Premier League: 3 of the most exciting youngsters to watch out for

The new Premier League season is not far away and the clubs are getting ready for a whole new campaign with new challenges and new possibilities. At the highest level, there are no excuses and players will be giving it their best to stay in the limelight.

Meanwhile, a raft of heavily talented youngsters could make their way into the senior team after establishing themselves in the youth circuit. The footballers of tomorrow are carefully groomed and measuredly afforded chances so as to ensure optimum output.

Anyway, without further ado, let’s dive right in and look at 3 of the most exciting youngsters to keep an eye out for in the Premier League:

#3 Xavier Amaechi – Arsenal

Arsenal’s troubles on the wing might just get addressed over the next season and that could possibly be because of a 17-year-old kid who goes by the name of Xavier Amaechi. A left-footed winger who can play down the left flank just as well as he can down the right, Amaechi is perhaps the most exciting prospect to come out of Arsenal’s youth system in the recent past.

Amaechi was so impressive in the youth circuit last season that after starting out for the under 18s, he was given a promotion to ply his trade for the under 23s in the latter half of the season.

In the 20 games he played across various age levels, Amaechi scored 7 and assisted a further 4.




Amaechi is now a part of the England u-17 international team as well. With electric pace and skill and vision to match it, Amaechi could just break into the limelight and stay like he belongs there.

#2 Callum Hudson-Odoi – Chelsea

Having already made a name for himself as one of the brightest prospects to come out of Chelsea’s youth system in a while (and that’s saying a lot), Callum Hudson-Odoi has already received three caps for the senior team.

Callum Hudson-Odoi has played across all the youth age levels for Chelsea and is an important figure for the England international youth sides as well. You might remember him as the kid who assisted 2 of England’s goals against Spain in the u-17 World Cup.

Hudson-Odoi is fast with the ball at his feet, has great control and strength to hold off opponents and can finish with aplomb too.




Maurizio Sarri will definitely be tempted to give him a few chances and it is almost certain that the youngster will impress.

Jody Morris, Chelsea’s former u-18 manager said this about the Englishman,

“He’s still got a lot to do.”

“He’ll get a lot of plaudits because he showed in glimpses that he’s got real, real quality, but he also showed in other glimpses that he needs to mature, to follow instructions.”

#1 Ryan Sessegnon – Fulham

It’s not really fair to call Ryan Sessegnon an exciting youngster anymore. The kid, at 18-years-old, is one of the most important cogs of the Fulham system and has already garnered the interest of several Premier League giants.




Sessegnon, like Gareth Bale, started out as a left-back. However, he has now fully grown into the left wing position and is an out-and-out attacker who scores and creates pretty consistently for a player his age.

Sessegnon was quite a revelation at Craven Cottage as he buoyed the team towards promotion and helped seal it with an impressive showing in the playoffs where he assisted a goal that helped them seal victory in the final.

Ryan Sessegnon also became the first player outside the Premier League to be nominated for PFA Young Player of the Season award. Now a part of the u-21 English squad, Sessegnon scored 16 goals and assisted 6 in his break out season with Fulham.