French publication, L’Equipe has compiled a list of 50 players of and under the age of 20 and ranked them based on the merit of their performances and talent in the 2018/2019 season.
The list features two of Arsenal’s promising young talents with one a regular first-team player and the other, a loanee who enjoyed a great spell in the Bundesliga.
French U-21 star, Matteo Guendouzi was listed as 11th and British international Reiss Nelson coming up at the 21st position.
Guendouzi played 47 games across all competitions and scored once and produced two assists.
Whereas Reiss Nelson played 28 games as he was loaned to Hoffenheim and scored seven goals for the Bundesliga outfit.
On top of the pile of this list is Ajax skipper, Matthijs de Ligt, followed by Jadon Sancho and Kai Havertz.
1. Matthijs de Ligt – Ajax
2. Jadon Sancho – Borussia Dortmund
3. Kai Havertz – Bayer Leverkusen
4. Joao Felix – Benfica
5. Gianluigi Donnarumma – AC Milan
6. Nicolo Zaniolo – AS Roma
7. Moise Kean – Juventus
8. Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
9. Declan Rice – West Ham
10. Ibrahima Konate – RB Leipzig
11. Matteo Guendouzi – Arsenal
12. Alban Lafont – Fiorentina
13. Callum Hudson-Odoi – Chelsea
14. Dan-Axel Zagadou – Borussia Dortmund
15. Ryan Sessegnon – Fulham
16. Evan Ndicka – Eintracht Frankfurt
17. Justin Kluivert – AS Roma
18. Andreas Skov Olsen – Nordsjaelland
19. Phil Foden – Manchester City
20. Kik Pierie – Heerenveen
21. Reiss Nelson – Arsenal
22. Pedro Porro – Girona
23. Rafael Leao – Lille
24. Ozan Kabak – Stuttgart
25. Samuel Chukwueze – Villarreal
26. Boubacar Kamara – Marseille
27. William Saliba – Saint-Etienne
28. Rodrygo Goes – Real Madrid
29. Ya Valery – Southampton
30. Mason Mount – Chelsea
31. Gedson Fernandes – Benfica
32. Jonathan David – Gent
33. Junior Traore – Empoli
34. Diogo Dalot – Manchester United
35. Ezequiel Barco – Atlanta United
36. Sandro Tonali – Brescia
37. Moussa Diaby – Bayer Leverkusen
38. Brahim Diaz – Real Madrid
39. Ferran Torres – Valencia
40. Dwight McNeil – Burnley
41. Alexander Isak – Borussia Dortmund
42. Malang Sarr – Nice
43. Fran Beltran – Celta Vigo
44. Cucho Hernandez – SD Huesca
45. Arne Maier – Hertha Berlin
46. Hannes Wolf – Red Bull Salzburg
47. Giorgi Chakvetadze – Gent
48. Yari Verschaeren – Anderlecht
49. Donyell Malen – PSV Eindhoven
50. Erling Braut Haland – Red Bull Salzburg
