While the season of football is coming nearer to its climax, with the end of the Premier League title fight, Champions League semifinals, and World Cup still in store, many clubs will already be thinking about their transfer strategy and lining up big moves for some of the world’s brightest young stars. Today, we’ll be going over those stars and seeing just who may be on the move this summer.
A-Tier Talent
We start with the “A-Tier” players, or the “can’t miss” type of signings, surely too good to fail. (Most of) These will be the most expensive signings of the summer, but for good reason. These are going to be players who are part of the definition of the team they join this summer.
Yan Diomande
Age: 19
Position: LW
Club/Country: RB Leipzig/Côte d’Ivoire
Asking Price: 100m
Interested Clubs: Man Utd, Liverpool, Bayern
Elliot Anderson
Age: 23
Position: CM
Club/Country: Nottingham Forest/England
Asking Price: 90m
Interested Clubs: Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal
Adam Wharton
Age: 22
Position: CM
Club/Country: Crystal Palace/England
Asking Price: 80m
Interested Clubs: Real Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool
Morgan Rogers
Age: 23
Position: AM
Club/Country: Aston Villa/England
Asking Price: 100m
Interested Clubs: Man Utd, PSG, Arsenal, Chelsea
Nico Paz
Age: 21
Position: AM
Club/Country: Como/Argentina
Asking Price: 80+m (6m for Real Madrid)
Interested Clubs: Real Madrid, Inter
B-Tier Talent
These are players who, while they aren’t must-buys, have absolute loads of potential. Any club who buys one of these players will have a great talent on their hands, and they have the potential to, in two or three years, to become one of the best players in the team.
Rodrigo Mora
Age: 18
Position: AM
Club/Country: Porto/Portugal
Asking Price: 70m
Interested Clubs: Man City, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Newcastle, PSG
Givairo Read
Age: 19
Position: RB
Club/Country: Feyenoord/Netherlands
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Man City, Bayern Munich
Carlos Baleba
Age: 22
Position: CM
Club/Country: Brighton/Cameroon
Asking Price: 70m
Interested Clubs: Man Utd
Antonio Nusa
Age: 21
Position: LW
Club/Country: Leipzig/Belgium
Asking Price: 40m
Interested Clubs: Barcelona, Inter, Roma
Michael Kayode
Age: 21
Position: RB
Club/Country: Brentford/Italy
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Juventus, Man Utd, Man City
Can Uzun
Age: 20
Position: AM
Club/Country: Frankfurt/Turkiye
Asking Price: 80m
Interested Clubs: Milan, Aston Villa, Newcastle
Kees Smit
Age: 20
Position: AM
Club/Country: AZ/Netherlands
Asking Price: 70m
Interested Clubs: Real Madrid, Newcastle, Barcelona, PSG, Liverpool, Man Utd
Assan Ouedraogo
Age: 19
Position: AM
Club/Country: RB Leipzig/Germany
Asking Price: 60m
Interested Clubs: Man Utd, Real Madrid, Chelsea
Marco Palestra
Age: 21
Position: RB
Club/Country: Genoa/Italy
Asking Price: 50m
Interested Clubs: Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter
Hugo Larsson
Age: 21
Position: CM
Club/Country: Frankfurt/Sweden
Asking Price: 60m
Interested Clubs: Liverpool, Arsenal
Gilberto Mora
Age: 17
Position: AM
Club/Country: Tijuana/Mexico
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Real Madrid, Barcelona
Konstantinos Karetsas
Age: 18
Position: AM
Club/Country: Genk/Greece
Asking Price: 26m
Interested Clubs: Chelsea, Man Utd, Leeds
Victor Froholdt
Age: 20
Position: CM
Club/Country: Porto/Denmark
Asking Price: 50m
Interested Clubs: Arsenal, Man Utd
Bazoumana Toure
Age: 20
Position: LW
Club/Country: Hoffenheim/Côte D’Ivoire
Asking Price: 55m
Interested Clubs: Liverpool, Man Utd
C-Tier Talent
These talents are more gambles than the first two categories, but also have sky-high potential if utilised properly. Some of these players may not move straight away, or move to a big club straight away, but have some great potential.
Nathan De Cat
Age: 17
Position: DM
Club/Country: Anderlecht/Belgium
Asking Price: 35m
Interested Clubs: Bayern, Dortmund, Spurs
Honest Ahanor
Age: 18
Position: LB
Club/Country: Atalanta/Italy
Asking Price: 50m
Interested Clubs: Real Madrid, Arsenal
Fisnik Asllani
Age: 23
Position: ST
Club/Country: Hoffenheim/Kosovo
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Barcelona, Chelsea, Dortmund
Assane Diao
Age: 20
Position: LM
Club/Country: Como/Senegal
Asking Price: 40m
Interested Clubs: Everton, Man Utd
Tylel Tati
Age: 18
Position: CB
Club/Country: Nantes/France
Asking Price: 50m
Interested Clubs: Bayern
Oskar Pietuszewski
Age: 17
Position: LW
Club/Country: Porto/Poland
Asking Price: 60m
Interested Clubs: Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea
Kennet Eichhorn
Age: 16
Position: CM
Club/Country: Hertha/Germany
Asking Price: 12m (Release Clause)
Interested Clubs: Dortmund, Man City, Arsenal
Mateus Mane
Age: 17
Position: AM
Club/Country: Wolves/England
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Liverpool, Man Utd
Karim Coulibaly
Age: 18
Position: CB
Club/Country: Werder Bremen/Germany
Asking Price: 40m
Interested Clubs: Chelsea, Real Madrid, Man Utd, Real Madrid, Napoli
Nicolo Tresoldi
Age: 20
Position: ST
Club/Country: Brugge/Germany/Italy/Argentina
Asking Price: 35m
Interested Clubs: Arsenal, Dortmund, Leverkusen
Joaquin Seys
Age: 21
Position: LB
Club/Country: Brugge/Belgium
Asking Price: 35m
Interested Clubs: Man Utd, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Roma
Aleksey Batrakov
Age: 20
Position: AM
Club/Country: Lokomotiv/Russia
Asking Price: 35m
Interested Clubs: Porto, PSG, Barcelona
Jeremy Monga
Age: 16
Position: LW
Club/Country: Leicester/England
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Arsenal, Liverpool
Vasilije Kostov
Age: 17
Position: AM
Club/Country: Red Star/Serbia
Asking Price: 30m
Interested Clubs: Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern, Inter, Juventus
Those are all of the major young stars who, so far, have been linked with major moves away. As the window gets closer and more moves start to materialize, I will make more player profiles on them, but for now, we will just get a broad scope. I didn’t include players like Geovany Quenda or Valentin Barco, who already have moves lined up for the summer, nor did I include players like Samu Aghehowa or Joaquin Panichelli, who have suffered major injuries.
