Most talented (Greek) youngsters

[Genome]

The magazine Don Balon published a list of the 100 most talented young players worldwide ... players born in 1989 or younger. Apparently they see only one Greek as being worthy to be on the list ... (unless I missed others).

Adiyiah (Reggina), Alderweireld (Ajax), Al Kamali (Al Wahda), Ananidze (Spartak Moskou), Ayew (Marseille), Babacar (Fiorentina), Badstuber (Bayern), Bale (Tottenham), Balotelli (Manchester City), Ben Sahar (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Bojan (FC Barcelona), Bo-Kyung Kim (Oita Trinita), Boudebouz (Sochaux), Boyata (Manchester City), Breno (Bayern), Canales (Real Madrid), Carcela (Standard), Castaignos (Feyenoord), Contento (Bayern), Coutinho (Inter), De Gea (Atletico Madrid), Dominguez (Atletico Madrid), Dos Santos (Tottenham), Douglas Costa (Shakhtar), Dzagoev (CSKA Moskou), Fofana (Le Havre), Ganso (Santos).

Giuliano (Internacional), Gonalons (Lyon), Gotze (Dortmund), Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Hazard (Lille), Henderson (Sunderland), Henriksen (Rosenborg), Hernandez (Palermo), Herrera (Zaragoza), Holtby (Mainz), James Rodriguez (Porto), Jovetic (Fiorentina), Kadlec (Sparta Praag), Kagawa (Dortmund), Kakuta (Chelsea), Kardec (Benfica), Kjaer (Wolfsburgo), Koval (Dinamo Kiev), Koybasi (Besiktas), Kroos (Bayern), Lanzini (River Plate), Ljajic (Fiorentina), Lovren (Lyon), Lukaku (Anderlecht), Lukman (Monaco), Macheda (Manchester United), Marilungo (Sampdoria), Marin (Werder Bremen), Mayuka (Young Boys).

Muller (Bayern), Muniain (Bilbao), Muniesa (FC Barcelona), Munoz (Palermo), Mvila (Rennes), Necid (CSKA Moskou), Neymar (Santos), Ninis (Panathinaikos), N'Koulou (Monaco), Pastore (Palermo), Pato (Milan), Piatti (Almeria), Pjanic (Lyon), Rafael da Silva (Manchester United), Rakytskiy (Shakhtar), Renan Diego (Cruzeiro), Reus (Monchengladbach), Riviere (Saint-Etienne), Rodwell (Everton), Rondon (Malaga), Ruiz (Espanyol), Sakho (PSG), Santon (Inter), Shennikov (CSKA Moskou), Shaqiri (Basel), Singh (Valerengen), Sissoko (Toulouse), Soder (Goteborg), Stoch (Fenerbahce), Tafer (Toulouse), Thiago (FC Barcelona), Traore (Cluj), Van Wolfswinkel (Utrecht), Vela (Arsenal), Vossen (Genk), Vukusic (Hadjuk Split), Walcott (Arsenal), Weiss (Rangers), Wijnaldum (Feyenoord), Wilshere (Arsenal), Wilson (Liverpool), Xulu (Mamelodi Sundowns), Yarmolenko (Dinamo Kiev), Yildirim (Bursaspor)

[Euro2004]

I've seen 90% of these players play and it is indeed a strong list. There's no way Danny Wilson should be there ahead of defenders like Chris Smalling and K.Papadopoulos though. There's also a young German-Turkish striker called Cenc Tosun that was raised in Germany but now plays for Gaziantepsor. The kid is a goal machine. Another one that should def have been there is Arsenal's 20 year old goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. He may sound as if he was named while his mother was having a fit of sneezing but he's a top class prospect. Arsenal also have Aaron Ramsey who has been stunted by injury but he's been great on loan at Nottingham Forest since returning to action and he'll be top class too. Also if Vela is there Daniel Sturridge certainly has to be there.

Dortmund also have numerous fantastic young players but for those born in 1989 or later Kagawa and Goetze are superb.

There are some great young talents out there.