Why the next generation of football wonderkids are so special

[@TheAthleticFC]

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[@bungaIowbill]

Lamine Yamal's football IQ is out of this world. He starts all games with braces, so one goal is enough for a hattrick. Absolute GOAT

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

Goat 😂 he haven’t even played a full season

[@harshvardhanparmar2000]

Do you not get the joke bruh

[@nemx2472]

@@sumethanarulanantham9676he has last season

[@abody499]

It's his aura more than anything. That alone makes him the super GOAT.

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

@@abody499 now I am getting the joke 😀

[@projol166]

I am a barca fan but pau cubarsi doesnt give enough of his flowers.Debuting at 16 years on UCL and playing against oshimen and kvaratskhelia and getting MOTM on debut. Being a starting CB at 17 is a bigger achievement than starting as a forward or midfielder at 17. For a defender if he does one mistake it can cost a whole game but he has been rock solid at the back.

[@kshitijpandey6514]

One of the best young cbs around

[@zxcpty_]

without him our defence looks terrible his passes are out of this world he is as great as lamine it's just defenders are not rated as much as forwards

[@hasnmir_11]

cubarsi as good as yamal but defenders will never get the same treatment like forwards

[@antoneking132]

True

[@XYZ-tx9id]

Exactly. if a forward makes a mistake, its easily forgotten. But if a defender makes a mistake, people say he cost a game. When was the last time we saw a 17 year old CB starting every game of a Top league and absolutely killing??

[@andyhills9972]

The amazing thing about Yamal’s cross is how he doesn’t need to prepare much to deliver it. He doesn’t need much space, or to sort his feet out. It sort of happens. It looks so easy.

[@linn7593]

Yes, his unpredictable cross makes it so dangerous for the opponent teams

[@mkf628]

unreal talent

[@madlad4206]

And some of those crosses/long passes with outside of his left foot are absolutely incredible to watch, what a talent

[@andreacaprotti7544]

I think the most surprising aspect is that MUSIALA IS STILL U21! Feels like he’s been around forever, it’s years he’s recognised as one of the best players in the world (sure maybe not the best, but consistently in Balon d’Or top30) AND HE’S STILL U21

[@comment978]

more so with jude

[@ryukobestwaifu3319]

​@@comment978 Bellingham has been around at the highest level before musiala? I agree with musiala but I don't feel like Bellingham is as surprising

[@Chippychips8-2]

I remember his match against Atletico back in 2020

[@goffperu]

As a Barca fan happy to see Cubarsi mentioned, but you can’t leave Musiala off!

[@Sasquatch10]

Cu cu Cubarsi! I love him as if he were my own son. But he's not, as that would make a father at 11 years old.

[@aaryadahal]

musiala is not eligible as he is 21

[@eigbedionalex9782]

​@@aaryadahalyoung stars are 21 and below

[@silvesta5027]

@@aaryadahal he is eligible because he is 21. Also Musiala was literally featured in the video...

[@fimmyk]

I feel bad for Bernal, if he wasn't injured he'd definitely be up there as on of the best younsters

[@natte431]

true

[@Jig_Sang]

True that. His time will come.

[@jennifermalagon3699]

Cubarsi needs more credit. This kid is insanely smart, skilfully gifted, taking on the best attackers in the world. At 17!

[@aungmyanmar6624]

Lamine yamal, no competition...

[@Footb_All111]

@@baeleyyah yes the stat merchant guys your not allowed have an opinion on football

[@Komoboko_Gonpachiro]

​​@@baeleyy yes we can't say that "he is only 17"..because he was "only 16" for the majority of last season 💀. You don't even need goals to quantify the ability of Lamine. You can just see that he is so much better than every young winger that he is competing with in this list (apart from Musiala and Wirtz probably).

[@davidvalencia129]

​@@baeleyy bro what?!? Tell what 16 and now 17 y/o have you seen doing what lamine is doing? Here is a stat since you base your entire opinion on that without even watching games. 17 y/o messi scored 1 goal and played 9 games.. here is another stat, CR7 scored 3 and assisted 6 in 23 games as a 17 y/o

[@ryankwatemba4071]

​@@baeleyyhe made the Spain squad at 16.what are you on about?

[@ryankwatemba4071]

​@@baeleyyand watch football other than looking at stats

[@Aarya-v5n]

The video title must be Lamine Yamal. Anyways, Barcelona has the best academy in the world, and Man United, Chelsea, Ajax and in recent seasons Man City, these clubs have the best young players coming through. When it is about young players, for me, I naturally am much more impressed and awe-struck with defensive players (CBs, FBs, CDM, CM) because they need a lot of maturity. Still, why Yamal stands out is that he is so mature man. While sitting at home and watching, it's easy to say how the player must play, what he must do but the pass I think he should play, when he should go inside or outside, and he plays/does exactly that!! Such a high IQ at this age!! Ofc, as a Man United fan, happy to have Garnacho, Kobbie and Yoro. They are in the top 10-12.

[@sygmaone]

Man Utd is not on the level of the other mentioned academies sorry.

[@Omar_Little]

​@@sygmaoneMan united produced Garnacho and Mainoo. Garnacho could easily be on this list if he was in a better team. He's incredible for a 20 year old. The fact he is doing so well at such a terrible club says a lot.

[@freescoring]

Barcelona youngesters only play well for Barcelona, the ones that left the club didn't do much. Fabregas is probably the only exception but he's left quite young. There's a bit of survival bias but Ansu Fati, Bojan Krkic comes to mind

[@Skilli-wo4xb]

@@Omar_LittleAtletico produced him Not Man U

[@Herosennin]

Madrid has one of the best academy's as well. Most of them just don't become starters at Madrid.

[@warrenlwolfe]

Real Madrid's "youth development" made me laugh - you mean "youth investment" - there are so few home grown players on their squad. They buy buy buy

[@MelusiJubane-vx2wt]

I wanted to argue but it seems accurate to define it as youth investment since we buy them after the age of 16, But it's not a bad thing though, it's also as goup of an approach as youth development but it's costly wage wise

[@isuckatgaming1182]

It’s still development tho Do you remember how raw Vini was when he first came in?

[@MelusiJubane-vx2wt]

@@isuckatgaming1182 yeah it's what I was saying too, it's also a smart approach of development, clubs like Brighton also do what real Madrid did but the difference is they sell their talents once they approach their prime

[@warrenlwolfe]

@@MelusiJubane-vx2wt it's not a bad thing, it is just a misnomer in my opinion if the players aren't from the literal academy. There's no doubt they have so far been incredible investments and scouting on behalf of the RM team.

[@MelusiJubane-vx2wt]

@@warrenlwolfe yeah Madrid rely heavily on scouting while Barcelona and the old Ajax relied on youth development, man city is surprisingly becoming good at both but only time will tell

[@dragosdadu]

Yamal - pass for the 5th goal of Barca, already the best assist of the year and a very strong contender for the assist of the season. (Villarreal - Barca / 1-5)

[@jamestapiajt]

Fermín López won both the Euros, the Olympics and was the second highest goal scorer for Barca!

[@noblesleem1077]

So good to see you host this pod again, Reuben

[@alelexex]

Reuben "goo goo gaga, im a baby, im a little baby boy" Pinder

[@chifumujmanda7643]

7:27 "Nerd Deniers" Lord bless JJ's heart 😂

[@m0ntypth0n]

The trivela assist to Raphinha over the weekend was absolutely disgusting. I keep rewatching that pass and the change of direction makes no absolutely no sense. I didn't even know he could do that! When he starts scoring..... whew!

[@Druville]

Im surprised Lamine Yamal is not on the cover of this video

[@BreezeElna-gi6di]

I think Savio is so underrated, not because he plays for city but because of what made him come to city

[@arvin9425]

There are too many good young players to name in the top 5. Someone was always about to get left out (savio, mainoo, bobb etc.)

[@HuRam12345]

The fact that he’s already starting games regularly and making an impact shows he should be on this list.

[@adisucipto5386]

I agree with all of those choices. Yamal is spectacular for his age. Hopefully he stays out of trouble off court and injury and he will be the GOAT for the future. He's that good.

[@radical6905]

Estevao is gonna be interesting when he comes to Europe. Already looking better than Endrick in Brazil did tbh

[@darthmaul408]

The issue is the club he’s going to though. Are Chelsea a proven pathway to superstardom in this day and age I ask?

[@ryankwatemba4071]

Too sad he went to chealsea...the literal graveyard of football career ls

[@AbhayKarman]

Hasn't endrick like scored at debut in la liga,champions league and brazil why is he no respected

[@RL-]

​@@AbhayKarman scored in 13 minutes of La Liga football (during the five minutes of his debut, with his one and only shot) and then scored in 11 minutes of UCL football... with his one and only shot 😂🫢

[@The_Cheese_Head]

@@darthmaul408 Cole Palmer?

[@tahirsajjad4323]

Lamin is a special talent, an all timer kinda talent. As a Madrid fan I don't think I've ever enjoyed watching a rival player as much as I do yamal. I hope Barca don't go to the same old route of Fati and run him into the ground.

[@Jon14141]

He's good for sure

[@dub161]

Endrick is just diplomatic pick. He hasn't played enough games in Europe

[@Henry-fr84]

Arda Guler would be better pick

[@hectorhernandez7389]

How endrick is on any of these lists is beyond me

[@sadssadsa5944]

indeed roque is better and that is sad.

[@Seila60815]

​@@sadssadsa5944by any metric endrick is better.

[@ThePitchProfessor10]

PR

[@amrm612]

He’s already scored in both laliga and the ucl. Stop pretending he’s some bum because you don’t like Real Madrid

[@curtischarles5299]

How ? Cause Madrid buy him

[@fofanaa9]

Endrick shouldn`t be anywhere near from that list. Also Kenan Yildiz, Kobbie Mainoo and Xavi Simons have to be in there.

[@nekomancer8049]

Endrick Has; 2 league titles (23 and 24), being crucial in one of them. 1 Brazilian Super Cup 2 Paulista Cup He most certainly deserves a spot.

[@Stoxy-c6x]

​@@nekomancer8049Bro you comparing Brazilian Trophies to Trophies in Top 5 leagues 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joaosilva3188]

@@Stoxy-c6x Brasileirão is equal or better than 3 of the top 5 leagues. Sure, the elite in Europe are not reachable, but the others? Endrick played 26' as a Real Madrid player, scored twice, assist once and a penalty. Is a monster, a top goal scorer, good with the ball (not crazy like Yamal or Estevão, but really good) and really strong even not being tall.

[@abody499]

@@joaosilva3188 joao, bro. please now. firstly, I'm Madridista. I rate Endrick as a highly promising young player who deserves to be considered up there with the best of the young players. there's no doubt about that in my view, and his achievements in Brasil are certainly notable. but please, Brasileirão is equal or better than 3 of the top 5 leagues? Please man don't do that to yourself. No Brasileirão team is coming close to winning any top league in Europe. I watched some when Endrick began getting his game, and what strikes me the most is how bad the defenders are. So come on, let's try to be realistic.

[@cjmillington]

@@Stoxy-c6x he's done more than Cubarsi that's for sure.

[@Edsutan]

As a madrid fans i ll say yamal is special way ahead of other young talents. He played more minutes than others…sure, but he delivered.

[@axel8grease]

It's a triangle boy assist for Joao Neves because he's smart enough to know that Barcola can solo entire defenses

[@martinbooyens6013]

Unspecified speedy blue woodland creatures. Excellent writing

[@Jon14141]

Indeed.

[@antwan37]

Geovany Quenda at Sporting CP. 17yo, already a starter for Sporting and already got a call by Portugal A team. Phenomenon.

[@XPL80]

Let's not forget gavi is still 20

[@YtPrem-n3y]

Seriously barca is lowered age for younger player. I thought musiala and wirtz is senior becoz 21 or 22. Barca play player at the age of 17-19 😂

[@abody499]

gavi is shite tho

[@levisosa2953]

@@abody499 if world class players and coaches think hes a phenomenal player then he is. but yea lets listen to you instead buddy

[@abody499]

@@levisosa2953 It's only an opinion. I'm open to changing it. What's he good at?

[@muhammadomar997]

at barca its all about Lamine at the moment

[@wonderboy855]

Yamal decision making ability is ridiculous and he's only 17

[@raad974life]

To me a wonderkid has to be defined as a teenager, you can call the above players "young players" but not wonder kids. Age 14-19 are wonderkids to me, so musiala, wirtz, garnacho, etc are all out of the conversation to me. Heres my top 8 as a Barcelona fan. 8. Matthys Tel. Tel is a 19 year old footballer who plays for Bayern Munich, last season he got 7 goals and 5 assists, which for me is EXTREMELY impressive. Ppl compare his finishing and dribbling ability to karim benzema, which to me actually seems kinda valid honestly. 7. Pau Cubarsi: Mentioned many times in the video, and as a barca fan, if you watch his games, this kid defines the word special. Other than Leny Yoro, I have almost never ever heard of a wonderkid defender, he literally got MOTM in his fricking UCL DEBUT. Pau doing this at just 18 baffles me. So for me hes no. 6, I mean this guys gonna be a future captain for sure. 6. Kenan Yildiz: Bro this man is a star, if u just look at his stats, he looks like a worse version of Antony, but if you watch his game, MY GOD, his goal against Salernintana (idk if i spelled that right) was just insane, tho weahs goal that night was puskas worthy, so it didnt make the headlines as much. 5. Warren Zaire Emery: Emery impressed me A LOT last season, he was incredible on the ball, could cross and pass in tight positions, he was VITAL to PSG last season, and I think Luis Enrique saw and understood as well, so i cant wait to see how he develops later on during the season. 4. Kobbie Mainoo: Mainoo was INSANE last season, he was the perfect player, incredible on the ball, incredible vission, stamina, defending, shooting, just an incredibly High IQ footballer, for me he is somewhat the next Paul Scholes, thats how incredible he is. 3. Arda Guler: As much as I hate real madrid, this guy is a magician, incredible on the ball, creative in making chances, and had an incredible game to goal ratio. What I rlly dont like is the Turkish fans and them overhypeing him, the moment you see him in a video, turkish kids raid the comments and spamming tons of turkish flags and words like: "HANG THE FLAGS HA NG HANG HANG" so thats 1 thing to me that i see somewhat annoying. 2. Endrick: Hold up, hold up, ppl are gonna call me stupid, but i guarantee you that all this hate is coming from the fact he called Bobby Charlton his idol, or the fact that he made 1 pass against Uruguay. Bruv stop putting pressure on him, let him develop, plus hes a striker, he doesn't get the ball often against a team like uruguay, whos rlly defensive. Anyways, this kid is actually insane when it comes to goalscoring and positioning, like his shot power is INSANE, that goal against stuttgart was just a Ronaldo moment to me, Ancelotti needs to give him more minutes, hes doing and performing so much better than Mbappe rn, and thats a fact. 1. Lamine Yamal: Do i rlly need to explain myself on this one? I CANT EVEN DESCRIBE HOW GOOD HE IS RN, DEFINETLY TOP 5 WINGERS IN THE WORLD RN, AT JUST 17 YRS OLD BRUV, 17 YRS OLD.. I always wanted to see another messi vs ronaldo debate, and I am soooo badly wanting a Yamal vs Endrick debate, cuz i wanna see it so badly.

[@eigbedionalex9782]

Young stars end at 21 bro this is common knowledge

[@jazul123]

Today happening is yamal vs vini Vini made trivela Next day Yamal respond

[@raad974life]

@@eigbedionalex9782 "wonderkids" not young stars, for me thats teenage years, not above that point

[@wancina30]

My opinion: 1 Yamal 2 Wirtz 3 Musiala 4 Guler 5 Endrick 6 Zaire-Emery 7 Xavi Simons 8 Sesko 9 Joao Neves 10 Mainoo

[@OgoEzeagu]

Oliseh

[@hasnmir_11]

cubarsi is literally yamal of his position , joao neves deserve more

[@Vipul6190]

Endrick and Guler over Cubarsi is a disrespect

[@Anonymous-fr2op]

​@@Vipul6190guler deserves it, i can be doubtful of endrick, but given how much he's already done at madrid, idk

[@hasnmir_11]

@@Anonymous-fr2op guler is not even a starter just plays 30min on average cubarsi is the best defender of barca rn and barca is been doing amazing

[@Jon14141]

I found this video engaging, thanks guys!

[@Noah51s]

Feels kinda harsh Pavlovic hasn’t been mentioned. Broke onto the screen as a planned youth squad player last season and played with the composure of a veteran since. Absolutely ridiculous in my opinion to set up numbers in passing stats that come close to Toni Kroos (also benchmark numbers) and that in your (again) rookie season.

[@anthony7960]

Cheeky Wharton shout at the end lol love it. Great video!

[@Mark3rz101]

Cubarsi needs to be higher on your list, he is starting every game for Barca and ,at 17 yrs old, is increasingly reliable. Recently completed exceptional games vs Bayern/Madrid. Guler/Endrick have potential but they are not being played at all, how do you rank both above?!

[@owens7191]

Cubarsí is insane with the ball the kind of defender who can make you Ten assist per season honestly for me he is better than Guler and Neves. He is playing with suce maturity and is So clean in defense always the right timing

[@RsaFootball]

That ending was class😂

[@jobzyjobzy7943]

great content guys keep it up

[@gurbazkhera5212]

talking about how good a player is, and showing what they do in their tactical set ups. it's not best role, it's best player..

[@ahhu.]

But the correct answer is actually Adam Wharton 😂

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Ibrahima Sangare 🥸

[@fabiofreitas8816]

I really would like to know who is the player on the picture behind jon mackenzie whetting the white boss shirt and denim jacket?

[@Views242]

Great show

[@glenrobinson10]

It's extremely weird how despite playing for a club & country that routinely overhypes talents, Mainoo is somehow underrated. The kid is outstanding in every area except volume chance creation.

[@wiZZO2204]

They hate Utd players

[@razino5963]

The Athletic is a type of journalism that tries to be super woke and edgy sometimes. Had United won against Liverpool he’d been number two behind Yamal. They are so reactionary when it comes to big teams especially. I mean Rico Lewis ahead of Mainoo is about as insane of an opinion as it gets. Hilarious but annoying. The problem is that they want us to get annoyed so we interact like now with comments.

[@RL-]

He's not outstanding in every area. He's converted shots well from a tiny sample size of 16, and he's fairly good at dribbling. But he has next to no progressive game despite playing deep in midfield, he's offered a far below average rate of creative passing despite constantly trying to run forward with the ball, and he's slightly above average in terms of defensive output. He's still very much a prospect rather than a notable player currently, regardless of how often he plays for the first team right now.

[@aidan2453]

​@@RL-he does play for united tho and many players have shown it's not easy to look good in that calamity of a club, so you gotta give him credit for that.

[@martham769]

Reuben is a really good host! He should host more videos.

[@lucien_29]

I´m curious if and when people gonna be putting Aleksandar Pavlović (20, DM / CM) in these lists. Debut for Bayern II (4th division) in March 23, debut for Bayern in October 23, debut for Germany in June 24. Legitimate successor of Toni Kroos, "wipes the floor" with any other U21 midfielder statistically, probably even compared to U23/24. Key player and starter for Bayern and should and will be a starter for Germany at the WC26. His quick rise (debut 4th division -> German international in under 1,5yrs), Kroos successor and his nasty, insane stats should be positively alarming for everyone already, but weirdly aren´t.

[@victorhsluiz]

Kinda funny to see how every european consider Europe as the only place to play the game at a high level, talent wise Estevão clears 9 of 10 of this names.

[@Deelanh]

I wonder if in a couple of years/decades we'll see players starting their careers at 16, peaking earlier, and finishing earlier too like retiring at 33 y/o with full accolades

[@Jig_Sang]

Fermin Lopez deserves much recognition. He was an important puzzle for Spain's Olympic victory.

[@hatim289]

Hes not near the top 5 Barca fan

[@Eruma_27]

@@hatim289He has done way more than PR merchant Endick has small pal

[@ashleybedford1707]

The Adam Wharton cut off was brilliant

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

Where's Mr Devine?.

[@ryankwatemba4071]

Next season is our season

[@chifumujmanda7643]

On holiday perhaps

[@Epsilon04]

How is this even a competition? It’s Yamal by an absolute street

[@kash4824]

2003-2007 footballers are crazy

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

What's the age criteria? Under 21? Pretty important detail.

[@FluffiestWalrus]

Bergvall and Gray are coming

[@miserable7435]

Kobbie Mainoo isn't here because they want yall to fight in the comments and increase engagement. Also, people saying he isn't that good shows how much they hate how good he is, one of the things you'll experience from the media when you're a United player.

[@aka_jr]

“He’s 17?!” - all of us, this summer, watching him at the euros. An absolute joke of a player; I get how it must have felt to have watched Messi’s first full season at Barca

[@kibbit1373]

Not having Musiala in both lists is a crime though.

[@mustafaaydin2754]

Musiala was Jon's 3rd pick

[@kibbit1373]

@@mustafaaydin2754 As I said not having him in BOTH as in the other list as well is criminal.

[@albertbrammer9263]

And v Brighton that inexperience was shown up. Lewis is still learning. Nowt special yet.

[@milk__teee]

Bruh Barcelona had to be humbled massively to finally understand that their youth system was what made them. What made in back in the early 2000’s? Some stars, but the background guys that held it down were homegrown. 2007-2012/15, who held it down? Mostly La masia graduates. Obviously they can’t have the best players in every position and you actually do eventually have to splash some money for a star. But not in the panic buying way they did when Neymar left. Those 2021-2023 years that really humbled Barcelona since Messi couldn’t just carry them to a Liga title was needed. They lost their touch, they were also heavily restricted because of their bad spending. I mean look at all the top young players in the world who have coke out in the last 2-3 years, a lot of them were from La masia. Xavi Simon’s, Dani Olmo, and etc. these guys were in the academy, ready to become good as the last era got too old. Barcelona have always had immense success with their academy without becoming Ajax, Dortmund, PSV, French teams Portuguese league teams. Those guys some how make hundreds of millions of their youth, yet can barely challenge every year for a league title in the better leagues. Barcelona managed to make champions league semi final and final type of players, but they said somehow in 2016-2020 that it wasn’t something they needed, they needed big money names. That’s so stupid. Barcelona should probably make some kind of legally binding rule where they must have constant La masia graduates every 2 years go to the first team.

[@ASH-su6nb]

Bartomeu and rosell really screwed the club. Coincidentally in early 2000's, Barca had financial issues after Gaspart, and it was Laporta who helped integrate the Lamasia squad. He came back with an even worse financial situation and did pretty much the same.

[@rovas19]

That was such a good cut at the end😂

[@saintkofi]

crazy how messi and ronaldo tick all the difference makers boxes

[@BigRatJam]

You list Yamal's age as 21 at @27:09

[@khajuriaharshit2434]

the comment i was looking for

[@GGM28]

Savio is top 5 imo. Also comments heavily underrating how good Endrick is and Musiala is top 3 for sure

[@vikmediahub]

The way Jon said hello 😂😂

[@siultsaebafif3791]

brother arda guler and messi should never be in the same sentence 😂 these guys

[@goncalocancela4882]

Just wait for Estevão

[@johny9693]

I'll be here on 5 years to see of my predictions are true: Rodrigo Mora,Geovany Quenda, Estevão, Endrick, Yildiz and Yamal my top 6

[@NIKITAMANN95]

20:28 Wirtz is still at Bayer Leverkusen not Bayern :D

[@seasurfer-vr23]

Rico Lewis is my fav one

[@jasonyoung2160]

this IS THE BEST FORMAT

[@Vaisakh-uk2lb]

34:15 Did nobody see the ending 🤣 Its actually Adam Wha...

[@snipedotgenius]

Anselmino is one to watch too .. and Odimirion

[@carl-oscarkallstrom3850]

Guys, no Zaïre-Emery is not okay. He a just has to be on there.

[@ekarp00]

Not Barca fans but Lamine yamal no 1

[@catinsidethehead]

My favorite duo

[@37wheels]

Just for a second--*just a second!*--i thought we were going to get the pedri song😢

[@mocoverde8585]

You don't need a 30 minute video for this topic. It's yamal way ahead of anyone you can conjure up.

[@Warriors49ers]

Next year Camarda should be on the list.

[@chrisgarty]

“The correct answer is actually Adam Whart… ” 😂🤣😂

[@Realdavidart]

A thumbnail without Yamal is disrespectful

[@marcoa7263]

Where is Yildiz? Come on!!

[@sonicgoo1121]

Now I want to be recruited by Arteta just to expose the squad to Lingua Ignota or Gilla Band.

[@2g772]

Cubarsi should be top 3 he's more accomplished in his position than lewis, guler or endrick

[@kwykwyk8447]

Love it when Jon rocks the JFA sweater...

[@sonicgoo1121]

I think when they said that he has other ones they meant he has more of the same.

[@fugaziishime]

This isnt even a debate. Lamine is so far ahead from the rest.

[@AhloiFTW]

ONLY TIME WILL TELL

[@nuance6107]

what is a triangle boy?

[@markos9644]

Putting curbasi instead of lamine should be a crime

[@MercWTM2]

Bruh, both are good

[@ahmaddeeni]

yamal might be the new cruyff 😭

[@AmonMshindi]

Mainoo and Garnacho are placed 6th and 3rd in the Kopa Trophy and didn't even get mentioned???

[@REXCRUZ]

Lamine Yamal!!!

[@Antonio-hb8rd]

"Nerd Denier" Camera pans to Jon

[@VoltronKnight]

I fail to see just why so many people rate Endrick. What does he do?

[@jackperry2821]

As much as I don’t like Madrid, if you’re playing and scoring for the biggest team in the world and Brazil at 17, you at least deserve a mention. Absolute levels between him and yamal tho

[@v2huhroon]

Last minute goals he’s good and being at Madrid helps too. I’m not too convinced when I watch him then I remind myself how young he is and get it. Also he was amazing in Brazil last season

[@cogitoy7692]

He's very strong and explosive, with really good ball-striking ability. Looks like he could be a bit like Aguero, so I see the hype. His PR is out of this world tho, so I also see why many people question his level (compared to the hype).

[@MercWTM2]

Have you seen his start for Madrid? Coming off the bench and immediately making an impact. His confidence is admirable

[@TheSiemek]

Yamal is way above the rest. Like Messi was.

[@davidmutai1757]

but the correct answer is Adam W...

[@shishsuke]

When talking about the positives of defenders all you can mention is how good they are on the ball. I weep for the future of football lmao

[@andrasszabo1570]

Yeah, how depressing is having technique and not making the ball cry?

[@shishsuke]

@@le_rayon_vert the same Man City that generally line up with four different 180cm+ tall defenders in their defence?

[@shishsuke]

@@andrasszabo1570 next time maybe try not misinterpreting what I said?

[@shishsuke]

@@le_rayon_vert it's the average for center backs, which each team generally fields two of. Pep has even started playing physically imposing CBs as makeshift full backs to ensure they don't get dominated physically. Pau Cubarsi is simply not that kind of a player

[@lukew6725]

Imagine crying because footballers are good at kicking the ball. 🤣🤣🤣

[@sln0782]

Why is Endrick in the thumbnail

[@abody499]

because the little tank has a canon in both feet and can run through concrete

[@sln0782]

@@abody499 so far I've only seen a dirty player who knows how to kick the opponents, and also knows that he is not seeing a red card since he is wearing white.

[@abody499]

that's because ur a delta uniform mike bravo charlie uniform november tango living in narnia

[@Coach-rq6jx]

Endrick earned all the respect he gets now. No need to deny it.

[@sln0782]

@@Coach-rq6jx nah he hasn't done anything yet, he may have had one or two good seasons in Brazil but Europe is another level where he still hasn't shown anything... I'm not saying he doesn't have the potential to do it but so far we haven't seen anything to put him on par with the other players

[@Omar_Little]

This channel name and profile pic and thumbnail style is too similar to the athletic podcast. It needs to be easier to differentiate, as I generally don't bother with the athletic podcast with Jim Richardson but I want to watch all of this channels videos.

[@GGM28]

Estevao next up too