SCOUTED50: A definitive guide to the next generation
50 breakout talents to watch in the 2024/25 season.
Welcome, dear readers, to your SCOUTED50 for the 2024/25 season. We’re so glad to have you.
SCOUTED50 is our guide to scouting senior football this season. We are not trying to be prescriptive of predictive - think of it as a curated list of recommendations, by us, for you. We don’t believe ranking football players is useful for much other than having fun, but that doesn’t mean this collection is not a result of hundreds of hours of scouting. Just don’t take the final order too seriously.
To understand how we collated the list and ranked each player, please read the below blog. It will likely answer any quibbles. There’s an additional section at the end of this page for notable omissions, of which there are a few.
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Here are your 50 breakout players to watch this season.
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