Talent Scout

Italo-Argentinian footballer Fernando Martín Forestieri only turned 18 at the turn of the year, and he is a name on many peoples lips in the Italian Peninsula.

I have a trio of talent for you to look into and they consist of a Burkinabe, Italian, and a Chilean. Some of the players may be known already, but if you have not heard of them before then now is a good time to scout them!

Germany (and also formerly East & West Germany) have produced some talented midfielders over the years. Names such as Andreas Brehme, Thomas Häßler, Andreas Möller, and Wolfgang Overath are only a few names from a countless list. So who is the next young German midfielder who could one day end up on that list?

With the Russian season now underway, I thought it would be appropriate to mention a very talented young player, and one that is also a bargain buy.

One of the most promising Italian youngsters in Serie A is Sebastian Giovinco, and this has undoubtly lead to him being considered the heir to Alessandro Del Piero.

The geographical area of Scandinavia consists of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. However, people often include the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands when talking about the region.

Both, Czechoslovakia, and now the Czech national team, have proud records in the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.

The Balkans have produced some memorable players over the years in Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki, Predrag Mijatović to name but a few. Most recently players like Luka Modrić, Vedran Ćorluka, Goran Pandev, Dejan Stanković to name but a few have emerged from the region.

With transfer fees becoming increasingly extravagent, more and more clubs are starting to turn to the stars of tomorrow.

There is now nothing more valuable than owning the next ‘wonderkid’ as clubs send their scouts scouring the corners of the globe for these rare gems. And that is not the end of it, as like a rare gem, these ‘wonderkid’ needs to be polished and nurtured before they are ready for the world stage.

The Italian peninsula is renowned for producing some of the best defenders in the world, and you only have to look at names like Giacinto Facchetti, Claudio Gentile, Franco Baresi, Ciro Ferrara, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Nesta, and Fabio Cannavaro to see this.

A young Italian hailing from from the city of Monza, in Lombardy, has been tipped for future greatness, and his name is Luca Antonelli.