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I'm sure all the clubs know all there is to know about 99% of the players participating in France this summer, but I thought it would be of interest to highlight any new talent that you spot during the tournament that we may not already be familiar with and that may be a potential star of the future or signing for you club this summer.

This isn't the place to point out that Ronaldo would be perfect for your team!!! This is for the ones to watch that we may not have already seen a great deal of.

I'll be keeping an eye on some players that have been linked with Utd (the list is many) that we possibly haven't seen much of, such as Krychowiak of Poland, Mario & Gomes of Portugal (with a passing interest in Sanches) as well as the obvious big name candidates.

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Will be paying particular interest in some of the potential candidates for the Young Player of the Tournament award (eligible to all players born on or after 1 January 1994).

As well as the candidates we are already well familiar with, such as Anthony Martial, Dele Alli and Marcus Rashford, I'm looking forward to seeing more of France's Kingsley Coman, Germany's Leroy Sané, Poland's Arkadiusz Milik, Hakan Çalhanoğlu of Turkey and (if he gets much playing time) Portugal's Renato Sanches.

The following are all eligible:

Albania
Elseid Hysaj

Austria
Marcel Sabitzer
Alessandro Schöpf

Belgium

Jason Denayer
Jordan Lukaku
Divock Origi

Croatia
Tin Jedvaj
Ante Ćorić
Mateo Kovačić
Marko Rog
Marko Pjaca

Czech Republic
None

England
John Stones
Dele Alli
Eric Dier
Raheem Sterling
Marcus Rashford

France
Kingsley Coman
Anthony Martial

Germany
Joshua Kimmich
Emre Can
Leroy Sané
Julian Weigl

Hungary
Barnabás Bese
László Kleinheisler
Ádám Nagy

Iceland
Hjörtur Hermannsson

Italy
Federico Bernardeschi

Northern Ireland
Luke McCullough
Paddy McNair

Poland

Bartosz Kapustka
Karol Linetty
Piotr Zieliński
Arkadiusz Milik
Mariusz Stępiński

Portugal
Renato Sanches

Republic of Ireland
None

Romania
Steliano Filip

Russia
Aleksandr Golovin

Slovakia
Milan Škriniar
Ondrej Duda

Spain
Héctor Bellerín

Sweden
Ludwig Augustinsson
Victor Lindelöf

Switzerland
Nico Elvedi
Denis Zakaria
Breel Embolo
Shani Tarashaj

Turkey
Ahmet Çalık
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
Ozan Tufan
Emre Mor

Ukraine
Viktor Kovalenko
Olexandr Zinchenko

Wales
George Williams

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There's a lot of potential there that experience suggests will never be fulfilled. :wink:

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Yup, but as Paul Calf once said, in every bag of shite there's a speck of gold!!!

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Your Irish analysis is spot on. Expecting a few years out in the cold. This will be our last tango in Paris for a while.

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Ones to watch from the BBC, if they get a chance of course:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36469608

Ante Coric, Croatia - 'The Croatian Messi'
Emre Mor, Turkey - 'The Turkish Messi'
Ludwig Augustinsson, Sweden - er, left-back
Arkadiusz Milik, Poland - 'The next Lewandowski'
Danilo Pereira, Portugal - the one keeping Renato Sanches out of the team
Breel Embolo, Switzerland - Striker
Michy Batshuayi, Belgium - 'Batsman'
Bartosz Kapustka, Poland - Attacking midfielder/winger
Renato Sanches, Portugal - see above
Kingsley Coman, France - 'The King'
Victor Lindelof, Sweden - 'The Iceman'
Aleksandr Golovin, Russia - 'The Russian Ronaldo'

Let's see how many of them actually do anything of note...

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Still catching up after a weekend away but just watched the Poland v NI game (highlights) and Poland players Milik, Krychowiak and in particular Kapustka caught the eye as top talents for the future.

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Anyone dubbed the new/<insert nationality> Messi/Ronaldo etc. almost invariably turns out to be shite, and the nickname sticks in an ironic sense...

So many players are signed on the basis of a good tournament, and it might indicate big match temperament, but clubs are best off identifying the right players from a greater weight of evidence beforehand, and hoping they don't catch the eye so much it adds £10m to their price tag!

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Yep, need to be careful we're not looking at the new Thomas Brolin or Karel Poborski, but I'd wager the above three will do alright in the next couple of years.

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Despite the result I was impressed by Guerreiro and Gomes of Portugal last night - Danilo also did himself no harm and I can see why he is keeping Sanches out of the side.

Candreva of Italy also caught the eye, although I did already know a little more about him already.

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So, the players that have impressed me the most so far (and thus most likely to be in the running for player of the tournament IMO) after two games are:

Payet
Iniesta
Nolito
Modric
Perisic
Rakitic
Kroos
Bale
Ramsay
Hamsik
Krychowiak
Guerreiro
Gomes
Candreva
and, err, Rooney (from an England POV anyway, along with Dier and Walker :shock: )!

Some obvious, some less so. What is disappointing is how many big stars haven't turned up yet; nor have too many of the above youngsters been able to make their mark.

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Looks like I'll be adding Renato Sanches to this list then...

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thebillfella wrote:Yup, but as Paul Calf once said, in every bag of shite there's a speck of gold!!!
So, of all the Young Player of the Tournament candidates there was indeed (IMO) only one or three specks of gold!

Milik of Poland looks lively in parts but was a bit wasteful in front of goal - it's clear he has the potential to kick on as a long term replacement for Lewandowski though. Kapustka did ok early on as well for the Poles but faded as the tournament progressed. Kimmich has also looked pretty accomplished for the Germans if unlikely to catch the eye in the roles he has played.

However, the only one out of the list above that I thought really introduced himself (albeit with only one start to date) was Renato Sanches - how he hasn't been starting every game for Portugal is beyond me. A top performance against Wales and a final appearance should be enough in my opinion to secure him the Young Player of the Tournament award.

Of the main Player of the Tournament candidates, Payet and Bale have probably been the standout candidates for me with Griezmann, Ramsey, Pogba, Perisic and Krychowiak also impressing. This tournament has been more about the defences though and both Chiellini and Bonucci in particular for me showed their class / know-how along with Boateng and keepers Neuer and De Gea.

Player of the Tournament - at this stage probably Payet but a lot can change in the semis and final subject to the results.

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And there you have it. One game and all of a sudden Griezmann is now probably the front runner for POTT! Small margins and short memories...

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I must admit i've found these Euro's tedious and drawn out. A distinct lack of goals and quality sides strung out over far too long a time.

I much preferred the previous format of 16 teams with good matches that meant something pretty much from the off.

Griezmann has become the most notable player in a competition notable for its lack of them.

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It's really shown up the lack of genuine goalscoring strikers around. There's been some good goals and great moments but it's been lacking in real classic matches.

The "new" teams have provided a lot of the highlights though - Wales, Iceland, Hungary, the two Irish sides. The usual favourites have been somewhat lacking in front of goal particularly, and set pieces have been poor, though the quality of defending seems higher than we've seen in a while. They won't be going back to 16 teams anyway, though 32 could be on the cards before long...

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forestfan wrote:It's really shown up the lack of genuine goalscoring strikers around. There's been some good goals and great moments but it's been lacking in real classic matches.

The "new" teams have provided a lot of the highlights though - Wales, Iceland, Hungary, the two Irish sides. The usual favourites have been somewhat lacking in front of goal particularly, and set pieces have been poor, though the quality of defending seems higher than we've seen in a while. They won't be going back to 16 teams anyway, though 32 could be on the cards before long...

Agree, there's no way back to the best format.

Cricket had a similar problem in 2007 with their World Cup format being increased to 16 teams.

(It was found to be far too long and over bloated, and although shocks did occur with minnows Ireland and unfancied Sri Lanka doing well - the format was deemed a real failure.)

In 2011 and 2015 they went back to less teams and it completely revitalised the competition.

EUFA might do well to revisit the decision to increase too, after all Platini's gone now

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There's no way they will pull the plug on the likes of Iceland now... the tournament will never reduce again in terms of number of teams, but there's an argument for changing the format, even if the third place permutations were quite interesting!

Possibilities:
Scrap the last 16 round, just the six group winners get through automatically, with the best two runners-up joining them or some sort of play-off system between the second placed sides.
Four groups of six, with top two qualifying from each - a lot of games though, and potentially a lot of dead rubbers.
Some sort of second group stage as per 1982 World Cup
Increase to 32 straight away, and just follow the current World Cup format!

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forestfan wrote:There's no way they will pull the plug on the likes of Iceland now... the tournament will never reduce again in terms of number of teams, but there's an argument for changing the format, even if the third place permutations were quite interesting!

Possibilities:
Scrap the last 16 round, just the six group winners get through automatically, with the best two runners-up joining them or some sort of play-off system between the second placed sides.
Four groups of six, with top two qualifying from each - a lot of games though, and potentially a lot of dead rubbers.
Some sort of second group stage as per 1982 World Cup
Increase to 32 straight away, and just follow the current World Cup format!
Yes i'm afraid we're stuck with an over bloated finals with only other equally inferior formats as options, they've ruined what they had, an enjoyable really competitive competition where every match meant something and just the right length too.

It used to be my favourite tournament finals but it's now just another gone for quantity over quality and tedium over excitement.

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Dull boring tournament getting a final that so typifies what's gone before.

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The tournament where the art of defending was rediscovered?

Portugal winning on penalties would sum it up, they're just a more talented version of Greece 2004. Finals are nearly always dull anyway, whether club or international, unless there's early goals nobody wants to take any chances.

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forestfan wrote:The tournament where the art of defending was rediscovered?

Portugal winning on penalties would sum it up, they're just a more talented version of Greece 2004. Finals are nearly always dull anyway, whether club or international, unless there's early goals nobody wants to take any chances.
Ronaldo off so early just the icing on the cake of a truly forgettable final in possibly the dullest tournament I can remember.

The increased number and change of format may not be to blame of course but then, just maybe, it hasn't helped.

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My man of the match :- the Portuguese manager Ronaldo.

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And a Swansea reject wins it for Portugal.

Seems barely deserved that a team who won one game out of seven in normal time can win it, they benefited from a lopsided draw as well, but that's knockout football for you, they defended well throughout apart from the Hungary game which they had to chase. France just didn't get going tonight - the Germany game seemed like their final and tonight was a game too far. They're a young side though, other than the full-backs, and should be among the favourites for the World Cup.

Despite his injury, Ronaldo has an international trophy to his name. Still want to throw in the towel when you've got two more World Cups in the tank, Lionel? :wink:

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liquidfootball2 wrote:I must admit i've found these Euro's tedious and drawn out. A distinct lack of goals and quality sides strung out over far too long a time.

I much preferred the previous format of 16 teams with good matches that meant something pretty much from the off.

Griezmann has become the most notable player in a competition notable for its lack of them.
Have to agree. I always tended to think that it was harder to win the Euros than the World Cup due to the fact there was no token gesture cannon fodder in the Euros unlike the WC. But to counter that there doesn't seem to be many world class talents in European teams atm.

Equally, the current format with 3rd place qualifiers meant teams didn't need to go for it in the group stages at any point - one win or 3 draws and you were through to the next round. I think it's unlikely they'll reduce the numbers back as there is an extra set on games and thus extra TV revenue - the turkeys aren't going to vote for Christmas on this one. May be better therefore to just go to 32 with top 2 only going through - but what sort of cannon fodder would this open the finals up to (and conversely would this make qualifying a bit of a nonsense?).

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So, as thought Griezmann with Player of the Tournament and Sanches Young Player of the Tournament - in a tournament with very few stand out candidates it doesn't surprise in the slightest that these two come out on top.

Sanches edged out France winger Kingsley Coman, and Portugal team-mate Raphael Guerreiro. Not sure who Griezmann edged out but you have to assume Payet was right up there.

The team of the tournament is as follows (4-2-3-1): Rui Patrício (Portugal); Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Jérôme Boateng (Germany), Pepe (Portugal), Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal); Toni Kroos (Germany), Joe Allen (Wales); Antoine Griezmann (France), Aaron Ramsey (Wales), Dimitri Payet (France); Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).

A little surprised Bale and Perisic didn't make the team to be honest - I would have these two in above Kimmich and Allen with an obvious change in formation to suit (3-4-3 say). Also think that Hector is a little unlucky to miss out, and not convinced that Patricio was the best keeper.

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thebillfella wrote:So, as thought Griezmann with Player of the Tournament and Sanches Young Player of the Tournament - in a tournament with very few stand out candidates it doesn't surprise in the slightest that these two come out on top.

Sanches edged out France winger Kingsley Coman, and Portugal team-mate Raphael Guerreiro. Not sure who Griezmann edged out but you have to assume Payet was right up there.

The team of the tournament is as follows (4-2-3-1): Rui Patrício (Portugal); Joshua Kimmich (Germany), Jérôme Boateng (Germany), Pepe (Portugal), Raphaël Guerreiro (Portugal); Toni Kroos (Germany), Joe Allen (Wales); Antoine Griezmann (France), Aaron Ramsey (Wales), Dimitri Payet (France); Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).

A little surprised Bale and Perisic didn't make the team to be honest - I would have these two in above Kimmich and Allen with an obvious change in formation to suit (3-4-3 say). Also think that Hector is a little unlucky to miss out, and not convinced that Patricio was the best keeper.
Means not much really anyway - for me Italy where probably the best team in it, followed by Germany and then France but one-off matches and knockout football often means the best team doesn't win, especially if they all end up in one side of the draw.

Best to think of the whole tournament as one ever so long bad dream and forget about it.

If the next Euros is to stay with this format (or even expand further to 32) then I think i can easily wait four, eight or even twenty years for it quite comfortably.

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UEFA coaching ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson said: "After quite a bit of deliberation, the observers chose a team that features the best performing players from the best performing teams at UEFA EURO 2016. We have chosen dominant central defenders; full-backs who can defend and attack; deep-lying midfielders who can control the game and dynamic, flexible and creative attackers, all of whom have the ability to create and score goals. We believe that the selected XI represents the best of the competition."

The bit in bold is probably the reason the likes of Perisic and Krychowiak missed out despite IMO performing better than the candidates that took their places (Allen and Kroos say). How did Bonucci not get in?!!

Also, looks like they were a little flexible with the criteria for Young Player of the Tournament when choosing runner up Raphael Guerreiro, who was born December 22, 1993 (age 22)!!!

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