Like most English tabloids, The Sun is mostly full of gossip, nonsense and hastily assembled headlines. But every once in a while they do something decent, like compiling a list of 20 young players to watch in 2008 (list after the jump.) It’s a little bit Euro-centric, but there’s still plenty of talent to get excited about. The two players I’m most looking forward to seeing are Alexandre Pato (pictured playing for Internacional) and Bojan Krkić. Pato signed for Milan in August 2007, but “The Duck” has to wait until January 2008 to be officially old enough to register with Serie A and show the world his skills. Krkić is the Serbian/Catalan striker who’s already shown flashes of brilliance for Barcelona, and will hopefully show us more in the second half of the season.
Complete list in alphabetical order after the jump.
Sergio Agüero (Argentina, Atletico Madrid) 19 year old attacking midfielder/striker
Ever Banega (Argentina, Boca Juniors) 19 year old holding midfielder
Karim Benzema (France, Lyon) 20 year old striker
Breno(Brazil, Bayern Munich) 18 year old defender joining Bayern in January
Macauley Chrisantus (Nigeria, Hamburg) 17 year old striker
Denilson (Brazil, Arsenal) 19 year old midfielder
Lorenzo De Silvestri (Italy, Lazio) 19 year old fullback/wingback
Franco Di Santo (Argentina, Chelsea) 18 year old striker joining Chelsea in January
Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico, Barcelona) 18 year old attacking mid/striker in the Ronaldinho mould
Stevan Jovetic (Montenegro, Partizan Belgrade) 18 year old striker attracting interest from Manchester United
Bojan Krkić (Spain, Barcelona) 17 year old wonderkid striker who’s been likened to Johan Cruyff. No pressure Bojan!
Toni Kroos (German, Bayern Munich) 17 year old midfielder already playing in the Bundesliga
Lucas Leiva (Brazil, Liverpool) 20 year old box to box midfielder
Lulinha (Brazil, Corinthians) 17 year old creative midfielder
Alexandre Pato (Brazil, Milan) 18 year old striker who’s been with Milan since the summer, but can finally play in 2008
Gerard Piqué (Spain, Manchester United) 20 year old defender
Ivan Rakitić (Croatia, Schalke 04) 19 year old midfielder
Adel Taarabt (France, Tottenham Hotspur) 18 year old left footed midfielder, currently injured
Carlos Vela (Mexico, Arsenal) 18 year old striker who will return to England in January after a loan spell in La Liga
Theo Walcott (England, Arsenal) 18 year old striker/winger who famously went to the World Cup despite never playing in the Premier League.
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