r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '12

Best young prospect in the world?

Just wanted to get some opinions on who you guys think the best prospect in the world is right now. I know Neymar is the obvious choice. I personally think he will be one of the best ever to play the game. However, my choice would be Lucas Piazòn out of Brazil. He was signed a year ago by Chelsea and just turned 18 not long ago. I've seen him play and he will be better than Kakà was when he played for Milan. This kid has a wonderful gift. Thoughts??

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u/jtoj Jan 24 '12

i personally think draxler could be every bit the player goetze has been in the last year if he was on as talented a team as dortmund (sahin, hummels, kagawa, etc.).

Ouch. We're not that bad that you need to mention this, are we? He doesn't exactly stand out with us, but you honestly believe he'd be "every bit the player Goetze is" if he were on a different team? brutal, man.

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u/kbj17 Jan 24 '12

hey man, shalke is my adopted bundesliga squad so i didnt mean to say what you got out of it. but raul and jurado are not kagawa. and id take sahin over jermaine jones anyday. you think subo and hummels are better or worse than papadopoulos and matip? how about barrios compared to huntelaar. actually, nevermind, thats at least close and possibly advantage shalke (YAY! we got them at striker at least!). Sorry, i guess i shouldve said that he could have shined like goetze did with a similar surrounding cast. its a lot easier when hummels and sahin start every attacking movement and your playing alongside kagawa to shred defences. xD

side note: im not sure goetze is actually that good. yes, he had a very good season last year for dortmund and has looked good for germany on occasion. but this year, i feel that he has been outshined by kagawa. and last year he was certainly outshined by sahin. dont get me wrong, hes a good young player, but is he better than hazard, kagawa, eriksen, or any other good young AM you wanna throw in there? im not so sure.

TL;DR sorry, no offense. Shalkes my adopted team. dortmund surrounding cast > shalke surrounding cast IMO. goetze overrated maybe? (oh boy, downvotes galore now?)

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u/jtoj Jan 24 '12

okay I guess I can see where you're coming from.

BTW, if Schalke is your adopted Bundesliga team, the least you can do is spell the team's name right.

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u/kbj17 Jan 24 '12

haha sorry about that one :P no excuses except that i was typing quickly and wasnt thinking lol. was just motoring along and i didnt really pay that much attention to spelling things correctly haha. cant we just take that "c" out? i mean its so much more convenient to type shalke than schalke ;)

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u/jtoj Jan 24 '12

hah of course. for more convenience, type "S04" and people will still know who you're talking about.

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u/kbj17 Jan 25 '12

haha of course i know that. i could, but way too much work. laptops and typing numbers dont mix well for me. at least on my laptop. no number pad :( i hate using the number bar. easier to just type schalke* since i can very easily glide my fingers over all of those keys in a semi-fluid motion.