From the Busby Babes to Erik ten Hag\u2019s Ajacied and the Class of ’92, there have been some exceptional young sides to grace the beautiful game over the years.<\/b><\/p>\n
In more recent times the idea of taking to the field with a starting XI comprised entirely of young talent seems almost unimaginable. “You can\u2019t win anything with kids,” was the infamous cry from Alan Hansen in 1995.<\/p>\n
Indeed we\u2019ve seen some managers shun the chance to play the precocious prodigies staring them right in the face because the stakes are simply too high to risk blooding unpolished talent – just ask Tony Pulis about Serge Gnabry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The composition of youth and experience is a well-trodden tenet of modern-day management, but can success really be achieved without following this path? Could a squad made up entirely of young players defy expectation and attain the levels of eminence upheld by their more senior counterparts?<\/p>\n Well, we wanted to find out. And like most of life’s great mysteries, the answers can usually be found on Football Manager.<\/p>\n So, we put together a 25-man squad containing what we believe to be the best Under-21 players in Europe\u2019s top five leagues – managed by fresh-faced technocrat Julian Nagelsmann – and watched as Squawka’s wunderkinds attempted to take the continent by storm after we parachuted them into the Premier League<\/span> and Champions League.<\/p>\n Nagelsmann has done a pretty nifty job of guiding a youthful RB Leipzig to the Champions League semi-finals this season, where his side face PSG, but can he perform similar heroics with these young guns on Football Manager?<\/p>\n GK – Donnarumma Any changes? pic.twitter.com\/3iFBg3Gp6R<\/a><\/p>\n — Squawka (@Squawka) February 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
RB – Alexander-Arnold
CB – Upamecano
CB – De Ligt
LB – Hakimi
CM – Camavinga
CM – \u00d8degaard
CM – Havertz
RW – Sancho
LW – Mbapp\u00e9
ST – H\u00e5land<\/p>\n