Manchester City youngster Rico Lewis has been named in the NXGN list, which features the 50 best wonderkids in the world.
GOAL puts together their prestigious list on an annual basis, which includes some of the finest young players on the planet, with some of the names in the current edition including Gavi, Endrick and Alejandro Garnacho.
Manchester City talent Rico Lewis, who Pep Guardiola called ‘intelligent’ and tipped to become his boyhood club’s main right-back for the next decade has been included alongside some of such big-name starlets in the NXGN list as well.
Manchester City sensation Rico Lewis named in NXGN list
While the Englishman made a number of appearances off the substitutes bench during the first half of the campaign, he earned Guardiola’s trust as a regular starter after the World Cup.
Sure, Kyle Walker has been reinstated into the team but the fact that Lewis even kept him out in the first place explains why Gareth Southgate considered calling the talented prospect up.
As Manchester City talent Rico Lewis made the cut as part of the NXGN list, they waxed lyrical about one of the most highly-rated young right-backs in Europe.
“It takes a special player to earn Pep Guardiola’s trust at the age of 18, but Lewis certainly seems to have done this season having become a regular in the Premier League champions’ starting line-up.”
“The youngest player to ever score when starting their first Champions League match, the England youth international has shown an aptitude to learn over the past months after adapting his game brilliantly to play as one of Guardiola’s famed full-back/central midfield hybrids.”
“Talk of a full international call up from England has already begun, and it is now expected that Lewis will be Kyle Walker’s long-term replacement at the Etihad Stadium.”
Rico Lewis is the real deal; Manchester City, Pep Guardiola and NXGN all know it.
