Carl Worswick

Next Generation 2025: 60 of the best young talents in world football From PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye to Brazil’s next hope, we select some of the most talented players born in 2008. Check the progress of our classes of 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 … and go even further back. Here’s our Premier League class of 2025 Continue reading...

Next Generation 2025: 60 of the best young talents in world football

Wirtz, Durán and different career paths: what happened to Next Generation 2020? We look at how the 80 players we picked five years ago have been faring for club and country Five years ago the Covid-19 pandemic was spreading, causing untold pain – mental and physical – that we are still feeling the effects of. Football, like every other aspect of life, was affected and stopped for a period of time. Players, coaches and staff had their lives turned upside down. Career paths were inevitably changed. What kind of an impact would a fit Trent Alexander-Arnold have had at Euro 2020 if it had been played that year? As it turned out he injured himself just before the postponed tournament in 2021 and had to withdraw from the England squad. Continue reading...

Wirtz, Durán and different career paths: what happened to Next Generation 2020?

Another Bogotá clásico at Campín.

Millonarios need a win to go into the last semi-final group game on top. Falcao starts.

Santa Fe already out of the title race.

Colombia manager Néstor Lorenzo has come to watch.