The 491st CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the U25 players who are sportingly most deserving of a senior international debut. The rankings have been established based on a performance index* specifically designed by our research team using Wyscout data. They include the ten players with the highest performance ratings from 50 nations around the world.
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For the top nations, the following U25 non-full international players are considered most deserving: Santiago Hezze (Olympiacos, Argentina), Jarne Steuckers (Genk, Belgium), Murillo (Nottingham Forest, Brazil), Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest, England), Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Francort, France), Nico González (Manchester City, Spain), Yann Aurel Bisseck (Inter, Germany) and Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta, Italy).
For all the players listed, the Post also presents the estimated transfer value according to the statistical model of the CIES Football Observatory, based on the assumption of an international debut. In this case, the five highest values were recorded for Jamie Gittens (England, €74.2 million), Désiré Doué (France, €62.9 million), Santiago Castro (Argentina, €60.5 million), Archie Gray (England, €56.6 million) and Dean Huijsen (Spain, €51.2 million)
* The index is based on the playing time of the players in the last year, the sporting level of the matches played and the performance of the players in six areas of the game (method here).
The data for each national team player can be found here.
