10 most valuable U-21 players in Europe

Most Valuable U21 players Kingsley Coman
Kingsley Coman

9) Timo Werner - €35.6m

Most Valuable U21 players Timo Werner
Timo Werner

Everyone expected Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to top the Bundesliga table at the start of last season. RB Leipzig had other plans though.

The newly-promoted side played exceptional football to even top the table early in the season before Bayern did what they did best - string a run of victories and win the league. But Leipzig finished second - above a highly-fancied Dortmund side.

Leading the charge was young Timo Werner who turned 21 this summer. In 28 starts up front in Leipzig's unorthodox 4-2-2-2 formation, Werner scored 21 goals for the club in the Bundesliga.

A player who willing to press opponents to win the ball back and was also devastating on the counter-attack, he was their primary goalscoring threat. No other player managed to get into double figures for goals scored.

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