The 18 Serie A wonderkids your club should sign this month: Man United's next star, the midfielder on Liverpool's radar and record-breaking Milan jewel who needs to be set free
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When Premier League clubs search for young talent in France, Portugal, Spain or Germany, they are spoiled for choice. Clubs who fail to shop well in those markets need to take a long, hard look at the quality of their recruitment staff and scouting structures.
![[Giorgio Scalvini can become one of the finest defenders in the world during the next decade]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/13/12/92021609-14077255-image-a-100_1731500912753.jpg)
This is not the case in Italy. For too many Serie A clubs, young talent is about as welcome as a few slices of pineapple on their traditional Sunday night pizza. There are many excellent sporting directors in Italian football but their brief is usually deal-making, not developing. Many Serie A coaches do not last the season and some clubs make more than one change in the dugout across the campaign. It is hardly the environment for young players to thrive.
![[Torino central midfielder Samuele Ricci is helping the Italian national team turn a corner]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/13/11/92021197-14077255-image-a-62_1731497978822.jpg)
But the talent is there. Italy won the European Under 17 title last summer and the Under 19 crown the previous year. They were Under 20 runners-up in 2023 and lost in the Under 19 final last year. Juventus, Roma and Atalanta recruit well at youth level and AC Milan are catching up, too. The combined average age across the 11th round of matches in Serie A this season was 26.7, so perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel.
![[Georgian centre back Saba Goglichidze is a top tackler but remains a work in progress]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/13/11/92021217-14077255-image-a-63_1731498021026.jpg)
Here Mail Sport examines 20 top talents aged 23 and under who Premier League clubs should be tracking - and which ones are the best fits. Juventus youngsters Vasilije Adzic and Kenan Yildiz are among wonderkids to keep an eye on. Giorgio Scalvini can become one of the finest defenders in the world during the next decade.
![[Morten Frendrup, left, pops up everywhere and helps out team-mates with his defensive work]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/13/11/92021263-14077255-image-a-64_1731498061845.jpg)
