The Future

1. Thiago Alacantara:

Born: 11 April 1991
Nationality : Spain
Club: FC Barcelona

Thiago Alacantara, Born in Italy, plays for Spain and is the son of a world cup winning Brazilian named Manzinho Olivera, well the above description says it all, being the son of a Brazilian, he has got everything from ball control to 2 very beautiful feet, I think Barcelona have found themselves a new midfield genius, which still puzzles me as to why they are still scripting the "Pursuit of Fabregas".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUwnCkA1zoc


2. Mario Gotze
Born: 3 June 1992
Nationality: Germany
Club: Borussia Dortmund

Breaking into the Dortmund youth set up at the tender age of 8, Gotze started to make his name right from the day his inception took place in the Dortmund U-10's. He then got himself promoted to the bigger stages of the academy by sheer hard work and luck and made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Mainz as a 16 year old. Lady Luck shone on him and then became a regular with the apparent injury to Japanese sensation Shinji Kagawa and played an authoritative roll in the Dortmund's successful championship winning campaign. He became the youngest player since Uwe seeler and Andre Schurrle to get the German National Call up, and now will play a major role in the National Squad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LY8XGmKmM

3. Cristian Eriksen
Born: 14 February 1992
Club: Ajax
Nationality: Denmark

Born on Valentine's day, This lover boy here is more than just one, he is a talented footballer who signed a two and a half year contract with Ajax in the year 2008 from OB. His then manager Martin Jol describes him as the perfect number "10" player and slots in well with the likes of Wesley Sneijder and Rafael van Der Vaart. Considering 2011-2012 season as his breakthrough season, I'm waiting to see as to which big gun across Europe will snap him up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZm5JSaHqwI


4. Xherdan Shaqiri
Born: 10 October 1991
Club: FC Basel
Nationality: Switzerland.

Shaqiri is a natural winger and possesses a thunderbolt of a left foot and plays on the right flank. He looks a lot like Chilean Sanchez, but powerful winger and blistering pace, He is a typical Arjen Robben type player, who plays on the right, cuts into his favorite left foot and unleashes a missile and is a long range specialist. By the end of next season, I can see Shaqiri move to a more recognized club and even if he does not, he will continue to dominate the Axpo league

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUNVxS7ajDw.

5.Tom Cleverley
Born: 12 August 1989
Club: Manchester United
Nationality: England

Cleverley, as he is named synonymously, is a very clever footballer and personifies his name with aplomb. Tom Cleverley moved from Bradford to Man Utd as a promising 15 year old and made 9 appearances for the U-18 side and was loaned out to Leicester City whom he helped gain promotion into the Championship from League 1 and then to Wigan who he helped avoid relegation on the final day of the season and scored 4 goals in 25 games. He was then recalled into the Man Utd first team after glowing loan spells and made his first competitive appearance for the devils in the traditional curtain raiser in the Community Shield against cross town rivals City, and made immediate impact on the game and pivotal assist in the equalizing goal. He is young, energetic, seems to have the bite in Midfield, but i still feel that Utd still need a world class Midfielder cos Cleverley's inexperience in Europe is quite ambiguous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDtXiBxeccM

6. Aaron Ramsey
Born: 26th December 1990
Club: Arsenal
Nationality: Wales

Burst onto the youth set up in Cardiff, this lad was termed, prodigious, promising and a general in the midfield. Man United and Arsenal strongly pursued his signature and Ramsey held a meeting with both the managers before penning down a deal with the north London club. A horrific injury against Stoke City stalled his progress at the Emirates stadium. He was loaned out to Nottingham Forest and his boyhood club Cardiff to regain match fitness. With the departure of Fabregas and Nasri to Barcelona and Manchester City respectively, we could finally expect to see the emergence of Aaron Ramsey in the Arsenal colours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rusdXcpuD_c


7. Oriol Romeu Vidal
Born: 24th September 1991
Club: Chelsea
Nationality: Spain

Oriol Romeu moved from Espanyol to Barcelona at the tender age of 14 and broke into the reserves at the age of 16. Pep Guardiola then handed him his senior debut against Kuwaiti side Kazma Sporting. He is a defensive minded midfielder, who is hard tackling and all action. He can operate at the heart of defense too, with the likes of Busquets, Mascherano competing for the same position, it looked unlikely that he would be able to compete for even a place on the bench given the plethora of talent that Barcelona have in their reserves. Chelsea came in for him and there was no holding him back, with Essien's fitness looking questionable and Obi Mikel's fluctuating performances, we could yet see the emergence of a new star in Chelsea's midfield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wtGRSWEO7M

8. Jack Wilshire
Born: 1st January 1992
Club: Arsenal
Nationality: England.

Jack Wilshire came up through the Arsenal's youth academy and was impressing everyone around him right from the word go, Arsene saw his potential and loaned him out to Bolton on a season long loan that saw him flourish under the guidance of Owen Coyle. He put up stellar performances every week and made sure that he would be thrust into the first team when he returned to the capital. We can see him compete with the likes of Carrick, Lampard and Barry's places in the England's engine room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5NWOSgvlQE

9. Marko Marin
Born: 13th March 1989
Club: Werder Bremen
Nationality: German

Short Framework, Messi like stature drew all the comparisons of him to the German Messi. This lad from Serbian Dissent moved to Germany due to his mother's job at the age of 2 and started to play for local clubs before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1996, at the tender age of 7. After 10 years with the Eintracht, he decided to join the the youth setup at Borussia Monchengladbach and made his professional debut against his former club Eintracht Frankfurt in 2007. Bigger and better things were to follow after his impressive displays for Monchengladbach, Werder Bremen came calling in the summer of 2009, and the chance for tasting champions league football did not stop him from making the move. Champions league is where I first spotted him and he caught my eye right from the word go. Marko has a fantastic future ahead of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlMCNLUj0A4


11. Paul Pogba
Born: 15th March 1993
Club: Manchester United
Nationality: France.

Signed from Le Harve in France as a prodigious 15 year old and amidst the most controversial circumstances, Paul Pogba seems to have lived up to the controversy he stirred when he was snapped up by United. Captain of the French U-19 national team, and a midfield general in the Utd's reserves, he has one sweet right foot, the mental toughness to come into a team like United and perform. He hasn't scored many goals for the reserves team, but the ones he has scored are nothing short of spectacular. He has been likened to Patrick Viera because of his framework and appearance, but let me assure you, he plays like him too. He made his debut in the Paul Scholes testimonial against the Cosmos and with Sir Alex Already having promised him of first team football this season, I'm just as eager as any United fan would be, I'm looking forward to all the cup ties this term just to get a glimpse of this lad. Its going to be a mouth watering aspect to see him titillate the OT turf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgyBOwbiTPY


11. Eden Hazard
Born: 7th January 1991
Club: Lille
Nationality: Belgium

A left sided attacking midfielder, and a left sided creative midfielder, he can cut into defenses, carve out crosses from the most impossible of angles and score some spectacular goals. The eldest of 4 brothers and whose parents are both footballers, I think greatness was already in his genes. This lanky causes "Hazard" to any defense he comes across he is also. He was scouted be the likes Of Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manutd (As a natural replacement for Giggs), and AC Milan for over the last 2 seasons and he almot moved to the emirates stadium this summer, only for Arsene Wenger to lose the plot, yet again...!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBtnxxGHhA


12. Phil Jones
Born: 21st February 1992,
Club: Manchester United
Nationality: England

Phil Jones had just made 35 appearances for the rovers before making the big money move to the "Theatre of Dreams", a dream come true for any teenager, Jones apparently impressed Sir Alex in United's thumping win over Rovers last term, and did not hesitate to fill in the cheque book and get this lad to the red half of Manchester. He made his debut in Utd's Pre- season tour of the United States. He then Came on as a half time sub against city and lifted his first silverware in the same game over City. His performances for the devils have been nothing short of Spectacular, and I just presume that United have found their next defensive pairing for the next decade in Smalling and Jones, and not to forget the twins Waltzing through the Flanks of the premier league grounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhwtFEoC0-Y