Page 90min offers a list of 15 young talents who promise to shine in 2024. Below are the 10 most prominent faces.
1. Leny Yoro (LOSC Lille). Yoro has featured in most of the matches for the Ligue 1 club this season and he has shown incredible maturity and composure despite being only 18 years old. The French U-21 national team midfielder is being sought after by many big clubs in Europe.
2. Johan Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven). The Belgian midfielder has contributed to goals more than 10 times this season in the Dutch national championship. Bakayoko is expected to move to Liverpool to become Mohamed Salah’s successor in the future.
3. Endrick Felipe (Palmeiras). The young Brazilian talent will continue to play for Palmeiras until the end of this season, before moving to Real Madrid to join Jude Bellingham and compatriots like Rodrygo or Vinicius Junior in the 2024/25 season.
4. Maximilian Beier (Hoffenheim). The 21-year-old German striker is one of the Bundesliga’s best talents, Beier has scored 6 goals and 4 assists in 15 appearances this season.
5. Valentin Barco (Boca Juniors). Barco is one of the most promising talents in Argentine football and currently many big teams in the EPL such as Manchester City and Chelsea want to get the signature of this 19-year-old midfielder.
6. Roony Bardghji (Copenhagen). At the age of 18, Bardghji debuted to football fans around the world with the decisive goal in a 4-3 score against Manchester United in this season’s Champions League group stage.
7. Vitor Roque (Athletico Paranaense). Similar to Endrick, 18-year-old striker Roque will also join a major La Liga team this summer, however he will join Barcelona instead of Real Madrid.
8. Joao Neves (Benfica). An excellent young talent from Benfica’s academy, Neves has played for the Portuguese team three times and has received a lot of attention from major teams in Europe.
9. Jarell Quansah (Liverpool). The midfielder, called ‘Virgil 2.0’ by coach Jurgen Klopp, is playing impressively this season. England national team coach Gareth Southgate also highly appreciated Quansah’s development potential in the future.
10. Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United). The 18-year-old young midfielder is one of the outstanding players in Man United’s squad right now.