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Rough Diamonds

The Best young players in football from all around the world. The Rough Diamond series identifies all the top talents in football.

Atletico Madrid

Rough Diamonds #14- Óliver Torres (Atletico Madrid)

Ritesh Gogineni - December 10, 2013

The conveyor belt of talented midfielders coming out of Spain feels almost endless at times. As Iniesta and Xavi move into the latter stages...

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Rough Diamonds #13-Mateo Kovačić (Inter)

Ritesh Gogineni - December 5, 2013

One in a million talent, you say? Try one in five million (approximately Croatia's population) talent, and you would still be far from the...

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Rough Diamonds #12- Christian Eriksen (Ajax Amsterdam)

Ritesh Gogineni - November 15, 2012

Danish people are not new to watching a technically adept, twinkle toed attacking midfielder who can unlock defences at will. So one can understand...

Barcelona

Rough Diamonds #11-Jean Marie Dongou (Barcelona)

Ritesh Gogineni - October 2, 2012

La Masia may have the fortunate knack of regularly producing and nurturing supremely talented footballers, but you’d think that even they would have had...

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Rough Diamonds #10-Marc-André ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Ritesh Gogineni - April 19, 2012

28 matches into the 2010-11 season German club, Borussia Monchengladbach, had conceded 62 goals and were in last place being five points away from...

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Rough Diamonds #9-Stephan El Shaarawy (AC Milan)

Ritesh Gogineni - April 8, 2012

Most of us tend to associate Italian football with quality defenders and a dearth of attackers. Attacking talents are considered a rarity in Italy....

Borussia Dortmund

Rough Diamonds #8-Moritz Leitner (Borussia Dortmund)

Ritesh Gogineni - March 25, 2012

Over the last few years, Germany has produced some of the most talented attackers in the world. Ranging from lethal goal scorers like Mario...

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Rough Diamonds #7-Nick Ioannou (Manchester United)

Ritesh Gogineni - January 20, 2012

Nick Ioannou is a highly rated school boy who became the first Cypriot to represent Manchester United when he was named in the FAYC...

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Rough Diamonds #6-Georginio Wijnaldum

Ritesh Gogineni - October 14, 2011

-Andrew HardingJust the look of Georginio Wijnaldum motionless gives the impression that he will be an excellent player if not one already. Lithe frames...

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Rough Diamonds #5-Romelu Lukaku

Ritesh Gogineni - August 13, 2011

He had a dream. Now his dream has been fulfilled. A glance at the hulking frame of Romelu Lukaku and an immediate comparison to...

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Rough Diamonds #4-Paul Pogba

Ritesh Gogineni - July 21, 2011

Andrew Harding gives us a peek into the player who is touted to be the next Patrick VieraManchester United can go pretty much anywhere...

Liverpool

Rough Diamonds #3-Raheem Sterling

Ritesh Gogineni - June 21, 2011

Tom Nash gives us a peek into the next big talent from Liverpool in line with our Rough Diamonds seriesRemember Bruno Cheyrou? He was...