shining at Rennes, where he became the youngest player to make his Ligue 1 debut at the age of 16 years and 110 days. After winning the U-17 European Championship in 2022, Bayern paid 20 million euros for his signing, ahead of Real Madrid. At Bayern he was also their youngest scorer, scoring at 17 years, 4 months and 17 days.

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Aleksandar Pavlović

The boss gives the wide zone coming from Munich

In June, FC Bayern extended the contract with its youth player Aleksandar Pavlović, 20, until 2029. Born in Munich, he has played for the German record champions since he was seven years old and is a regular in a team’s wide zone which requires new references for the next decade. Max Eberl, general sporting director of FC Bayern, referred to him as “the kind of player we want and the kind of player FC Bayern fans want: A native of Munich who made his way as a professional at FC Bayern from a young age.” . With the professionals, where he debuted in November 2023, he has played a total of 22 official matches to date, with 2 goals.

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Antonio Nusa

Olmo’s comfort in Leipzig

Antonio Nusa is the exciting new addition to RB Leipzig following the sale of Dani Olmo to FC Barcelona. The 19-year-old winger, who plays alongside Erling Haaland in the Norwegian team’s forward line, was sold by Belgian club Bruges for 20 million euros. Able to play on both wings, and given Leipzig’s keen eye when it comes to spotting young talent, we have to keep an eye on his development. He signed a contract until 2029.

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Savino

City play-offs in a rolling extreme

Savinho is already a proven player thanks to Girona and the trust given to him by Michel Sánchez at Montiolivi. The young winger, a revelation in Europe alongside Lamine Yamal, is already a leading player in the Manchester City squad. given that his rights belong to the group of the team coached by Pep Guardiola. The coach had already brought him on as a refresher in the Community Shield final against Manchester United, a goal included in the penalty shootout, and gave him a start on his Premier League debut against Chelsea. To win the match, Guardiola lined him up in attack with Doku and Erling Haaland and replaced him due to some discomfort. In his Premier performance he was the ‘citizen’ player who created the most chances (3), made the most dribbles (3) and took the most duels (5).

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Yarek Gasiorovski

Starter in Valencia against Barça

Yarek Gasiorowski, a 19-year-old central defender, made his Liga debut as a starter for a Valencia team that, like many other clubs, is more than obliged to look at young talents this. He performed 90 minutes at the Mestalla and, given his height (1.92) and his projection, it looks like a lot more awaits him. Under-19 international with the Spanish team, for whom he played 23 games and scored 7 goals.

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Juanlu Sánchez

Golden dream in Paris and with Sevilla

In Sevilla’s Liga debut, Juanlu Sánchez started for Francisco Javier García Pimienta at Las Palmas.
Very versatile, this time he played as an inside-right player, and at 21 years old he was already experiencing his best moments in the elite.
He scored 2-2 for Sevilla and achieved a share of the fame he also achieved at the Paris Olympics by scoring the decisive goal in the semifinal against Morocco, en route to a historic Olympic gold.
“Juanlu has an incredible present and an even better future,” said García Pimienta He already has 26 games in the First Division, where he established himself as the ‘alter ego’ of the inflammable Jesús Navas in the ‘2’ lane.

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Alberto Moleiro

Its time to put it together

Alberto Moleiro is the great talent of the quarry of UD Las Palmas. He almost followed in Pedri’s footsteps and headed to Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​but he continued in yellow and at the age of 20 he already had 28 games, with 3
goals and 3 assists for the island team. His role should now be that of a young LaLiga star.
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Valentin Carboni

In Marseille he wants to grow

Valentín Carboni, a 19-year-old Argentine international midfielder, is one of the talents that Inter intends to pay attention to in the future. Since he couldn’t give it to him now, Carboni was loaned out this season to a team with potential like Olympique de Marseille. His unstoppable performance in 36 games in Serie A, with 2 goals and 4 assists, should be a regular in one of the greats in Ligue 1. However, with Roberto de Zerbi
He will have to wait a few days to get a role, after being left out of the list against Stade Brestois due to a knock.