Top 5 soccer players 23 and under

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Best player

Neymar
4
36%
Balotelli
2
18%
Gotze
0
No votes
Hazard
2
18%
Ozil
2
18%
Other
1
9%
 
Total votes: 11

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Top 5 soccer players 23 and under 

Post#1 » by bigboi » Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:21 pm

List top 5 young players and list top 5 with most potential.
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Re: Top 5 soccer players 23 and under 

Post#2 » by J-Mezzy » Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:11 pm

Wow I didn't know Ozil was so young. He's definitely the best on that list right now.

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Gotze
Hazard
James Rodriguez
Oscar
Neymar
Balotelli
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Post#3 » by bryant08 » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:53 pm

Ozil's 24 in 3 weeks, but regardless I think you've also got to consider Bale and Muller as outside shots but guys in the mix. Neymar/Ozil/Hazard/Gotze are in my top 4 for sure (in some order), unsure about that fifth guy.

It's obviously a lot harder to rank defenders and goalkeepers, I've heard great things about Ter Stegen at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Post#4 » by IronChef » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:15 am

Jack Wilshere!

Ozil, Hazard, Gotze are all for sures. Haven't seen much Neymar other than clips, not that crazy about Balotelli.

Joe Hart? Or is he too old now?
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Re: Top 5 soccer players 23 and under 

Post#5 » by Slava » Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:01 am

Joe Hart is 26.

Neymar
Hazard
Oscar
Gotze
Jonny Evans(?) (Homer pick may be but can't think of any other defenders other than may be Raphael Varane, Micah Richards or Rafael Da Silva).
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Post#6 » by Ted Lasso » Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:46 am

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Jonny Evans(?) (Homer pick may be but can't think of any other defenders other than may be Raphael Varane, Micah Richards or Rafael Da Silva).


Hummels? Badstuber? Jordi Alba? Subotic? Kyle Walker? Alaba? Sakho?
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Post#7 » by IronChef » Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:34 am

Futbol Finance did make a list of their top 30 most valuable young players. Top five was Neymar, Gotze, Balotelli, Hazard, and Wilshere. Other notables that haven't been listed were Phil Jones, De Gea, Ramsey, Chamberlain, Thiago, Eriksen, M'Vila, Walker.
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Post#8 » by and1GS » Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:37 pm

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SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Jonny Evans(?) (Homer pick may be but can't think of any other defenders other than may be Raphael Varane, Micah Richards or Rafael Da Silva).


Hummels? Badstuber? Jordi Alba? Subotic? Kyle Walker? Alaba? Sakho?


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Post#9 » by cgf » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:22 pm

Marco Reus? If you're listing Goetze how can you not list Reus?
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