Colombia: Mateus Uribe (Club America)
The midfielder’s fine form in Mexico has alerted Sevilla and Southampton while Real Madrid were also credited with an interest in the 27-year-old deep-lying passer.
Japan: Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
The 23-year-old centre-half has plenty of J-League experience but only three caps following his debut at the end of last year. Ueda, a 6’1″ former taekwondo champion, certainly has the physical presence to compete in bigger leagues.
Poland: Piotr Zielinski (Napoli)
‘The new Kevin De Bruyne’, according to Maurizio Sarri, is comfortable at Napoli but the 24-year-old prospect is attracting the interest of Europe’s most prestigious clubs and biggest spenders. Liverpool had an £11.5million bid rejected by Udinese in 2016. Anyone wanting Zielinski now will have to pay at least five times that figure.
Senegal: Ismaila Sarr (Rennes)
The 20-year-old graduated from the same academy in Senegal as Sadio Mane and that isn’t where the similarities between the attackers stop. Sarr claims he had an offer from Barcelona last year “but leaving Metz to join them was too early”. A year later, in which time he’s netted five goals and five assists, Rennes could make a quick profit on their £15million investment.