Nuno MENDES

Sporting

After breaking into the Sporting side in the latter stages of last term, the 18-year-old left-sided defender or midfielder has gone from strength to strength, so much so that a queue of city slicker admirers – Manchester United, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Juventus – has formed outside the Jose Alvalade Stadium. A glorious combination of pace, selflessness and mesmerising street-footballer prowess.