The best, highest-potential players under 21 in FIFA 17.

Whether you're looking to take the "Spurs approach" - by buying what feels like several hundred under-21 players each year, and selling on most of them the next - or simply find that one perfect replacement for your ageing superstar, we've compiled a list, sourced directly from EA Sports' own rankings, of several dozen wonderkids with the highest potential ratings in the game. If you're looking for the highest-rated Overall players though, we've got you covered there too.

We'll also give our own advice on our personal picks for standout players from the list below, so read on!

The best, highest potential wonderkids and players in FIFA 17

Name	Club	Position	Age	Current	Potential
Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	CAM	20	80	90
Osamane Dembélé	Borussia Dortmund	RM	19	77	90
Renato Sanches	Bayern München	CM	19	78	90
Anthony Martial	Manchester United	LM	20	82	90
Marco Asensio	Real Madrid	CAM	20	81	89
Alen Halilović	Hamburger SV	CAM	20	79	89
Youri Tielemans	Anderlecht	CM	19	77	89
Kurt Zouma	Chelsea	CB	21	80	89
Julian Brandt	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	LM	20	79	88
Kingsley Coman	Bayern München	LW	20	81	88
Ángel Correa	Atlético de Madrid	ST	21	79	88
Mahmoud Dahoud	Borussia M'gladbach	CM	20	79	88
Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	GK	17	76	88
Breel Embolo	FC Schalke 04	RM	19	83	88
José María Giménez	Atlético de Madrid	CB	21	74	88
Kelechi Iheanacho	Manchester City	ST	19	80	88
Mauricio Lemos	UD Las Palmas	CB	20	77	88
Charly Musonda	Real Betis Balompié	LW	19	80	88
Saúl	Atlético de Madrid	CM	21	76	88
Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	ST	18	78	88
Antonio Sambria	Real Betis Balompié	ST	20	79	88
Leroy Sané	Manchester City	RM	20	80	88
Luke Shaw	Manchester United	LB	21	82	88
Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	LM	21	79	88
Jonathan Tah	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	CB	20	82	88
Héctor Bellerín	Arsenal	RB	21	79	87
Samu Castillejo	Villarreal CF	LM	21	80	87
Andreas Christensen	Borussia M'gladbach	CB	20	78	87
Tomothy Fosu-Mensah	Manchester United	CDM	18	71	87
Joshua Kimmich	Bayern München	CM	21	78	87
Viktor Kovalenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	CAM	20	75	87
Vincent Koziello	OGC Nice	CM	20	79	87
Thomas Lemar	AS Monaco	RM	20	78	87
Kylian Mbappe Lottin	AS Monaco	LW	17	71	87
Maximilian Meyer	FC Schalke 04	CAM	20	80	87
Niklas Süle	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	LB	20	81	87
Bruma	Galatasaray	LW	21	77	87
Andrija Živković	SL Benfica	RM	20	75	87
Leon Bailey	RC Genk	LM	19	74	86
Keita Baldé Diao	Lazio	LW	21	78	86
RiechedlyBazoer	Ajax	CM	19	77	86
Václav Černý	Ajax	RW	18	69	86
Matheus Pereira	Sporting CP	LM	20	74	86
Danilo	SL Benfica	CM	20	79	86
Bartłomiej Drągowski	Fiorentina	GK	19	71	86
Francisco Geraldes	Moreirense	CAM	21	73	86
Leon Goretzka	FC Schalke 04	CM	21	79	86
Grimaldo	SL Benfica	LB	20	77	86
Lucas Hernández	Atlético de Madrid	CB	20	75	86
Alban Lafont	Toulouse FC	GK	17	74	86
Giovani Lo Celso	Rosario Central	CAM	20	74	86
André Horta	SL Benfica	CM	19	76	86
Borja Mayoral	VfL Wolfsburg	ST	19	72	86
Mikel Merino	Borussia Dortmund	CM	20	76	86
Reece Oxford	West Ham United	CB	17	66	86
Adalberto Peñaranda	Udinese	ST	19	76	86
Marko Pjaca	Juventus	LW	21	76	86
Jaïro Riedewald	Ajax	CB	19	76	86
Alessio Romagnoli	Milan	CB	21	78	86
Óliver Torres	Atlético de Madrid	CM	21	79	86
André Silva	FC Porto	ST	20	74	86
Jeisson Vargas	Estudiantes de La Plata	LW	18	70	86
Julian Weigl	Borussia Dortmund	CDM	20	79	86
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Manchester City	CAM	19	74	86
Gelson Martins	Sporting CP	RM	21	78	85
Theo Bongonda	RC Celta de Vigo	LW	20	75	85
Dani Ceballos	Real Betis Balompié	CAM	20	77	85
Lewis Cook	Bournemouth	CM	19	71	85
Maxwel Cornet	Olympique Lyonnais	LW	19	75	85
Otávio	FC Porto	LW	21	76	85
Rúben Neves	FC Porto	CDM	19	75	85
Kasper Dolberg	Ajax	ST	18	69	85
Godfred Donsah	Bologna	CM	20	75	85
Ryan Gauld	Vitória Setúbal	CAM	20	73	85
Gayà	Valencia CF	LB	21	80	85
Serge Gnabry	Arsenal	RM	21	73	85
Andreas Pereira	Manchester United	CAM	20	72	85
Adnan Januzaj	Sunderland	LM	21	76	85
Tin Jedvaj	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	RB	20	75	85
M'Baye Niang	Milan	ST	21	78	85
Kenedy	Chelsea	LM	20	73	85
Josh Onomah	Tottenham Hotspur	CAM	19	70	85
Divock Origi	Liverpool	ST	21	78	85
Adam Ounas	Girondins de Bordeaux	LM	19	70	85
Oyarzabal	Real Sociedad	LW	19	70	85
Levin Öztunali	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	RM	20	78	85
Matheus Pereira	Empoli	CAM	18	74	85
Adrien Rabiot	Paris Saint-Germain	CM	21	76	85
Simone Scuffet	Udinese	GK	20	75	85
Marc Stendera	Eintracht Frankfurt	CAM	20	73	85
Bertrand Traoré	Ajax	ST	20	75	85
Vallejo	Eintracht Frankfurt	CB	19	73	85
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	ST	20	75	85

Otherthings you should know about wonderkids and high potential players in FIFA 17

Based on the above, there are a couple of points worth bearing in mind when hunting down your next world class talent:

• Of all the players of a potential rating higher than 85 Overall, Reece Oxford is the one with the potential to improve the most. The seventeen-year-old West Ham starlet starts at just 66 Overall in FIFA 17, meaning he can improve by up to twenty points in total. In terms of your Career Mode playthrough, it means he's one of the very best long-term options, and could also be available for a pretty meagre fee if you're lucky.
• That being said, age is an important factor here. Whilst younger, lower-Overall players like Oxford might come at a better price, if you can afford more developed players then often it's a safer bet - you might not be fitting in four, five or six seasons into one Career Mode playthrough, after all, and so may never see a seventeen-year-old's full potential.
• For more instant hits - aside from the highest Overall rated players in FIFA 17 - look to Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw, Jonathan Tah and Breel Embolo, who have current Overall ratings of 82, 82, 82 and 83 respectively and can provide an immediate impact at just about any club.
• Don't necessarily go straight for the highest-rated potential players. Although it's great if you have the cash, often you're better off doing a little searching around for players at smaller, more cash-strapped clubs outside of the top tier leagues to pick up a bargain. Do you really need to prize Renato Sanches from Bayern Munich less than six months after he joined, when you could pick up Youri Tielemans from Anderlecht instead?
• Be flexible with your positions. It's more of a general tip for FIFA 17 anyway (and long-term players will remember the days of pace-abusers packing the team with speedsters regardless of position) but don't forget that often, players have expertise in more than on spot on the team sheet. Niklas Süle, for instance, is as much a centre back as a left back in the real world, and if his in-game traits reflect his real ones, expect him to be able to do a job for you there in FIFA 17, too.