Value Youth Players £1 - £2
Youth players across the market are starting to increase in price once again. Alongside other causes, this is most likely due to the below reasons:
1. The dominant trend of buying high PB scoring players with lesser consideration for age has started to fade
2. Excitement in the market due to various reasons such as; heavy marketing push in 2020, Nasdaq, Order books, expansion of Football Index into other countries etc
3. Various incentives for selected customers (Including net bonuses) currently emerging to get more money into the market including extra incentives for referring new customers
To help you find value youth players, the Youth Player Database has been significantly improved and will be developed and updated further over the coming weeks.
Using this Youth Player Database, the below players that are currently between £1-2 stand out as possibly being of strong value - especially as longer term holds. Dwight McNeil highlighted twice in recent months at average price of £1.68 and Dejan Kulusevski highlighted at £0.92 have now broke this £2 barrier, but, could still be valuable holds for the coming months.
1. Alphonso Davies
Price: £1.87
Team: Bayern Munich
Age: 19
Position: Midfielder (Usually plays Left Back for Bayern Munich, but, can also play Left Midfield)
Country: Canada
Pros:
Bayern Munich are in the later stages of the Champions League - they play Chelsea in round of 16
In strong form recently
PB Scores have significantly improved recently
Cons:
Increased in price considerably recently
Transfer speculation is very unlikely as Bayern Munich are a very strong side and would not look to sell
2. Ferran Torres
Price: £1.81 *Already highlighted twice at an average price of £1.33
Team: Valencia
Age: 19
Position: Midfielder (Winger)
Country: Spain
Pros:
Valencia have drawn Atalanta in the Champions League which is a winnable game
In strong form recently
Real Madrid are reportedly interested in Torres
PB Scores have significantly improved in recent months
Spain Youth International
Cons:
Increased in price considerably over recent months
3. Yacine Adli
Price: £1.50
Team: Bordeaux
Age: 19
Position: Midfielder (Attacking)
Country: France
Pros:
Hit a PB score of 238 earlier this season
Very strong at free kicks / long shots
Possibly could attract stronger teams - fair chance of transfer speculation developing over summer
France Youth International
Cons:
Infrequently play full games
Will not play in any European Tournament
4. Emile Smith-Rowe
Price: £1.34
Team: Arsenal
Age: 19
Position: Midfielder (Winger / Attacking)
Country: England
Pros:
Potential to hit high PB scores - hit a high PB score last season
Arsenal have drawn Olympiacos in the Europa League which is a winnable game
Recently came on as a substitute against Manchester City - more future game time is a strong possibility
England Youth International - very high price ceiling
Cons:
Currently, very infrequently plays for Arsenal
5. Bryan Gil
Price: £1.15
Team: Sevilla
Age: 18
Position: Forward (winger)
Country: Spain
Pros:
Strong PB score of 211 in the Europa League via providing an assist and scoring in just 36 minutes at the end of November
Sevilla have drawn CFR Cluj in the Europa league which is a very winnable game
Spain Youth International
Cons:
Very infrequently gets game time for Sevilla (More of a potential long term hold)
6. Rabbi Matondo
Price: £1.09
Team: Schalke 04
Age: 19
Position: Forward (Winger)
Country: Wales
Pros:
Dropped from a peak price of £1.64 in recent months
Likely to rise sharply in price if he can hit form over a number of games as he is a British player that has gone to the Bundesliga from the Premier League
Played a full game against Eintracht Frankfurt recently (I watched this game and he looked fairly good when on the ball and linked up with Harit well - certainly has potential)
Could feature at EURO 2020 with Wales
Cons:
Infrequently gets game time for Schalke 04
Will not play in any European Tournament