"French football has the best young players in the world. This is the element most notable of this championship. And the best teams in the world will buy 15 players under 25 years of this championship, if not more. Some may already be sold at present "... The Football Observatory of the International Center for Sports Studies ( CIES ), affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, has just published a report on the best players under 23 in the 5 major European leagues, ordered by mail but also according to various parameters (playing time, rigor, recovery, finishing, distribution, percussion and endangered) measured by the Opta Index.
And it is clear that the L1 is very well represented. Thus, the championship of France for a central defender (Marquinhos, Paris SG) and four side (layvin kurzawa, AS Monaco, Djibril Sidibé, Lille, Jordan Amavi, Nice, Fabinho, AS Monaco) among the very best. But it is among the defensive midfielders that residents of L1 impress with 8 players on the top 15. Marco Verratti (Paris SG) is considered the most efficient. The Italian also appreciate the fact that we give chances to youth in France. "In Italy, young people lack confidence. Here in France, or even Germany, where the focus is on a young, you do it by accepting his mistakes " , he told the Corriere dello Sport on Tuesday. We then find players like Geoffrey Kondogbia (AS Monaco), Giannelli Imbula (Olympique de Marseille), Bryan Dabo (Montpellier), Jordan Ferri and Corentin Tolisso (Olympique Lyonnais) or Raffidine Abdullah (Lorient) and Jordan Veretout (FC Nantes ).
