Next generation
The Guardian identifies the best young talent coming through around the world every year and will also follow their progress with an annual update
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We pick the best young players at each club born between 1 September 2004 and 31 August 2005, an age band known as first-year scholars
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With the Next Generation 2021 picks out this week we look at the final updates for the class of 2016. How did they fare?
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The ‘Tanzanian Mbappé’, Juan Pablo Ángel’s son and the next Kai Havertz are among our players born in 2003
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Eidur Gudjohnsen’s son, the new Paul Pogba and Barça’s Ansu Fati are among our 60 most talented players in the world born in 2002
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The Guardian selects the best young players at each side born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003, an age band known as first-year scholars.
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From Rashford to Tielemans, we check in on the initial players to be chosen for our Next Generation project
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The winger, who was part of the Guardian’s first Next Generation in 2014, talks about rebuilding his career after being released by Southampton
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From Lilian Thuram’s son to Real Madrid-bound Rodrygo and the ‘Croatian Neymar’, we pick 60 of the most talented players born in 2001
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We pick the best prospect from each club born between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 2002, an age band known as first-year scholars
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From Vinicius Júnior, who has already signed for Real Madrid, to ‘the Romanian Donnarumma’ the Guardian identifies 60 of the best players in the world born in 2000
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The Guardian picks the best prospect from each Premier League club born between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001, an age band also known as first-year scholars. We will then follow their progress over the next five years
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From the ‘Danish Marco van Basten’ to the ‘Bosnian Luis Suárez’, the Guardian has identified some of the best young players born in 1999
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The Guardian has identified some of the best young talents at the Premier League clubs born between 1 September 1999 and 31 August 2000, an age band also known as first-year scholars. We then follow their progress over the coming years
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From Gheorghe Hagi’s son to the Colombian Yaya Touré, the Guardian has scoured the world for some of the best players born in 1998
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The Guardian looks at some of the best young talent coming through at the Premier League clubs
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Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football