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We\u2019ve seen a plethora of promising young talents make a splash in the Premier League this season. This got us thinking \u2013 who would make it into a best XI of players who are of the age of 21 or under in the Premier League?<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve including wonderkids from clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur in this XI \u2013 who made your cut of the best young players in the Premier League?<\/p>\n Yes, we know what you\u2019re thinking \u2013 Melker Ellborg is indeed above the age threshold, being 22 years old. However, he is the youngest senior goalkeeper in the Premier League this season, so he makes it into the XI by default.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t to say that Ellborg is a bad goalkeeper. He is a clear deputy to the outstanding Robin Roefs, but he has been able to put forth a solid contribution whenever he has been called upon to do so. <\/p>\n This season has been a real trial by fire for Josh Acheampong. A natural right-back, Chelsea\u2019s injuries issues have led him to being used as a centre-back for much of the campaign.<\/p>\n His overall performances have been a mixed bag. Nevertheless, we have to commend him \u2013 he has done an admirable job for such a young player this season. He\u2019ll have learned a lot \u2013 let\u2019s see how he puts his newly-found knowledge to use next season.<\/p>\n Leny Yoro hasn\u2019t had the best season of his career for Manchester United, but he still remains one of the best young defenders in the world. <\/p>\n He needs to develop physically if he is to cope with the hustle and bustle of the Premier League. Technically, he is fantastic, we\u2019re sure than he\u2019ll be a phenomenal defender once he gains his adult strength.<\/p>\n Ayden Heaven has been thrown in at the deep end this season, but he certainly hasn\u2019t sunk. He has stepped up to the challenge at every given opportunity, becoming better and better with each passing game. <\/p>\n If he keeps up his current form, he may well become a permanent fixture of Manchester United\u2019s starting XI. He\u2019s very quick, reads the game well and is willing to put his body on the line at any given moment.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve seen a plethora of promising young talents make a splash in the Premier League…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}GK: Melker Ellborg<\/h2>\n
RB: Josh Acheampong<\/h2>\n
CB: Leny Yoro<\/h2>\n
CB: Ayden Heaven<\/h2>\n