Taking part in Euro2004, 18year old Wayne Rooney announced himself as football phenomenon on the international stage, as 20 years has gone by who will be the Rooney of this Euros?
1-Kobbie Mainoo
Age- 19
Nation- England
Its easy to forget Kobbie Mainoo`s age is only 19 when you watch him play. The midfielder has been one of the only bright things about Man United`s season playing an instrumental role in their FA Cup accomplishments, with a decisive goal in the final VS city rivals Man City marching them to victory, he had 24 premier league starts, 3 goals, 1 assist and great defensive stats like 2.0 tackles per game, 1.1 clearances per game and 4.0 ball recoveries , with numbers and Maturity like this at such a young age, Kobbie has expectedly made Southgate's cut.
2-Xavi Simons
Age- 21
Nation- Netherlands
With the recent news of Frenkie De Jong and Teun Koopmeiners being unavailable for the Dutch team this is Simons` chance to show his creative spark and what he brings to the team, coming off the back of the 23/24 season with 8 goals 11 assists and 14big chances created this for Leipzig could be his Euros.
3-Johan Bakayoko
Age- 21
Nation- Belgium
With Belgium going into the Euros with one of the weakest squads they've had in years Johan Bakayoko could be one of their shinning lights. The 21 year old has played 33 games, starting 29 of them , and scoring 12 goals with only an 8.69 xG and having 9 assists, lets see if he can continue his form into Euro2024.
4-Florian Wirtz
Age- 21
Nation- Germany
Germany are spoiled for options for creativity from attacking midfield and upfront with the likes of Wirtz, Musiala and an inform Havertz but with Florian having such a successful season with Bayer Leverkusen and being a playing 32 games, having 11 goals 11 assists and 12 big chances created there's no doubt he`ll be feeling confident and ready to go, winning the Bundesliga and the German CUP and the Euros in his home nation, he will be one to watch.
5-Lamine Yamal
Age- 16
Nation- Spain
Lamine Yamal. remember the name.
The 16 year old is amazing, playing for Barcelona`s main team at such a young age and having 5 LaLiga goals and 5 LaLiga assists with 2 champions league assists he is showing why he has been chosen to play at such a young age and will take that into Euro2024, going onto brreal most `youngest player to...` records this summer.
Becky.
source for all stats: https://www.sofascore.com/
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