New talent discovery index: This Swiss is among the best young stars in the world

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The race for the coveted Golden Boy Award is on. The Italian newspaper “Tuttosport” is breaking new ground. In Milan, she presented an index of the hundred best U-21 talents in Europe (born 2003 or later). Similar to the world ranking in tennis, the individual players are ranked in a ranking. An algorithm calculates the position using club and national team statistics.

Good for our Super League: there is room for three players in the index. Among them Andy Diouf (20) from FC Basel as 45th and the only Swiss Aurèle Amenda (19) from YB as 55th. Swede Noah Persson (19) also entered the list as 71st, although YB bought him in February, but that now only comes to the federal city in the summer.

Danes out of ten

Year after year, Swiss or Super League players generally make it to the top 100. In recent years, Fabian Rieder (2022), Becir Omeragic (2022), Darian Males (2021), Felix Mambimbi (2021, 2020) have featured . , Jordan Lotomba (2018), Breel Embolo (2016) and Francisco Rodriguez (2015). That’s easy to see.

However, we cannot keep up with a surprising nation this year. Ten players from Denmark made the list – only France has more.

Head-to-head race

Their chances of success, like those of the Super League as in previous years, should only be theoretical. The competition is too prominent and too strong. In the ranking, Bayern Munich leads with Jamal Musiala (20), closely followed by Real Madrid newcomer Jude Bellingham (19). Last year’s winner Gavi (18) completes the current podium.

However, no decision has yet been made on the award. The ranking will be updated regularly in the coming months. A month before the last Golden Boy election in December, there is a cut and the top twenty plus five wild card players advance to the final. Fifty international sports journalists then choose this year’s winner from this group.

Source : Blick