Upcoming young players in European Football

Throughout European football the stars of tomorrow have already began to show their skills and break through into various first teams allowing them to compete in 1st division, Champions League and Europa League football. 5 players that I will be highlighting are Erling Braut Haaland, Sandro Tonali, Mason Mount, Eder Militao, and Lautaro Martinez.

Erling Braut Haaland has stormed onto the European football scene throughout the 2019/20 champions league campaign by scoring 10 goals in 7 games for both RB Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund. Signed for 18 million by Dortmund from RB Salzburg in January 2020, the Norwegian striker stands at 6 foot 4 inches along with managing to run 60 meters in 6.64 seconds in a match against PSG, showing that the 19 year old is an extremely dangerous striker.

Sandro Tonali is an upcoming Italian central defensive midfielder who has been listed as the next Andrea Pirlo by respectable people within Italian Football. Tonali currently plays for Seria A side Brescia and has been showing solid performances while becoming a regular starter in the first team, chipping in with a goal and 5 assists so far this season. Sandro Tonali stands at 5 foot 11 inches and has even played for the Italian national team 3 teams, making his debut in October of 2019. Sandro Tonali is well on his way to living up to his expectations and destined to become the next Andrea Pirlo.

With the appointment of Frank Lampard as Chelsea manager and Chelsea being handed a transfer ban, Lampard decided to turn to youth in order to fill up his first team squad. One of these players he turned to was Mason Mount who has been put right into the first team after a successful loan spell at Derby County during the 2018/19 season. Mount is one of a few English talents to be playing regularly for the Chelsea first team and has re payed his faith to Lampard giving him a chance by chipping in with 5 goals and 5 assists during the 2019/20 Premier League campaign. Mount has also gained 6 caps for the England National Team and looks set to continue his form so he can try to be a part of England’s Euro 2020 squad in the summer.

Brazilian Center back Eder Militao moved to Real Madrid from Porto in the summer of 2019 after enjoying a successful season in Portugal for 45 million euros. This saw Militao make 6 caps for the Brazilian National Team however his chances for Real Madrid have been restricted with Militao only making 12 appearances for Los Blancos so far. This is due to Real Madrid having the center back partnership of Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane who have both enjoyed terrific seasons at the heart of the defense. Militao will get his chance eventually as he is only 22 at the moment and signed a 6 year deal with Real Madrid.

Lautaro Martinez has been a phenomenal striker for Inter Milan and has been great to watch alongside his strike partner Romelu Lukaku and starts almost every game for the Nerazzurri this season so far. Lautaro Martinez has scored 16 goals in 30 matches this season and has also recorded 4 assists giving him 20 goal contributions. Martinez has been one of the most deadly strikers in this seasons champions league scoring 5 in 6 games even though Inter got knocked out at the group stage. Martinez is still only 22 years old and is being tracked by European super clubs such as Barcelona and Real Madrid for sums close to 100 million euros.