The Boy Has Got Skills

Anderlecht’s 16-year-old striker Romelu Lakaku is sending shockwaves though the football universe this season. Standing at over 6ft 3in, weighing 14stone and with pace to burn this boy is a phenomenon to behold.

He is current top scorer in the Belgian league having scored 13 goals in as many starts and is unsurprisingly the most sought after young starlet in European football. Arsenal,

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Just 18 months ago Zele Ismail was tipped to become the world’s first £100 million footballer. The Wolverhampton Wanderers winger was back then reportedly attracting the interest of Chelsea and Manchester City with both clubs said to be prepared to pay in excess of £2.5 million for the …

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The gloriously named Eden Hazard has surfaced in the news again this week after disappointing fans of Arsenal, Real Madrid and Manchester United, not to mention tabloid headline writers everywhere, by signing a contract extension at Lille. The deal will keep Hazard at the Ligue 1 club until 2014, or …

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Corinthian’s young striker Dentinho has be attracting interest from Europe for a long time. Over the last couple of years, the Brazilian has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Greece and most recently Turkey with Fenerbahce. He is held in high esteem in

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Whilst Man United’s youth and reserve teams are full of promising international talent, they also boast some of England’s finest young talent too. Reece Brown (brother of Wes), Tom Cleverley, Ravel Morrison and Danny Welbeck could all be stars in the future and another name you can add to that list is Nicky Ajose.

First spotted playing for his local team at the age …

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Lacina Traore is an imposing 6′8″ giant who’s already played a degree of first team football for two different clubs and has scored in the Europa League and the most amazing thing about this – he’s still just 19 years old. Arsene Wenger and his scouting team are always on the lookout for talented young players and it looks like they’ve found a potential gem in the giant Ivorian who is bound …

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Stewart looks to beat his man

Man United have had a history of quality wingers. George Best, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo are just some of the players that have run the flanks for the Red Devils and if Cameron Stewart can continue to progress the way he has, he …

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With all the current talent at White Hart Lane it is often easy to overlook the Spurs youth set up. Harry Redknapp’s side have been constantly in the press this season as they continue their charge for the Champions League and it has caused their academy to …

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You have to feel confident about the abilities of a player picked out by a youth academy boss who brought through the likes of Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, and that’s just naming midfielders. Iker Segura took all those players on whilst at Barcelona and now he’s snapping up top talent for Liverpool just as it was hoped he would – and already he’s said to …

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Jordan Henderson has been one of the most impressive discoveries of this season. The 19-year-old midfielder has broken into the Sunderland first-team and is progressing at a remarkable rate under Steve Bruce’s tutelage.

Henderson actual made his Sunderland debut last season when he came on as a half-time substitute against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge …

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