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#3 Angel Gomes
While various members of England’s 2017 U17 World Cup winning side have gone on to appear in first team action over the last two seasons, a lot of them, even the more outstanding talents, are still struggling for minutes at their Premier League clubs. One such player is attacking midfielder Angel Gomes, who currently plays at Manchester United.
Gomes scored twice in the u17 World Cup and actually made his first team debut before the tournament, replacing Wayne Rooney in a May 2017 game against Crystal Palace. Just 16 at the time, he became United’s youngest debutant since the legendary Duncan Edwards. But since then, chances have been few and far between.
It’s hardly a surprise – Jose Mourinho, a man hardly renowned for his faith in youth, deployed Gomes just once in 2017/18 and while he’s since made his Premier League debut as a substitute under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Red Devils have now become a club which looks to buy top talent rather than nurture its prospects.
It’s unfortunate, given Gomes’s talents – talents which have earned him lofty comparisons to Brazilian legend Ronaldinho as well as a United homegrown hero in Paul Scholes. He’s clearly got top potential – and if he won’t be given the chance to live up to that potential at Old Trafford, then Gomes could do much worse than a move to the Bundesliga – where young talents are given much more of a chance.
