Moukoko, Wirtz, Musiala, Raebiger are the super teenagers

First Youssoufa Moukoko, now Sidney Raebiger.

There is a kind of youth boom in the Bundesliga. More and more clubs rely on younger and younger players.

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No wonder. Having your own offspring is inexpensive and, at best, can be silvered after a few years – as the move of Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen to England, which costs up to 100 million euros, has shown.

A business model that makes sense, especially in the corona crisis.

The fact that after the child prodigy Moukoko the next teenager has made the leap to the pros with the 15-year-old Raebiger (Raebiger trains with the pros, but is not yet eligible to play for the first team until his 16th birthday) shows that not only Very good work is being done in the Borussia Dortmund youth center.

SPORT1 presents the ten greatest teenage talents in the Bundesliga:

Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen): He was the whiz kid of 2020 with the Werkself. At the age of 17, the U21 national player is already part of the regular staff and has extended his long-term contract until 2023. With two goals and five assists, Wirtz has played a key role in the good season so far in midfield and Leverkusen’s team can no longer be imagined without it.

Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund): During the first half of the season, the BVB prodigy became the youngest player in history in the Champions League and Bundesliga. The 16-year-old striker has already scored against Union Berlin and has been the House of Lords’ youngest goalscorer ever since. The hype surrounding the native Cameroonian is huge!

Bright Arrey-Mbi (FC Bayern): Against Atlético Madrid, the 17-year-old German-Englishman was in the Champions League completely surprising as a left-back in the starting line-up. It was the professional debut of the central defender, who is already a permanent member of the reserve team in the 3rd division. Is he the heir to David Alaba?

Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern): The football world is crazy about the 17 year old midfielder. Three nations had hopes that he would appear for their respective national team. Nigeria has already canceled Musiala. Now England and Germany remain in the raffle. Its dribbling strength is particularly outstanding.

Luca Netz (Hertha BSC Berlin): The young hopes of the capital city have already won their first major award. In August 2020, the 17-year-old left-back was awarded the Fritz Walter Medal in bronze as one of the greatest German talents in the U17. In his year he only had to give way to Florian Wirtz and Thorben Rhein (FC Bayern). Netz recently made his Bundesliga debut in a 3-0 win against FC Schalke. He usually plays for the second team in the regional league.

Juan Cabrera (FC Schalke): The royal blue rough diamond lived in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina before it arrived in Germany. In his home country Uruguay, Cabrera is not only called “El Forlán del Schalke 04” because of his hairstyle. At the age of 17, the playmaker scored three times in four games in the interrupted season of the U19 Bundesliga. He can drive and lock himself cold. Will he continue the ranks of the Knappenschmieden stars after Leroy Sané and Leon Goretzka?

Emrehan Gedikli (Bayer Leverkusen): Trainer Peter Bosz is a great supporter of the Oberhausen native. At 17, Gedikli is actually still at home in the U19 Bundesliga, but has already been able to sniff professional air three times in the Europa League. The midfielder was also in the squad several times in the Bundesliga. Gedikli is still waiting for his debut.

Sidney Raebiger (RB Leipzig): Does Leipzig have a new child prodigy? RB coach Julian Nagelsmann has now pulled up the 15-year-old exceptional talent. The central middle player can now gain experience with the stars of Saxony. The German is only allowed to play in the Bundesliga from April 16. Then he will be 16 years old. Raebiger recently jumped two age groups and was already part of the U17 at the age of 14. He didn’t care. Raebiger still excelled among the significantly older ones.

Malick Sanogo (Union Berlin): Scoring goals is in his genes! His father Boubacar Sanogo was a successful striker at Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV for many years. The 16-year-old son of the ex-professional, who has a US passport, has great qualities. In the U17 Bundesliga, he scored a whopping six goals in four games before the Corona break.

Keke Topp (Werder Bremen): Will he be Werder’s storm leader of the future? At the age of 16, Topp is a guarantee for goals in the U17 Bundesliga and has scored five times in five games. He was also in the U15 national team before the general cancellation of the youth internationals due to the corona pandemic. He celebrated his first goal with the eagle on his chest in the friendly against Austria (2: 1) in summer 2019.

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