Scouting Time: David Ayala
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Estudiantes la Plata’s 18-year-old defensive midfielder David Ayala. Such is the inherent bias towards attack-minded players when assessing talents from South America,…
Scouting Time: Lázaro
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Flamengo’s 19-year old attacking midfielder, Lazaro. Flamengo secured back-to-back Brasileirao titles for the first time since 1983 after a dramatic finale to…
Scouting Time: Giuliano Galoppo & Martín Payero
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Banfield’s multi-purpose midfield duo composed of Giuliano Galoppo and Martín Payero. It was of little surprise to see Boca Juniors lift the…
Scouting Time: Gabriel Veron
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Palmeiras’ 18-year-old wonderkid Gabriel Veron. Palmeiras were crowned Libertadores champions after a narrow 1-0 win over Santos in the Maracanã, ending a…
50 Talents to Follow in 2021
New year, new list of exciting talents to follow. Don’t miss our annual list of young prospects from the beautiful game. Brought to you by L’Ultimo Uomo. Never have we had a start like this, the beginning of 2021, where we’ve wanted to throw away…
Scouting Time: Scandinavia Special
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. In this special episode, we look at four of the most exciting prospects in Scandinavian football: Viking’s Henrik Heggheim, Molde’s Stian Gregersen, Strømsgodset’s Johan Hove,…
Scouting Time: Alan Velasco
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Independiente’s talented winger Alan Velasco. “I play ball, I don’t feel pressure” – words easier said than demonstrated under the lights. Yet…
Scouting Time: Dario Sarmiento
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Estudiantes’ 17-year-old wonderkid Dario Sarmiento. While rumors continue to swirl around the possibility of a Lionel Messi and Pep Guardiola reunion at Manchester…
Scouting Time: Gabriel Menino
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Palmeiras’ 20-year-old versatile talent, Gabriel Menino. — — Palmeiras may have sailed through their Libertadores group with ease, but their slightly underwhelming…
Scouting Time: Matías Arezo
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Uruguayan 17-year-old wonderkid Matias Arezo. — — South America’s World Cup qualification belatedly got underway this month, behind closed doors and not…
Scouting Time: Pedro De La Vega
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Lanús’ promising winger Pedro De La vega. — — “Usually when you’re not training with the first team, the speed is different,…
Scouting Time: Nahuel Bustos
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Talleres Córdoba’s striker Nahuel Bustos. — — Arsene Wenger once asserted that “South America is the only continent to develop strikers today”,…
Scouting Time: Facundo Pellistri
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Peñarol’s winger Facundo Pellistri. — — The Uruguayan league resumed at the beginning of August with a clásico between eternal rivals Peñarol…
Scouting Time: Giacomo Raspadori
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Sassuolo’s promising striker Giacomo Raspadori. — — Giacomo Raspadori debuted in Serie A with Sassuolo by playing one single minute at the…
Scouting Time: Julian Alvarez
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the football world. Next up is River Plate’s 20-year old striker Julián Álvarez. — — It has been almost two years since Julián Álvarez made his River Plate debut,…
Scouting Time: Matías Zaracho
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the football world. Next up is Racing Avellaneda’s 22-year-old midfielder Matias Zaracho. — — Consistently one of the best young players in Argentina over the past three seasons, 22-year-old…
Scouting Time: Zinho Vanheusden
In this series, we take a look at some of the most interesting young talents in the world of football. Next up is Standard Liège’s promising center-back, Zinho Vanheusden. —- Zinho Vanheusden arrived at Inter Milan when he was 16, winning the Scudetto and Coppa…
(Remote) Scouting Time: Aron Dönnum
Earmarked at a young age to become a potential star, Vålerenga’s winger Aron Dönnum broke through in 2019 with 6 goals and 4 assists in 25 appearances. Prior to that, he had made some fleeting, albeit very promising appearances for VIF in both league and cup…
(Remote) Scouting Time: Benoit Badiashile
When trying to present to you some of the most interesting young talents in football, our focus was lured by a talented French center-back, AS Monaco’s Benoit Badiashile. Benoit Badiashile has yet to turn 19, but he can already count 50 games in Ligue 1…
(Remote) Scouting Time: Ferran Torres
Unquestionably one of the finest prospects in European football, it’s understandable why Ferran Torres is attracting interest from so many prestigious clubs. Having come through the Valencia academy that he joined aged six and made his full debut back in 2017, Torres’ rise has been…
Wyscout: The Remote Working Solution for Burnley FC’s Scouting Team
Burnley’s Turf Moor and Barnfield Training Centre are closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but as the transfer market never sleeps, club scouting processes must go on. Here’s how this Premier League mainstay use Wyscout to continue scouting operations while working remotely. Burnley FC technical director…
Wyscout Talks: Leeds United’s Director of Football, Victor Orta
A few months ago, while we were in the beautiful Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam for the 2019 edition of Wyscout Forum, we had the chance to spend some time with one of our conference speakers: Leeds United Director of Football, Victor Orta. During his…
40 prospects to follow in 2020
2020 is the start of a new decade, 12 months to discover new talents and choose which ones are our favorites, those to fall in love with and watch for the next 10 years. In this article, we gathered 40 wonderkids that we’re going to…
Five possible transfers as the window opens in Sweden’s Allsvenskan
Benjamin Nygren is gone (Genk), Daniel Sundgren is off (Aris), so too are Linus Hallenius (APOEL) and Carl Starfelt (Rubin Kazan). The transfer window in Sweden has only just opened but already several done deals have seen some of the Allsvenskan top players depart for…
The best talents at the 2019 U-21 European Championship
Yes, we know is almost summertime, but this doesn’t mean we have to give up on watching football all day long, right? Luckily, we don’t have to, as there are plenty of tournaments to watch these days. So, after presenting to you the most interesting…
Wyscout Talks: Andoni Zubizarreta & Albert Valentin
Through the Wyscout blog, in the last few months, we have taken a look at the inner workings of the football world, showing you some of the things that take place away from the TV cameras. We have heard what the head scout of a…
5 outstanding defensive midfielders in football
As football continues to evolve year after year, there is a certain position that is becoming more and more critical regardless of the tactic used by managers: the defensive midfielder. Or better, as said by our friends at L’Ultimo Uomo, the “midfielder that plays ahead…
Wyscout Talks: Fabio Papagni, Scouting Coordinator at UC Sampdoria
It’s not a mystery how in football attention is focused on what happens on the “main stage”: the football pitch. Results, performances, tactics, everything is analyzed with maniacal meticulousness, taking up the first pages of newspapers, sports channels and even the bar talks. Only a…
Serie B most promising talents
After presenting the 40 prospects to follow in 2019, L’Ultimo Uomo introduces us to the five most promising young footballers from Italian second tier, Serie B. After moving their first steps in professional football, they’re all having their breakthrough season in the league and we…
40 prospects to follow in 2019
This article was originally published in Italian on L’Ultimo Uomo website, on January 8, 2019. 2019 will be another year for finding new talents and staying in love with the younger ones. In this article, Ultimo Uomo gathered the 40 wonderkids that you must watch…
5 MLS wonderkids you should know something about
Alphonso Davies, 17 years old, Vancouver Whitecaps By Fabrizio Gabrielli Alphonso Davies’s story – from being the son of refugees to become the youngest footballer to ever debut with the National Canadian Team – isn’t just a beautiful tale of integration. It’s also an…
Scouting time: 4 U21 players to follow in English football
Ryan Sessegnon, 18 May 2000, Fulham by Daniele V. Morrone Not yet of legal age, Ryan Sessegnon already has a cult player following and with Fulham he has amazed even those who did not know his name because they do not follow international youth tournaments. To the tune of…
5 key steps when you find a new talent by Richard Bredice
Richard Bredice is first-team opposition analyst at Manchester City. He has been at the Premier League club for five years. Richard’s current focus is on full-team analysis rather than individual players but he has a good grounding in talent identification and highlights the importance of…
5 key steps when you find a new talent by Bruno Costa
Bruno Costa is head of scouting at San Jose Earthquakes. The Brazilian joined the MLS side in the beginning of 2017 and has almost 20-years experience of scouting and as Academy Director for Fluminense FC and Figueirense FC, in the Brazilian top flight (Série A), and…
Scouting time: 4 U21 players to follow in Bundesliga
Leon Bailey By Dario Saltari Leon Bailey seems like a very determined lad. Despite being just twenty years old, he talks like an adult, with a rhetoric in Cristiano Ronaldo style (“Hard work and dedication lets you achieve your goals“), and there are various rumours…
Gianluca Scamacca: a young multi-purpose Primavera striker
In modern football, where formations and positions tend to disappear more and more and where the teams take on different tactical structures within the same match depending on the game play situations, multi-purpose players are increasingly in demand.
Knowing how to do different things and in different areas of the pitch has become fundamental if you don’t want to miss the boat in terms of tactical game play evolution.
Of the young Italian forwards, perhaps the one closest to truly becoming a multi-purpose player, is Sassuolo’s Gianluca Scamacca.
Riccardo Marchizza: Primavera TIM promising Italian talent
Riccardo Marchizza is one of the most promising Italian centre fullbacks around. He has excellent physical and technical qualities: He has a solid build, almost two metres tall, combined with a highly accurate left foot that often manages to find the back of the net. In three years on the youth team, he has already scored 16 goals, a few of which on free kicks..
Jonathan Viera’s Multifaceted Movement vs Villarreal
There’s no doubting Jonathan Viera has been one of Las Palmas’ key driving forces in their strong season so far. Under the guidance and positional style of play of manager Quique Setien, his attacking genius has really thrived and animated Los Amarillos’ work in the final third..
Marseille successfully overload the 10 spaces in their win over Angers
With Marseille struggling for consistency this season, their impressive 3-0 victory over Angers at the weekend gave a glowing indication of just how good Rudi Garcia’s side can be when they get things right..
The importance of Sebastian Rudy in Hoffenheim’s Build-Up
Sebastian Rudy has unquestionably been one of the key driving forces behind Hoffenheim’s excellent Bundesliga campaign so far under budding young manager Julian Nagelsmann. And in his side’s domineering 5-2 win against Ingolstadt on the weekend..
Alessandro Rossi: characteristics of a U19 top-scorer
Alessandro Rossi promises to continue the long tradition of Italian centre forwards who combine effort and substance. He hasn’t scored since 21 January, exactly one month ago, and yet he is still the top goalscorer in the Italian U19 Group A, and he has maintained an average of 1 goal..
Viktor Tsygankov: a young talent
The wings of the old days are no more, the ones that dribbled and always created numerical superiority. Anyone who agrees with this statement has never seen Viktor Tsygankov at work. The Dinamo Kiev nineteen year-old has already shown his skills in this part of the season and in Champions League on the team coached by Serhij Rebrov..
Yeferson Soteldo: great dribbling skills, balance and control
Yeferson Soteldo, right or left wing for Zamora, born in 1997, already with playing time on the Venezuelan national team in the match against Colombia that qualified them for the World Cup in Russia. Nimble in short sprints, but with good stamina, excellent ball handling skills even in the spaces, maintaining remarkable control of the ball..
Ante Ćorić: Ball control, through passes and dribbling
His time has come!!! At eleven years of age Ante Ćorić tried out for Chelsea and Bayern Munich and both teams would have been happy to have him in their youth line up, but he surprised everyone by deciding to transfer to Red Bull Salzburg. Now Napoli, Fiorentina, Milan, Liverpool and other European superpowers seem to be taking an interest..
Nemanja Mihajlović: Speed, ball control and excellent resistance
Nemanja Mihajlović (born in Niš on 19 January 1996) is a Serbian footballer, a midfielder for Partizan Belgrade. He made his début on the Rad first team in the 2012-2013 season against Donji Srem Pećinci. He scored the first goal of his senior career against Borac Čačak. During the winter transfer window, Mihajlović was scouted by the French club AS Saint-Étienne.
Aïssa Mandi: A complete centre back
Aïssa Mandi (Châlons-en-Champagne, 21 October 1991) is an Algerian naturalised French footballer, defender for Reims, French Ligue 1 and the Algerian national team. He is a right footed centre back but he also adapts well with his left.
Hakim Ziyech: A real number 10
Hakim Ziyech, born in 1993, pure talent, already a technical point of reference on the Moroccan National team, as well as on Twente, quickly rose to idol status for fans of the Dutch team. Last year he ended his rookie season in a Tukkers jersey with 11 goals and the most assists of anyone in the entire league.
Youssef Ait Bennasser
This season, although playing in Ligue 2 with Nancy, Youssef Ait Bennasser has already managed to attract the interest of many big European clubs: 21 matches with 2 goals and 2 assists in 2014-15, this year he has already seen playing time in 21 matches and scored one goal.
Dawid Kownacki: A once-in-a-decade talent
At just 8 years of age he joined Lech Poznań, the club he still belongs to. In the Poznań team’s youth sector, Dawid demonstrated exceptionally consistent scoring. From the Under 15 to the Under 19, (with 5 goals in three games in Under 18), he quickly became an irreplaceable pivot point for all of the Polish youth selections.
Blas Riveros: Speed, technique and the will to succeed
Raised in a loving, but humble family, he began with Olimpia de Itauguá as a forward and after just six months he caught the eye of the Olimpia di Asunción youth manager who brought him into the under 14 team when he was just 12…
Marlos Moreno speed and versatility
Since Guardiola was announced, of 11 matches Manchester City has won only 3.
This Premier League derby did not have a clear leader in terms of quantity/quality. The similar average position of both blocks of the teams only changed a little when in the 2nd half Manchester United defended the result on their own half.