Italian website Tuttomercatoweb has named their top 40 young talents, with four Dutchmen named on the list.
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Dutchmen included where Chelsea defender Nathan Ake, PSV left back Jetro Willems, Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena, and Ajax’s Davy Klaassen.
The list which consists of 40 players aged 20 or younger also includes Ajax winger Viktor Fischer, who brings the Eredivisie total up to four.
Big names also featuring are PSG’s €35 million defender Marquinhos, Schalke’s Julian Draxler, Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, and Manchester United whizz-kid Adnan Januzaj.
The list has a total of eight French players, six Belgians, five Serbs, four Dutch, four Croatians, three Spaniards , two Ghanaian’s, two Danes, a Brazilian, a German, an Argentinean, an Italian, a Nigerian and Uruguayan.
France is also the country where most of the players named play, with Belgium featuring second on the list, while Schalke are the only German club, and England only have two players based in the Premiership.