FC Bayern’s Copado & Co.: This is how the players in the 2021 talent calendar developed

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Hugo Félix continues to follow in the footsteps of his famous brother João at Benfica. The attacking talent, who is now a U19 international, won the UEFA Youth League with the Lisbon team last season. Hugo Félix, who has been promoted to the Under-23s, extended his contract with Benfica until 2027 in October and his leap to the first team is expected in the near future.

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After his early Serie A debut with Parma at AC Milan, Chaka Traorè is still waiting for his big breakthrough, but impresses with his goalscoring skills in the U19s – so much so that head coach Stefano Pioli has already been asked about a possible professional debut. The 57-year-old indicated that he was following Traorè’s development with interest.

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For Mikayil Faye, the dream of moving to Europe has not yet come true. Diambars FC did not go to partner club Olympique Marseille as expected, a change of agent caused displeasure on all sides. Instead, Faye trained at Dinamo Zagreb in the summer and has also been linked with Stade Reims, but never signed. Faye has been hanging in the air without match practice since then.

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For Julen Jon Guerrero, the path towards professional football continues at Real Madrid. He is now being looked after by consultant Pini Zahavi, Guerrero decided after a long back and forth in the summer for the “royal”. Athletic Bilbao, of all places, where father Julen Guerrero rose to become a club legend and cult figure, had tried to attract the midfield talent – but without success.

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Himanshu Jangra finally made it to the Indian Super League. Having previously been prevented from moving to India’s premier league, it finally worked out on loan to East Bengal FC in August, although the youth international has only made brief appearances there so far.

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Ajani Burchall has not had such a good year. The 18-year-old from Bermuda is suffering from bad luck with injuries. The attacker was only able to return to the pitch for a few games in Aston Villa’s youth team in April, followed by knee surgery in the summer, which put Burchall out of action for the entire 2022/23 season.

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Marselino Ferdinan continues his rise in Indonesia. He made his senior international debut in January aged 17 and four months, and won bronze with the U23s at the Southeast Asian Games in May. Ferdinan continues at Persebaya and has been recognized as the best young professional in Liga 1 Indonesia.

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Amourricho van Axel Dongen’s rise at Ajax Amsterdam was stopped abruptly. Shortly after making his professional debut last December, the offensive talent suffered an ankle injury and the season ended prematurely. And in the 2022/23 season, too, van Axel Dongen, who most recently led the Ajax reserve on the field as captain, has had to sit out since September with a syndesmosis ligament tear.

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Maro Katinic signed his first professional contract with Dinamo Zagreb in June, but the defensive talent is still awaiting his first nomination for the matchday squad. That’s how long Katinic has to recommend himself to the Croatian juniors, where he’s in the U19s.

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Liam Chipperfield has been part of FC Basel’s professional squad since the beginning of the year, but the Swiss junior international, who mostly plays in the U21s in the 3rd division, has not yet been able to assert himself. The competition in the Basel midfield center is fierce, and Chipperfield, whose contract is expiring, is a candidate for more match practice at a high level.

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Samson Baidoo has continued on his way in the Salzburg youth and has been one of the RB professionals since the summer. Although the Austrian U21 international still plays a large number of games for Farmklub FC Liefering, he has been part of the RB squad on several occasions and made his Bundesliga debut at the end of October.

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Luka Romero is close to Lazio Rom, but the big breakthrough for the Argentinian has not yet succeeded. Shortly before the World Cup break, Romero scored his first Serie A goal as a joker, which was rewarded with the first starting XI – possibly the initial spark in Italy for the youngest LaLiga player of all time.

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Like Hugo Félix, Cher Ndour lifted the Youth League trophy to the skies last season and is a reserve player at Benfica. However, the contract of the Italian U20 international ends next summer and has not yet been extended. And so top clubs like FC Barcelona or Juventus should hope for a commitment.

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Lucas Copado has already fulfilled his dream of making his Bundesliga debut at FC Bayern. At the start of the second half of last season, the attacker was thrown into Julian Nagelsmann’s corona-weakened team, since then Copado has been trying to recommend himself to the reserve – and does so with regular goal participation. In the summer, he was one of three young players who were allowed to go on the Munich team’s trip to the USA.

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Abdoulaye Kamara continues to be thrown back by injuries in Dortmund. At the start of the season, the Frenchman was in the squad for the BVB pros for the first time, but he only got a chance to play again in the 3rd division as a reserve. Kamara has been missing again injured since October. BVB trainer Edin Terzic previously attested to his good performance. “We hope that his development will continue like this.”

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Emre Demir has already taken the big step in his career: The Turkish attacking talent switched from Kayserispor to FC Barcelona in the summer for a fee of 2 million euros. With the Catalans, Demir still has to adapt to the new circumstances and has only made a few short appearances for the reserves in the 3rd division, but has already been able to get a taste of professional training.

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Daniel Samek’s talent has also taken him away from his homeland. The Czech junior international was drawn to Serie A with US Lecce in the summer, Slavia Prague received a transfer fee of 2 million euros. In southern Italy, Samek still has to be content with his role as a U19 player and is waiting for a chance with the pros.

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At just 18, Daniil Khudyakov became the first-choice goalkeeper at Lokomotiv Moscow, albeit in a league that no longer plays a major role due to Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine. No to war!

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Shola Shoretire is edging closer to the Manchester United pros but still has to prove himself mainly in the Under-21s in Premier League 2. However, the 18-year-old trains regularly with coach Erik ten Hag’s team and has made such a good impression so far that those interested in a loan have been turned down.

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Matheus Nascimento has taken the next step at Botafogo and has played regularly over the past season. In the Brazilian Série A, however, the attacker had to be content with the reserve role. Nascimento, associated with top European clubs, will continue his development in Rio de Janeiro, having recently extended his contract with Botafogo until 2025.

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At the age of 18, Gabriel Slonina was already spoiled for choice in the summer: Real Madrid or Chelsea? In the end, the Londoners won the courtship for the goalkeeper, who was worth $ 10 million to the Blues. The goalkeeper, who had already been called up for the US national team, remained on loan at Chicago Fire FC until the end of the year, where he continued to gain match practice as number one.

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Julio Enciso made the leap from South America and found one of the best addresses for young talents in recent years in the Premier League in Brighton & Hove Albion. The “Seagulls” transferred €11.6 million to Club Libertad Asunción for the services of the Paraguayan international. After a few weeks of adjustment, interrupted by a facial injury, Enciso made his first appearances for Brighton just before the World Cup break.

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Momo Cho was one of the most traded players on the transfer market in the summer, and Bundesliga clubs such as Eintracht Frankfurt were also said to be very interested. In the end, the France Under-21 international looking to take the next step decided on Real Sociedad in Spain, who donated €11m to Angers SCO. At San Sebastián, the forward alternated between the substitutes and the starting XI before a hamstring injury in October prevented him from the rest of the year.

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Roméo Lavia’s most important move last year was his move to Southampton FC. The Saints paid Man City €12.3 million for the midfield talent, who only made two appearances for the Skyblues pros. The move paid off in full for the Belgium youth international, who was seeded straight away at Southampton. Only a hamstring injury could stop Lavia for a few weeks, who was able to increase his market value from 1 million to a whopping 25 million euros last year.

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