View Full Version : ‘The Sun’ Names World's Top 20 Most Promising Youngsters
Equilibrium
28 Dec 2007, 02:13 PM
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=528935
Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
Banega (Boca Juniors)
Benzema (Lyon)
Breno (Bayern Munich)
Chrisantus (Hamburg)
Denilson (Arsenal)
De Silvestri (Lazio)
Di Santo (Chelsea)
Giovani Dos Santos (Barcelona)
Jovetic (Partizan Belgrade)
Krkic (Barcelona)
Kroos (Bayern Munich)
Leiva (Liverpool)
Pato (Milan)
Pique (Manchester United)
Rakitic (Schalke 04)
Taarabt (Tottenham)
Vela (Arsenal)
Walcott (Arsenal)
Kroos and Breno made the list! :cool: I think Marin could have also made the list if his team was in BL1.. :(
ncfcb
28 Dec 2007, 05:22 PM
Good list. Only a couple on there I'm not familiar with. Let's hope Kroos and Breno live up to the expectations.
BusbyBabes
29 Dec 2007, 03:06 PM
I know this Bayern related but where is Manchester United's Anderson?
Bayern.eZe
29 Dec 2007, 03:12 PM
I know this Bayern related but where is Manchester United's Anderson?
overrated :p
j/k, but it is the sun, what do you expect? An accurate list? It is anyway impossible to make such a list, everyone has a different opinion.
BMike86
29 Dec 2007, 10:48 PM
overrated :p
well if they mention Anderson, why not mention a much more deserving Lionel Messi or Cesc Fabregas who are both only 20 :D
rochester rhinos
29 Dec 2007, 10:52 PM
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=528935
Kroos and Breno made the list! :cool: I think Marin could have also made the list if his team was in BL1.. :(you forgot Adu and Altidore...Zizzo not so muchhttp://druskillz.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/r070665au.jpg
BMike86
29 Dec 2007, 10:56 PM
you forgot Adu and Altidore...Zizzo not so much
LOL... are you serious?!?!?
well if you are...
Adu... what has he ever done other than undeserved hype :p
Altidore... the verdict is not out yet on him, he should go to another league and then we shall see :cool:
thank god Landon Donovan is too old for this conversation :p
Equilibrium
30 Dec 2007, 12:21 AM
Americans can't play football. :p
bayern_man
30 Dec 2007, 12:28 AM
haahahha i can't take credit for this,somebody on the goal.com link pointed it out,but theres only 19 names on the list. That tells you the quality of journalism the Sun contains. Its good to see 2 Bayern players on the list though,hopefully both Breno and Kroos can live up to the hype and become brilliant players.
BusbyBabes
30 Dec 2007, 11:03 AM
well if they mention Anderson, why not mention a much more deserving Lionel Messi or Cesc Fabregas who are both only 20 :D
Mr Anderson is only 19 so :p.
rochester rhinos
30 Dec 2007, 02:07 PM
LOL... are you serious?!?!?
well if you are...
Adu... what has he ever done other than undeserved hype :p
Altidore... the verdict is not out yet on him, he should go to another league and then we shall see :cool:
thank god Landon Donovan is too old for this conversation :pCarlos Vela has not done more than Freddy has that is a fact Vela is scoring for Osa and Freddy scoring for Benfica.Also at the last U-20 WC Adu played wayyyyy better than Vela and so did Altidore.Also Freddy outshined Gio in that tournament.
rochester rhinos
30 Dec 2007, 02:11 PM
LOL... are you serious?!?!?
well if you are...
Adu... what has he ever done other than undeserved hype :p
Altidore... the verdict is not out yet on him, he should go to another league and then we shall see :cool:
thank god Landon Donovan is too old for this conversation :pIt peeves me off that Vela and Dos Santos are comfortably on this list and then the suggestion of Adu and Altidore seems to be a joke.Guys dont really think that just because Gio and Vela are playing in Spain and Adu and Jozy are not means that theyre much better than their American counterparts.
BMike86
30 Dec 2007, 04:23 PM
It peeves me off that Vela and Dos Santos are comfortably on this list and then the suggestion of Adu and Altidore seems to be a joke.Guys dont really think that just because Gio and Vela are playing in Spain and Adu and Jozy are not means that theyre much better than their American counterparts.
Altidore plays in a league that's quality is equivalent to a Regional English league... and Adu is a substitute for a Portuguese side, at least Adu moved to a better league, he just shouldn't have gone for the biggest club. he should have gone to a club where he had a better chance to play all the time. right league, wrong club :(
rochester rhinos
30 Dec 2007, 05:01 PM
Altidore plays in a league that's quality is equivalent to a Regional English league... and Adu is a substitute for a Portuguese side, at least Adu moved to a better league, he just shouldn't have gone for the biggest club. he should have gone to a club where he had a better chance to play all the time. right league, wrong club :(By regional you mean middle to lower Colaship like Qpr Hull Plymouth Shef Weds and thel ike because thats where MLS stands
rochester rhinos
30 Dec 2007, 05:10 PM
Altidore plays in a league that's quality is equivalent to a Regional English league... and Adu is a substitute for a Portuguese side, at least Adu moved to a better league, he just shouldn't have gone for the biggest club. he should have gone to a club where he had a better chance to play all the time. right league, wrong club :(Also how could players like Adu Dempsey Beasley etc jump from a Confrence level league(regional Eglish league)to clubs like Benfica PSV and Fulham and play well in a relatively short amount of time unlike Vela and Dos Santos who have been groomed in Barcas youth system and the other in the second division and Mexico.Freddys only been in Europe half a season and hes playing so well.Imagine if when Vela first went to Europe he scored 5 goals in the first half of the season for Benfica Migos would be talking all knids of sh8iite.Imagine if Altidore goes to a big club in Europe and does well what will you be saying then.
tracylynn
30 Dec 2007, 07:04 PM
To get back on the discussion of Bayern's players being on that list, well, it's nice to see that Breno and Kroos made the list. I haven't seen much of Breno so I can not make a fair judgement on him but Kroos definitely deserves to be named. God forbid anything to go wrong but Kroos has a bright future ahead of him.
KumarsS
30 Dec 2007, 09:52 PM
Good for them.
BMike86
31 Dec 2007, 12:40 AM
Also how could players like Adu Dempsey Beasley etc jump from a Confrence level league(regional Eglish league)to clubs like Benfica PSV and Fulham and play well in a relatively short amount of time unlike Vela and Dos Santos who have been groomed in Barcas youth system and the other in the second division and Mexico.Freddys only been in Europe half a season and hes playing so well.Imagine if when Vela first went to Europe he scored 5 goals in the first half of the season for Benfica Migos would be talking all knids of sh8iite.Imagine if Altidore goes to a big club in Europe and does well what will you be saying then.
you are stubborn as am i, this conversation is over... we agree to disagree
we'll see what all your jibberish means comes next world cup
jpick
31 Dec 2007, 06:15 AM
It peeves me off that Vela and Dos Santos are comfortably on this list and then the suggestion of Adu and Altidore seems to be a joke.Guys dont really think that just because Gio and Vela are playing in Spain and Adu and Jozy are not means that theyre much better than their American counterparts.
who said they were comfortably? they are probably the bottom of the barrel on that list. then you have guys like renato augusto, buonanotte and marko marin among others who were left off that are extremely promising and probably deserve it more than adu and altidore anyways. there's no shame in being left off that list, and imho, they were deservedly left off.
BMike86
31 Dec 2007, 11:58 AM
who said they were comfortably? they are probably the bottom of the barrel on that list. then you have guys like renato augusto, buonanotte and marko marin among others who were left off that are extremely promising and probably deserve it more than adu and altidore anyways. there's no shame in being left off that list, and imho, they were deservedly left off.
great post