Ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League season, we have picked out one youngster from each club who could make a name for themselves in the next 12 months.
It’s not exactly top of everyone’s wishlist for 2025-26, but every fan would like to see a youngster coming good for their club.
Actually, in the era of Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), developing talent – whether that’s academy products or kids signed from elsewhere – has become even more important. There is greater pressure than ever on clubs to nurture players who can cut it at the top level.
So, will anyone produce a star this season? We’ve picked one player from each Premier League club for whom this season could prove a breakout campaign.
Before we get started, it’s worth noting that not all of these players are completely unproven teenagers. At some clubs, it’s proven difficult for academy players to break into the first team recently, and at others, there isn’t a standout youngster coming through the youth teams. That means the term ‘breakout star’ varies in meaning from club to club. For some, it would be getting some first-team game time; for others, it would mean becoming a reliable first-team regular.
Read on, and come back here in May to see how we’ve got on with our predictions.
ArsenalMax Dowman
One of the biggest ‘hits’ from this column last season was Arsenal’s teenage sensation Ethan Nwaneri. Now, not content with unearthing just one superstar talent from their academy, the Gunners have got another one on their hands in Max Dowman.
Still only 15 years old, Dowman was included in Arsenal’s first-team squad for their pre-season tour of Asia, making his senior debut against AC Milan and earning more minutes against Newcastle. In that game, a mazy run into the box drew a foul from Joelinton, resulting in a penalty that Martin Ødegaard converted to swing the game in Arsenal’s favour. On Wednesday, he won another spot-kick in Arsenal’s friendly against Villarreal after some quick footwork in the box.
His ability to carry the ball, which was on show in pre-season, has long been a hallmark of Dowman’s game. Despite appearing in just 15 of Arsenal’s 24 games in the U18 Premier League last season, Dowman led the entire league for the total distance he carried the ball (6,819m) and also the average distance he covered with his ball carries (15.7m).
He also proved very productive, recording 20 goal involvements (15 goals, 5 assists) in just 15 starts, more than any other Arsenal player.
Already training regularly with the first team last season, Premier League and UEFA rules have so far prevented him from making a competitive debut. Only two players in history have featured in the Premier League aged 15 – Nwaneri and Leicester’s Jeremy Monga. If Dowman is handed minutes this year (he turns 16 on 31 December), he will become the third.
For a player so young, the impact he has had on Arsenal’s pre-season tour is really impressive.
Aston VillaZépiqueno Redmond
Aston Villa approach the 2025-26 season with uncertainty at centre-forward. Ollie Watkins‘ future isn’t certain amid ongoing speculation about a potential move away, while there’s no guarantee Nice forward Evann Guessand, who is reportedly on his way to Villa Park, will take to the Premier League straight away.
Another new face who could get the odd chance, then, is Zépiqueno Redmond. The 19-year-old Dutch forward joined from Feyenoord, where he made nine senior appearances last season, including a start at San Siro against Inter in the UEFA Champions League.
The highlight of Redmond’s season came in the second round of the Dutch KNVB Cup, when he scored two goals against second-tier side MVV Maastricht. He followed up a bright domestic campaign by starring at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, scoring twice against England in the group stage as the Netherlands won the competition.
Redmond played just 346 minutes in total for Feyenoord last season but made the most of them, averaging 0.49 non-penalty goals per 90.
Capable of operating off the right as well as centrally, Redmond is sharp, direct and versatile. He could emerge as a surprise asset for Villa off the bench this season.
BournemouthBen Winterburn
Last season, Ben Winterburn made his first-team debut for Bournemouth in their 2-2 draw against Fulham just a few months after his 20th birthday.
He may have only added three more appearances to that across the remainder of the campaign and totalled just 41 minutes on the pitch (including added time) in 2024-25, but he’ll hope 2025-26 can be the season he breaks through and becomes a more regular name in Bournemouth’s side.
He played a key role in Bournemouth Under-21s reaching the Professional Development League play-off final last season, eventually losing out to Brentford after winning 14 successive matches en route.
The 20-year-old travelled to the United States with the senior team for the 2025 Premier League Summer Series and started in central midfield alongside Marcus Tavernier in a 3-0 win over Everton before coming on as a late substitute in a defeat to West Ham.
While it’s unlikely that he’ll be given a starting berth in the opening months of the season, and there’s every chance Bournemouth might decide an EFL loan spell would be best for his development, we could yet see him playing Premier League football in 2025-26.
BrentfordMichael Kayode
After a strong spell in Serie A with Fiorentina, Brentford brought in right-back Michael Kayode in January. Initially signed on loan, the Bees exercised their option to make the deal permanent after the season, clearly satisfied with his early body of work.
Kayode was eased into the team with a few brief cameos between February and April before starting Brentford’s final six games of the season, making a convincing case to be the club’s first-choice right-back.
An immensely athletic defender, Kayode brings energy and aggression in abundance. Only central midfielder Yehor Yarmoliuk (3.1) attempted more tackles per 90 minutes than Kayode (2.9) among Brentford players, and he also ranked second for interceptions (1.2) on the team, behind the now-departed Christian Nørgaard (1.6).
Kayode’s combative nature saw him contest 11.1 duels per 90, winning 6.5, placing him inside the top 10 among all Premier League defenders last term across both those metrics.
He is bold and adventurous on the ball, too. The Italian attempted 3.4 take-ons per 90 minutes across his 12 league appearances last term, which is a lot for a full-back. Just four of them – Djed Spence, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Tariq Lamptey – attempted more.
Despite playing practically half the minutes of Brentford’s incumbent right-back, Mads Roerslev, the pair attempted the same number of take-ons (20), highlighting Kayode’s proactive style on the ball.
The club’s decision to loan Roerslev to Wolfsburg in the same window Kayode arrived sent a clear message that he should be their man going forward. Expect him to kick on in 2025-26, and his long throws will become renowned across the Premier League.
BrightonStefanos Tzimas
An opportunity knocks for two of Brighton’s 2025 recruits: top spot in the list of the Premier League’s highest-scoring Greek players is very much up for grabs.
Stefanos Tzimas, a £20.8 million February signing from Nürnberg, and Charalampos Kostoulas, a £31.4m summer acquisition from Olympiakos, are both teenage Greek strikers who could play important roles for their new club, and may be around for a long time if the next couple of years go well.
We’ve already written about Kostoulas because we’re excited to see what he can do. Tzimas has slightly less (and less recent) top-level experience, but having been handed the number nine shirt at the Amex, it appears as though he’ll get plenty of chances.
He is a penalty-box merchant. He scored 12 goals on loan at Nürnberg (who exercised their purchase option before selling him to Brighton) in the 2. Bundesliga last season, with 11 of them coming from inside the area. He averaged 0.63 goals per 90 before his campaign was ended early due to injury in March, while only two players averaged more than his 7.0 touches in the opposition’s box per 90 (1,000+ mins played).
That does mean he tends not to get too involved in build-up; instead, he focuses more on trying to take advantage of space and opportunities to attack quickly. Nobody scored more than his three goals from fast breaks in the German second tier last season, while only two players had more than his 12 shots from such situations.
Former Bolton midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos currently holds the record as the leading Greek goalscorer in Premier League history with just 20 goals. Tzimas could well challenge that record one day. No time like the present to get started.
BurnleyMaxime Estève
Yes, we know what you’re thinking; Maxime Estève has been a key player at Burnley for 18 months now, so suggesting he might be a “breakthrough player” arguably does him a disservice. We get it.
The young Frenchman is included because 2025-26 represents a massive opportunity for him at the highest level after standing out as one of the best centre-backs in the Championship.
Big clubs are already said to be watching him, but seemingly none felt convinced enough to take the plunge before he signed a new contract. If he makes a major impression in the Premier League, however, he’ll probably have suitors lining up.
At nearly two metres tall, Estève is an impressive physical specimen and this aids his effectiveness in duels. He was one of only 18 defenders in the whole division to win at least 62% of his ground (64.1%) and aerial (62.4%) duels last term.
And while he wouldn’t be classed as the most adventurous centre-back, he is perfectly comfortable with the ball at his feet. His 314 progressive carries was bettered by only nine other Championship centre-backs last season, for instance.
The fact he’s left-footed may potentially play into his favour in terms of being identified as a future target for bigger clubs, with ‘leftie’ centre-backs a valuable commodity these days.
It’s also worth noting that Estève will arguably take on an even more important role this term given CJ Egan-Riley and James Trafford – two other vital parts of Burnley’s record-breaking defence in 2024-25 – have since departed.
Their return to the Premier League was built around a solid defence, meaning they are likely to again prioritise being tough to beat this term – whether they succeed in that will be influenced by Estève, and that could in turn lead to him making the next step individually.
ChelseaEstêvão Willian
Estêvão’s transfer to Chelsea was agreed long before the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, with the Brazilian staying at Palmeiras for the tournament before moving to the Premier League club for a fee in the region of £30m.
Chelsea fans therefore got a glimpse of what the 18-year-old will bring to their side as he helped Palmeiras reach the quarter-finals. Across their five matches, the teenager attempted the most shots (10) and created the most chances (8) of any player for his side.
His run at the tournament came to an end against his new side, but he showed Chelsea exactly what to expect from him as he equalised with a superb strike in an eventual defeat.
While he had a fairly quiet start to the 2025 Brazilian Série A season with no goals and just three assists in 11 appearances, he broke through in 2024 with a league-high 22 goal involvements in 31 games (13 goals, 9 assists).
Since the start of that league campaign in Brazil, Estêvão leads the competition rankings for both carries ending with a shot (59) and carries ending with a chance created (31). His total shot involvements following a carry (90) is 10 more than any other player in the competition over that time.
Whether or not Estêvão gets game time straight away at Chelsea remains to be seen, but based on what we’ve seen so far, he might just be ready.
Crystal PalaceRomain Esse
With the future of the influential Eberechi Eze still up in the air, this season might end up providing Romain Esse with a chance to shine at Crystal Palace.
After coming through the youth ranks at Millwall, Esse made his first-team debut on Boxing Day 2022 vs Watford at the age of 17 years and 227 days. Between his debut and his final league appearance for Millwall on 4 January this year, Esse made 61 Championship appearances – only Jobe Bellingham made more in the competition over that period as a teenager (77).
Esse became known for his quality when running with the ball at pace, a trait that eventually attracted Palace to his talent. Across his time at the Championship club, Esse ranked in the top 20 (2,000+ minutes) for take-ons per 90 (5.5) in the competition.
Although predominantly used on the right wing for Millwall, Esse has found himself playing most of his minutes (68%) on the left side for Palace since signing for a fee reported to be in the region of £12 million.
He started life as a Palace player in incredible fashion, scoring with his first touch as a Premier League footballer just 25 seconds after coming on as a substitute in the 2-1 defeat to Brentford at Selhurst Park in January. After that, though, Esse attempted just two shots (without scoring) across 181 minutes of competitive action before the end of the season.
The 2024-25 campaign didn’t end well on a personal level either, as he lasted just 14 minutes after coming off the bench in the final-day draw with Liverpool before being subbed off again. Palace head coach Oliver Glasner later expressed his dissatisfaction with certain individual performances.
Esse will hope European qualification following the 2025 FA Cup win will give him the chance for more playing time in his first full season with the Eagles, providing Palace are allowed to enter the competition. If he gets that time on the pitch, he could be one to keep a close eye on.
EvertonHarrison Armstrong
Central midfielder Harrison Armstrong has been with Everton since the age of five, and having risen up the ranks, first made his mark on the senior team aged 17 at the start of last season.
In the space of just a couple of months last summer, he went from signing his first professional contract to making his Premier League debut in Everton’s second game of 2024-25. At that point, it looked like he could play a prominent role for his boyhood club last season.
Instead, he featured in only two more league games and two EFL Cup ties before a man-of-the-match display in an FA Cup win over Peterborough in January. Later that month, he moved to Derby County on loan for the second half of the season, and it was there that he got a proper run of first-team football that could set him up for a big 2025-26.
A ball-playing central midfielder, Armstrong likes to sit in front of the defence and is very comfortable in possession. His pass completion rate of 68.1% in the Championship last season might suggest poor quality on first viewing, but that can be explained by how often Armstrong tries to play difficult passes. He played 47.3% of his passes forwards, which was the highest proportion of any midfielder in the Championship (1,000+ mins) and the ninth highest of any outfielder.
He also does a good job of protecting the players behind him with a reading of the game that bodes well given his age; only five players in the Championship averaged more than his 1.9 interceptions per 90 last season.
He’ll surely be hoping for more game time with Everton this season.
FulhamJoshua King
Not to be confused with the other Joshua King who played for Manchester United, Blackburn, Bournemouth, Everton and Watford, this Joshua King is seemingly ready to make a splash at Craven Cottage. That’s a splash on the pitch, not in the swimming pool in the new Riverside Stand at the stadium.
The central midfielder made 11 first-team appearances last season in all competitions, including two starts. His first start for Marco Silva came in Fulham’s December 2024 goalless draw at home to Southampton in the league, while he was also in the lineup for the 2-1 FA Cup win at Wigan Athletic in February. King made substitute appearances in Premier League games against Everton, Brentford and Manchester City in the closing weeks of last season.
The 18-year-old has largely been played in an advanced midfield role, so will have stern competition in the likes of Andreas Pereira and Emile Smith Rowe, but he can also play a bit deeper. Whether Silva consistently trusts such a young player there is another story.
He showed in his appearances for the U21s that he can be a creative presence, with only Lemar Gordon (2.04) creating more chances per 90 minutes for Fulham than King (1.98) of those who played a minimum of 500 minutes in PL2 last season.
There is a growing feeling among Fulham fans that King needs to play more minutes to be convinced that his future should be at Craven Cottage. Whether Silva is willing to give him those minutes is the big question.
LeedsHarry Gray
Harry Gray could be the next member of the Gray family to make it as a Leeds United player, following in the footsteps of brother Archie (now at Tottenham), father Andy, grandfather Frank and uncle Eddie.
Although he is not expected to start the season in the first-team squad, Gray will be hoping to help maintain an extraordinary statistic: at least one member of the Gray family has appeared in 18% of all Leeds United matches.
Harry has one thing he can boast to his relatives about, because he is the youngest of the Gray family to make a first-team appearance for Leeds following his debut in the win over Stoke City on 21 April. He was 16 years and 195 days old at the time, nearly a year younger than his brother Archie on his Leeds debut in August 2023 (17 years, 308 days).
With that debut, Gray became the fourth-youngest player to ever play for Leeds in a competitive match after Peter Lorimer, Tom Elliott and Aaron Lennon. He isn’t even 17 until October.
Later in April, Gray scored the winning goal for Leeds Under-21s in the 2024-25 National League Cup final against Sutton United, and he’ll hope to get a chance to play Premier League football for Daniel Farke’s side in this campaign.
Should he get his opportunity in attack, he could become just the second player aged under 18 to score a Premier League goal for Leeds after James Milner back in December 2002 (16 years, 356 days old vs Sunderland).
LiverpoolRio Ngumoha
Given the riches Liverpool already have in their squad, you’d have to be pretty impressive to force your way into Arne Slot’s thinking, especially if you’re only 16 years old.
There is a growing feeling, though, that Rio Ngumoha could be showing enough in pre-season to potentially save the English champions from having to sign a direct replacement for Luis Díaz.
Ngumoha, who turns 17 in a few weeks, signed for the Reds from Chelsea last summer, a move that reportedly annoyed the London club to the point of considering banning Liverpool scouts from attending their youth games.
Ngumoha caught the eye on his first-team debut in the FA Cup third round win over Accrington Stanley in January. He has particularly thrived as part of the senior setup in recent weeks, though.
His close control and skilful dribbling has flummoxed numerous full-backs in pre-season, and he has also shown he has end product. Ngumoha scored against Yokohama F. Marinos on Liverpool’s tour of Japan, before providing a goal and an assist in the opening five minutes of a 4-1 win over Athletic Club at Anfield on Monday.
It is likely too early for him to play regularly, but it would not be a surprise to see more of Ngumoha in first-team games for Liverpool next season. An honourable mention also for midfielder Trey Nyoni, who is reportedly going to be a full-time part of the first team this season after the sale of Tyler Morton to Lyon.
Manchester CityOscar Bobb
With teenagers Vitor Reis, Claudio Echeverri and Sverre Nypan all expected to go out on loan this season, it may be that a slightly older player is likeliest to break out at City in the form of Oscar Bobb.
You might argue Bobb had his breakout season a couple of years ago. Back in 2023-24, he made 26 appearances for Manchester City across all competitions as he began to earn a first-term role. But just five of those appearances were as a starter, his role as a substitute preventing him from truly taking the Premier League by storm.
Last season was Bobb’s big chance to build on that promising campaign, but injury derailed his chances. Ahead of City’s Premier League opener, he broke his leg in training. Recovery took longer than expected, and a subsequent hamstring injury further delayed his return.
Those injuries limited him to just three Premier League appearances. This summer, he played twice off the bench at the Club World Cup, scoring in City’s group-stage win against Al Ain.
In limited game time in 2023-24 (295 Premier League minutes across 14 appearances), he still showcased his quality.
A confident, creative dribbler, Bobb completed 3.4 successful take-ons per 90 minutes that season and although it comes from a small sample size, it’s still noteworthy that he was fifth overall among all Premier League players. In fact, his overall take-on success rate of 57.9% was the highest of any winger or forward during that campaign.
With Jérémy Doku and Savinho now in the squad, it’s clear Guardiola wants wingers who can beat their man consistently, and Bobb fits that mould.
We don’t yet know whether he’s truly good enough to thrive at City long term, but 2025-26 should be the season he finally gets to prove it.
Manchester UnitedShea Lacey
Manchester United fans have been excited about Shea Lacey for a while, but now aged 18, he still hasn’t made the permanent step up to the first team.
That may not sound especially concerning for an 18-year-old, but he’s consistently been rated among the best players in the country in his age group. The problem he’s had is a string of injury issues over the past 18 months or so.
He did feature for the first team on their post-season tour of Asia a couple of months ago, catching the eye with his individual quality, and he was expected to appear prominently in pre-season before another injury got in the way. Nevertheless, it hints that he is in Ruben Amorim’s thoughts.
Lacey is a skilful and dynamic left-footed right-winger, not too dissimilar to Amad Diallo in both style and stature. He’s exciting, brave and clearly talented, while his profile appears to lend itself quite well to potentially playing in Amorim’s system.
The feeling is that had he not had his development interrupted so often in the past year and a half, he’d likely be embedded within the first-team squad by now.
He’s certainly not guaranteed to make a breakthrough in 2025-26, and his misfortune with respect to fitness issues would suggest he has a way to go. But if we base it purely on talent, he’d surely be one of the next in line to step up to the United senior squad.
Newcastle UnitedWilliam Osula
It may have been slightly intimidating for William Osula when he arrived at Newcastle United last summer, knowing he would have to get past Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson to get minutes up front. However, the Danish youngster knew he had time on his side.
Osula turned 22 earlier this week, so will now be thinking about getting more minutes in the first team. With Wilson leaving the club and Isak’s future far from certain, there could be a potential opening for Osula.
He made 21 appearances in the Premier League for Sheffield United in 2023-24, though he didn’t find the net. He did, however, score three times in two FA Cup games, with a brace against Gillingham and another goal against Brighton.
That led to a move to Newcastle last summer for a reported £10m, potentially rising with add-ons. Osula managed two goals and two assists in 19 games for the Magpies last season, with his first Premier League goal coming in a 3-0 win over Ipswich in April. Only three of those appearances were starts, though.
He impressed at the European Under-21 Championship over the summer, with only Germany’s Nick Woltemade (9) recording more goal involvements in the tournament than him (5).
With Newcastle struggling to sign a striker and Isak absent amid speculation about his future, Osula has been appearing regularly in pre-season. If Howe has to continue turning to him once the season begins, it could be an ideal chance for him to prove he’s worthy of a more regular role in the team.
Nottingham ForestJair Cunha
One of two summer arrivals from Brazilian club Botafogo, Jair Cunha looks to have a big future ahead of him.
Jair, 20, is already an imposing centre-back who has quickly risen from representing Santos in the second tier to a Botafogo side who competed at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, and now to the Premier League. He doesn’t turn 21 until March next year.
When we describe him as “imposing”, we specifically mean that he’s just three centimetres shy of being two metres tall, and he generally towers over everyone else on the pitch.
This helps him in certain situations, of course, but there’s also a passive maturity to the way he defends. He bides his time and prefers to not rush into rash decisions, taking more of a back seat compared to his usual defensive partner at Botafogo, Alexander Barboza.
But when Jair does engage, he has an excellent track record.
In the Brazilian Série A this season, he ranks 10th among defenders (500+ mins) for ground duel success rate (65.6%) and fourth for aerial success (80.9%), highlighting how effective he is when it comes to physical battles at both ends of the pitch.
Nevertheless, it must be pointed out that he is fairly inexperienced. He only had 13 top-flight matches under his belt in Brazil.
But his demeanour and on-pitch attitude do instil confidence, potentially making him an effective foil for compatriot Murillo, who for all intents and purposes, is a bit more of a hot-head.
His adaptation may not be easy, but physically he has a lot to work with, and a strong Brazilian community at Nottingham Forest could be a blessing.
SunderlandChemsdine Talbi
Sunderland signed Chemsdine Talbi this summer from Club Brugge for a reported fee of £16.5m, which might seem expensive for a player who’s only had one full season as a top-flight player. The potential that Talbi showed in that campaign, however, suggests the gamble could pay off.
After a period with Club Brugge’s reserve team in Belgium’s second tier, 2024-25 proved to be a big season for the Moroccan winger. Sunderland will now be hoping he can break out as a star in the Premier League in what is their first season as a top-flight team since a dismal 2016-17.
Talbi is still inexperienced as a top-flight player despite playing in the Belgian Pro League and the UEFA Champions League last season. He only played 1,211 minutes of league action but ranked inside the top 10 for open-play chances created per 90 (1.9) and shot involvements following a carry per 90 (1.9) among players to play at least 1,000 minutes in the competition. Talbi, now 20, topped both of those rankings when only considering teenagers.
Just four teenagers made more Champions League appearances than Talbi (11) last season, while Désiré Doué (8), Lamine Yamal (8) and Antoni Milambo (4) were the only teenagers to be involved in more goals than him (3).
Sunderland consistently trust in youth; they’ve had the youngest average starting XI in three consecutive Championship seasons. What’s more, manager Regis Le Bris is one of the best in Europe at bringing through young talent, so this could be an environment in which Talbi can flourish.
TottenhamWilson Odobert
Last season, there were flashes of the brilliance that encouraged Spurs to sign Wilson Odobert the previous summer, but two serious hamstring injuries that kept him out for most of his first season with the club have rather stalled his progress.
Now 20 years old and heading into his fourth season of top-flight European football, this is the time for him to start fulfilling his immense potential.
He is already established as a Premier League player, far more so in fact than many of the other players on this list. But the truth is that the path from academy to first team at Tottenham is a difficult one to forge, and the chances of a star being born from the club’s youth teams this season is immensely small. Instead, their breakout star could be Odobert, but he’ll need consistent end product to be added to his game.
He stands out most for his ability on the ball. He is probably the best dribbler in Tottenham’s squad and he moves with real purpose whenever he can.
Of midfielders and forwards to play at least 800 minutes in the Premier League last season, Odobert ranked sixth for progressive carries (moving with the ball towards the opposition’s goal) of at least 10 metres per 90, with 5.7.
However, in 4,722 minutes – that’s 79 hours – of football over 77 top-flight appearances in France and England for Troyes, Burnley and Spurs, he has just eight goals and four assists. This is the year to take his game to the next level.
West HamFreddie Potts
If the surname ‘Potts’ looks familiar in a West Ham context, that’s because Freddie’s father, Steve, and brother, Dan, also used to play for the Hammers. While the 21-year-old Freddie is yet to make a competitive appearance for the club, that looks set to change very soon.
Freddie Potts has spent the past two seasons out on loan, first at Wycombe Wanderers in League One, then with Portsmouth in the Championship. He enjoyed a strong season of regular second-tier football at Fratton Park in 2024-25 and now looks primed for a chance in the first team at West Ham.
Potts has been away with the club on their pre-season tour of the United States, and he’s caught the eye.
A second-half cameo against Manchester United saw him stand out for his elegant nature on the ball, plus his crisp and incisive passing. He then impressed in the first half against Everton, before doing well again in a 70-minute outing against Bournemouth in their most recent friendly.
Although obviously technically very gifted, Potts is a number six and perhaps more renowned for what he offers out of possession.
For instance, among Championship midfielders last season, Potts ranked in the 90th percentile (900+ mins) for ground duel success rate (60.2%) and in the 93rd percentile for aerial duels success rate (62.2%).
Graham Potter’s West Ham might offer him a better opportunity to showcase his on-ball quality, however.
WolvesMateus Mané
This could be the season that we see more of 17-year-old Wolves forward Mateus Mané. And teammate Toti Gomes agrees.
“We have a new kid coming up, Mané, very underrated, you need to look for him,” the centre-back said last month.
Portugal-born Mané came to England aged nine, before joining Rochdale’s academy, where he spent eight years prior to signing for Wolves last February. Within 15 months, he was making his Premier League and professional debut, coming on as a substitute for the final few minutes of a game against Brighton at the end of the 2024-25 season.
That may remain his only experience of senior football, but the speed at which he has risen up to first-team level suggests a trajectory that could soon mean bigger and better things.
Mané did well enough in the U18 Premier League last season, scoring seven goals and adding four assists in his 15 appearances for a Wolves team who otherwise struggled.
Manager Vítor Pereira has already confirmed Mané will be with the first-team squad next season, and the England U18 international now has his eyes on earning his first start. It will be intriguing to see if his rise continues this season.
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