Top 20 U-21 Players according to new Data



New study shows Raheem Sterling is the most Valuable Young Talent in Europe!

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling has been named the most valuable young talent in Europe, according to a new study.

The 20-Year old English attacker, whose future at Anfield has been topic of the transfer window this summer, has been given a value of £30.05Million (49.3million Euros) by Soccerex 20 U-21 report.

The Soccerex football value index which takes into account position, age, technical skills, current club, market value perception, contract length, international caps, minutes played, goals and injuries.

The report which was recently released named Sterling the best among his age category. He is some way ahead of second place Brazilian fullback Marquinhos who was valued at £27.84million (39.77million euros). Manchester United new boy Memphis Depay clinched third spot; his value was reported to be £23.8million (33.6 million Euros).
 
Seventeen of Top Twenty players in the list are European. Paris-Saint Germain’s Marquinhos, Atletico Madrid’s Uruguay center back Jose Giminez and Benfica’s Brazilian central midfielder Anderson Talisca as the only exceptions.

Three more English Player made the Top 20 list – Manchester United’s fullback Luke Shaw in 9th spot with £17.77million (25.39million Euros), Everton’s defender John Stones in 16th (£11.8million, 16.85million Euros) and Arsenal’s Callum Chambers in 19th (£10.54million, 15.06million Euros).

 Soccerex chief executive Duncan Revie said:”This report demonstrates the hugely talented pool of players who are under the age of 21 available to our European Clubs.”
 
“Ultimately, the lifeblood of any successful club is the players they are able to develop and nurture and the report identifies the premium that clubs place on this kind of exciting young players.”

Another interesting result from this report is there are no less than nine young talents from Premier League who will feature next season.  Kurt Zouma, Hector Bellerin, Divock Origi and Emre Can.




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