Donnarumma is an immensely gifted goalkeeper. He’s been really good this season so your criticism of his placing is slightly bizarre.
Also bizarre is your placing of Martinelli in the top 10 lol. And lol at having Hakimi at the bottom of your list like he’s not tearing it up at Dortmund
Must be a reflection of the current talent pool that Guendouzi makes this list. The description of him in the piece barely says anything positive about him.
Although on the other hand, the article said Martinelli needs to work on his heading. He’s actually got a great feel for heading the ball - scored some terrific directed / deft headers already. Dumb cunts.
It isn’t tbh. One of his criteria was top level appearances. Guendouzi has 80 for Arsenal already. With only players from the five big League’s selected and Gent and PSV (Malen). But of course a player like Jonathan David (from Genk) is on the radar of a North-American outlet.
I might be overreacting, plus I may have only been lucky to catch games where he absolutely tore it up - but an I overreacting to say he’s already one of the best RBs in the current day?
Just feels that way to me as he’s performing pretty seamlessly in the top competitions.
Guys got nearly 200 appearances for AC Milan and 16 caps for Italy at the age of 21. He’s not hype, he’s genuinely immensely talented. He does make mistakes but even seasoned pros do.
With the right coaching, if he continues on his current trajectory, he’s a shoe in to be the best (or among the best 3) in the world.
It’s a no brainer. His versatility of being able to play on both flanks; as a full back, a midfielder and a wide forward plus the actual quality of his performances.
You implied that him being on the list is reflective for the current talent pool and that it isn’t great because he is on it. This list isn’t really representative for the current talent pool… Lol.
@AbouCuellar since you have soumare in your list I assume you’ve seen Lille play? Should we go after Osimhen or is he not going to be anything special you think?
This is one of those opinions I don’t think you’re gonna find much outside of the Arsenal fanbase, whereas it’s not mostly just Dortmund fans who would say Haaland/Sancho deserve a place, or Liverpool fans who think TAA deserves a place. I like Guendouzi but I think we overrate him a lot.
But every article I’ve seen titled along the lines of ‘‘Best X number of young players in football’’ always include Guen somewhere. So he must be getting some sort of recognition outside of our fanbase.