Gazzetta dello Sport list the top 50 U20 players in the world, ft. Chelsea trio & Dele Alli

Everyone loves a list of top young players and famed Italian pink newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport have produced a seriously snazzy page for their top 50 Under-20 players in the world.

Kudos to Gazzetta for producing a top 50 which looks not far from being accurate and is in order, to spark plenty of debate.

All the players listed were born in 1996 or after.

The top Under-20 player in the world, according to Gazzetta, is Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman. Followed by two in-demand players. Leroy Sane of Schalke. And, Anderlecht’s Youri Tielemans.

Included are five Brazilians, four Englishman, three Germans, three Portuguese and three Spaniards. The “aristocracy of football”, according to Gazzetta.

Nine of 50 talents listed below play in La Liga, against five from the Bundesliga and Premier League, then four Ligue 1, the Eredivisie and Serie A.

From an English perspective, Dele Alli comes in at 8 – you would expect the Spurs midfielder to now be on every list going after a stunning first season at Spurs.

Once again, Chelsea feature heavily on this type of list, with Kenedy, Dom Solanke and Andreas Christensen all appearing.

Other players of note from England, include Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, Arsenal’s Gedion Zelalem (on loan at Rangers) and Everton full back Brendan Galloway.

Gazzetta also list a few players that just missed out. Amongst them are Aston Villa’s Adama Traore, who has shown flashes of brilliance this season.

The full Gazzetta list is below.

1. Kingsley Coman. Bayern Munich. On loan from Juventus. 2. Leroy Sane. Schalke. 3. Youri Tielemans. Anderlecht. 4. Gianluigi Donnarumma. AC Milan. 5. Breel Embolo. Basel. 6. Alen Halilovic. Sporting Gijon. On loan from Barcelona. 7. Ruben Neves. Porto. 8. Dele Alli. Spurs. 9. Gerson. Roma. 10. Kenedy. Chelsea.

11. Mahmoud Dahoud. Borussia Monchengladbach. 12. Gabigol. Santos. 13. Danilo. Valencia. 14. Ante Coric. Dinamo Zagreb. 15. Almamy Toure. Monaco. 16. Reece Oxford. West Ham. 17. Andrija Zivkovic. Partizan Belgrade. 18. Gabriel Jesus. Palmeiras. 19. Martin Odegaard. Real Madrid. 20. Marko Grujic. Red Star Belgrade. On loan from Liverpool.

21. Riechedly Bazoer. Ajax. 22. Dom Solanke. Vitesse Arnhem. On loan from Chelsea. 23. Julian Brandt. Bayern Leverkusen. 24. Sebastian Driussi. River Plate. 25. Richario Zivkovic. Willem II. 26. Adalberto Penaranda. Granada. 27. Goncalo Gueded. Benfica. 28. Abdou Diallo. Zulte Waregem. On loan from Monaco. 29. Borja Mayoral. Real Madrid. 30. Gedion Zelalem. Rangers. On loan from Arsenal.

31. Antonio Sanabria. Sporting Gijon. 32. Milot Rashica. Vitesse Arnhem. 33. Marco Asensio. Espanyol. On loan from Real Madrid. 34. Alban Lafont. Toulouse. 35. Viktor Kovalenko. Shakhtar. 36. Kelechi Iheanacho. Manchester City. 37. Andreas Christensen. Borussia Monchengladbach. On loan from Chelsea. 38. Lo Celso Giovani. Rosario. 39. Ousmane Dembele. Rennes. 40. Brendan Galloway. Everton.

41. Olivier Nitcham. Genoa. On loan from Manchester City. 42. Amadou Diawara. Bologna. 43. Jeisson Vargas. Universidad Católica. 44. Renato Sanches. Benfica. 45. Rodrigo Betancur. Boca Juniors. 46. Leon Bailey. Genk. 47. Lee-Seung Woo. Barcelona. 48. Dani Ceballos. Real Betis. 49. Laszlo Benes. Zilina. 50. Jean-Kevin Augustin. PSG.