The Daily Mail have undertaken the tough task of ranking the 50 best players on the continent under the age of 23.
These lists exist to cause debate and discussion, and while for the most part this particular list looks good, there are always going to be a few names omitted and a few players given higher rankings than some would expect.
Coming in at #1, and the Daily Mail's best young player in Europe is Dele Alli. The Tottenham Hotspur man has had two excellent seasons domestically, and certainly deserves to be very high on this list, but is he the best around?
Also an eyebrow-raiser was the placing of Celtic sensation Moussa Dembele, as while we are massive fans of him and he unquestionably belongs in this discussion, at #11 he is the highest placed striker on the list, ahead of Marcus Rashford of Manchester United.
John Stones is also far too high based on what he has shown, and especially considering two Serie A starlets in Alessio Romagnoli and Daniele Rugani did not make the list at all.
Our last major gripe is Fulham's 16-year-old wonderkid Ryan Sessegnon. Seemingly on the verge of a move to Liverpool, turned heads in the Championship this season but is rated higher than Marcus Rashford, Marquinhos of PSG, and Naby Keita, all of whom have done far more in leagues of higher quality.
But as we said, it's supposed to cause a debate and by-and-large it's a solid list. Here it is in full from #50 - #1.
50 - Franck Kessie - Atalanta, 20, Midfielder
49 - Levin Oztunali - Mainz, 21, Midfielder
48 - Niklas Sule - Hoffenheim, 21, Defender
47 - Alexander Isak - Borussia Dortmund, 17, Forward
46 - Sandro Ramirez - Malaga, 21, Forward
45 - Morgan Sanson - Marseille, 22, Midfielder
44 - Jose Luis Gaya - Valencia, 21, Defender
43 - Giovanni Simeone - Genoa, 21, Forward
42 - Victor Lindelof - Benfica, 22, Defender
41 - James Ward-Prowse - Southampton, 22, Midfielder
40 - Jose Gimenez - Atletico Madrid, 22, Defender
39 - Eric Bailly - Manchester United, 22, Defender
38 - Maxime Lopez - Marseille, 19, Midfielder
37 - Alex Grimaldo - Benfica, 21, Defender
36 - Ruben Neves - Porto, 20, Midfielder
35 - Kasper Dolberg - Ajax, 19, Forward
34 - Piotr Zielinski - Napoli, 22, Midfielder
33 - Naby Keita - RB Leipzig, 22, Midfielder
32 - Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich, 22, Defender/Midfielder
31 - Marcus Rashford - Manchester United, 19, Forward
30 - Marquinhos - Paris Saint-Germain, 22, Defender
29 - Ryan Sessegnon - Fulham, 16, Defender
28 - Alex Iwobi - Arsenal, 20, Forward
27 - Andreas Christensen - Borussia Monchengladbach, 20, Defender
26 - Serge Gnabry - Werder Bremen, 21, Forward
25 - Anthony Martial - Manchester United, 21, Forward
24 - John Stones - Manchester City, 22, Defender
23 - Saul Niguez - Atletico Madrid, 22, Midfielder
22 - Timo Werner - RB Leipzig, 21, Forward
21 - Mahmoud Dahoud - Borussia Monchengladbach, 21, Midfielder
20 - Adrien Rabiot - Paris Saint-Germain, 21, Midfielder
19 - Wylan Cyprien - Nice, 22, Midfielder
18 - Mateo Kovacic - Real Madrid, 22, Midfielder
17 - Julian Weigl - Borussia Dortmund, 21, Midfielder
16 - Christian Pulisic - Borussia Dortmund, 18, Midfielder/Forward
15 - Bernardo Silva - Monaco, 22, Midfielder/Forward
14 - Tiemoue Bakayoko - Monaco, 22, Midfielder
13 - Thomas Lemar - Monaco, 21, Midfielder
12 - Julian Brandt - Bayer Leverkusen, 20, Midfielder/Forward
11 - Moussa Dembele - Celtic, 20, Forward
10 - Hector Bellerin - Arsenal, 22, Defender
9 - Renato Sanches - Bayern Munich, 19, Midfielder
8 - Ousmane Dembele - Borussia Dortmund, 19, Forward
7 - Raheem Sterling - Manchester City, 22, Forward
6 - Gabriel Jesus - Manchester City, 19, Forward
5 - Youri Tielemans - Anderlecht, 19, Midfielder
4 - Kylian Mbappe - Monaco, 18, Forward
3 - Leroy Sane - Manchester City, 21, Forward
2 - Gianluigi Donnarumma - AC Milan, 18, Goalkeeper
1 - Dele Alli - Tottenham, 21, Midfielder
With all the (justified) buzz around Kylian Mbappe at the moment it is perhaps a surprise to see him outside of the top three, and Gianluigi Donnaruma being an established top level goalkeeper already means he would have run Alli close for number one.
Feel free to get in touch and tell us your top three.
