Gavi, Elliott, Bellingham: Who's the best youngster in the world?

Football is currently blessed with some seriously talented youngsters.

Across the globe, players who aren’t even old enough to buy a beer in the United States of America yet are smashing it at the very highest level.

But who is the best of the current crop of magnificent teenage footballers? Well, the folks over at Goal have provided their answer to that very question.

The publication have ranked the best players in the world currently who were born on January 1st, 2003, or later and the quality on show is borderline ridiculous.

Below, we’ve gone through their top 20 and it’s very hard to argue with any of the calls made by Goal either…

The Belgian defensive midfielder is tipped to be Rodri’s successor in the future. Lavia made his debut for City‘s first-team back in September.

The 18-year-old midfield maestro has already played six games for Poland’s senior team and looks a star in the making. That’s why Brighton spent £8 million in January to acquire his services.

Another product of Barcelona‘s youth system. Akhomach, a lightning-quick winger, was given his debut by Xavi back in November and certainly has the makings of a future first-team regular in Catalonia.

Moriba swapped Barcelona for RB Leipzig last summer, but found the going tough in the Bundesliga. The all-action midfielder, who’s played five times for Guinea, is now back in Spain on loan at Valencia, where he’s slowly reminding the world of his talent.

The ex-England U16 international has earned a lot of admirers for his performances in Ligue 1, although he needs to start scoring more. Cho, a centre-forward by trade, has only found the back of the net just twice in 24 outings this season.

The teenage left-back has really taken his opportunities in 2021/22.