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This is SCOUTED50 2025/26. The third edition of our curated selection of breakout talents ranked from 50 to 1 by friends, colleagues and peers. Discover the future of football, now.
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Nathan De Cat, keep tabs on the name. The 16-year-old hit a milestone yesterday on his fast track through Belgian football by scoring against Royal Antwerp. He's now a regular in first-team squads after racking up almost 2,000 minutes for the B team. Another one from Anderlecht.
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Erling Haaland had not been born the last time Norway qualified for the men’s World Cup. At the 2026 tournament, he’ll be leading the line as the all-time top-scorer.
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Kees Smit's performance against Crystal Palace last week was a snapshot of what makes him such an exciting prospect and a future Premier League midfielder. I broke it down, play by play. https://t.co/yD3SFpq6dl
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A touch-by-touch analysis of the young Dutch midfielder's starmaking moment
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There’s only one player in Europe’s Big Five Leagues with 40+ clearances, 40+ tackles & interceptions and 40+ aerial duels won this season. He’s 20 years old. Fall down the latest rabbit holes to find him and learn more about Ibrahim Maza:
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...and discovering a one-of-one CB bursting onto the Serie A scene
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Kees Smit put himself on a lot more radars with an eye-catching performance against Crystal Palace in Europe last week. He more than held his own against Premier League intensity on one of the biggest stages of his career to date. @ffwtbollew has analysed it. Link below.
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Yan Diomandé came out of nowhere to make his mark for Leganés in the final months of the LaLiga season. Born in Abidjan, the 18-year-old spent most of his formative development in the US, coming through the student-athlete DME Academy in Daytona Beach before landing in Spain
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Yan Diomandé is putting together a very exciting breakout season in the Bundesliga. Goals and assists are the product of driving carryies, powerful dribbles and lots of touches in dangerous areas playing off both wings for RB Leipzig. Gamebreaking profile and prospect.
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Max Dowman drives into the box, baits a foul, wins a penalty, Shim Mheuka converts. Rio Ngumoha shutter-steps into the box, attracts three defenders, gets to the byline, smashes it across goal, Shim Mheuka converts. This England U-19 front three is super exciting.
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Kees Smit put himself on a lot more radars with an eye-catching performance against Crystal Palace in Europe last week. He more than held his own against Premier League intensity on one of the biggest stages of his career to date. @ffwtbollew has analysed it. Link below.
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Fall down the latest rabbit holes to discover: ▫️ A new player profile personified by Ibrahim Maza ▫️ A set of Alejandro Garnacho PBs against Wolves ▫️ A 20-year-old centre-back signed for €1m bursting onto the Serie A scene Follow the rabbit: https://t.co/wsNTdrWYr6
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This is excellent work.
What? Jérémy Doku is evolving! In February, Doku left with nothing despite a record-breaking display of dribbling against Liverpool. This weekend, it was different. This season, he's different. What's changed? Find out: https://t.co/gQdQEqZfhH
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Get the full breakdown on Jérémy Doku's evolution:
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Monday Night SCOUTED revisits the Doku dilemma after another eye-catching display against Liverpool
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Since the start of 2017/18, only five players have recorded the following in a Premier League game: ✪ 3+ shots on target ✪ 3+ key passes ✪ 3+ passes into penalty area ✪ 3+ carries into penalty area ✪ 3+ successful take-ons ✪ 3+ fouls won Jérémy Doku is the youngest.
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What? Jérémy Doku is evolving! In February, Doku left with nothing despite a record-breaking display of dribbling against Liverpool. This weekend, it was different. This season, he's different. What's changed? Find out: https://t.co/gQdQEqZfhH
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My favourite (but not the best) stat from this shows how major the impact of changing the profile / role of your full-back can be. Lots of other factors at play in both games, but this is too massive to not have some influence.
What? Jérémy Doku is evolving! In February, Doku left with nothing despite a record-breaking display of dribbling against Liverpool. This weekend, it was different. This season, he's different. What's changed? Find out: https://t.co/gQdQEqZfhH
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What? Jérémy Doku is evolving! In February, Doku left with nothing despite a record-breaking display of dribbling against Liverpool. This weekend, it was different. This season, he's different. What's changed? Find out: https://t.co/gQdQEqZfhH
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Learn more about Yan Diomandé with this @ffwtbollew breakdown from the end of last season. This is just his beginning. https://t.co/NAbcgwcxQh
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SCOUT NOTES on yet another top-level African talent
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His journey to get to this point has been unique: Yan Diomandé was educated in Daytona Beach before landing in LaLiga, where 542 minutes for a relegated Leganés was enough for RB Leipzig to invest €20 million in him.
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Yan Diomandé is putting together a very exciting breakout season in the Bundesliga. Goals and assists are the product of driving carryies, powerful dribbles and lots of touches in dangerous areas playing off both wings for RB Leipzig. Gamebreaking profile and prospect.
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