Arsenal? Chelsea? Man City? Which clubs have most valuable teens?
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The Premier League's teenage sensations are making headlines after Max Dowman's starring display for Arsenal and JJ Gabriel's revelation that he wants to leave Manchester United.Dowman, 16, scored twice in Arsenal's Carabao Cup win over Ipswich, only hours after 15-year-old Gabriel had stunned Manchester United with his request to cancel his registration at the club. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Datawrapper cookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso says Estevao has a big future at Chelsea Liverpool's 18-year-old winger Rio Ngumoha also features among the top 10, with the same Transfermarkt value as Dowman at £25.7m, along with Manchester United's Ayden Heaven, 19, and Aston Vila's Ibrahim Mbaye, 18.The only five other teenagers with Transfermarkt values of over £20m are Brighton's Charalampos Kostoulas, Fulham's Josh King, Hull's Christos Mouzakitis, Liverpool's Giovanni Leoni and Sunderland's Chris Rigg.Arsenal's homegrown edgeBouaddi and Estevao account for over half of Manchester City and Chelsea's total teenage values having been signed from Lille and Palmeiras at considerable expense, but Arsenal seemingly have an edge when it comes to generating value from their academy.In addition to Lewis-Skelly, Dowman and the on-loan Nwaneri, all of whom are graduates of the club's Hale End youth system, the Gunners have 17-year-old defender Marli Salmon. His Transfermarkt value of £4.3m makes him the third-most valuable 17-year-old in the Premier League behind only Manchester City's Jeremy Monga and Aston Villa's Brian Madjo, both of whom were signed from other clubs in the summer.Among the Premier League's 20 most valuable teenagers, according to Transfermarkt, the only players beyond Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri and Dowman who came through the youth ranks at their current clubs are Fulham's King, Sunderland's Rigg and Tottenham winger Mikey Moore, who is on loan at Koln.Heaven, who joined Manchester United from Arsenal last year, is another graduate of Hale End, further underlining the strength of the Gunners' production line.Merson: Young stars need patienceSpeaking on Sky Sports News, Paul Merson highlighted the importance of patience, specifically in the cases of Arsenal's Dowman and Manchester United's Gabriel."He's going past players like they're not there, like he's playing in his own age group," Merson said on Dowman."The first goal on Tuesday, the way he throws the dummy, leaves the defender on his backside and scores.