Football Wonderkid Scout

The 17 year-old tough tackling midfielder has been tipped for a big future with both Everton and England. This season he is expected to make a big impact in the Premier League and could be set for an extended run in the team. With a fine pre-season behind him and Everton strapped for cash, Barkley may see plenty of first team action, especially with the sale of the influential Mikel Arteta.

At just 17, Barkley has started the season in the first team and has produced mature performances against Queens Park Rangers in the Barclays Premier League and Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. He's already been fast-tracked into the England Under 21 squad and many are hoping he wil follow in the footsteps of other academy graduates like Rooney and Jack Rodwell.

Joining the club at the age of 11, many tipped Barkley to breakthrough last year but the starlet stuffered a fractured leg while playing for England's Under-19s in Belgium. Standing at 6"2, Barkley signed his first professional contract last December.

Many have compared Barkley to Rooney and he was rumoured to be subject to a £10 million bid from Chelsea boss André Villas-Boas on deadline day

The 19 year-old defensive midfielder should have already had his breakthrough season and was used heavily in Arsenal’s pre-season tour last year. At the 2010 Emirates Cup, Frimpong received praise by boss Arsene Wenger for his impressive performances, but last August Frimpong suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament in training, missing the entire season.

Born in Ghana, Frimpong has represented England at international youth level for the Under-17 side. Many people have drawn comparisons with the legendary Patrick Vieira, with some going so far to suggest Arsene Wenger is trying to mould Frimpong into the same type of player as Vieira.

With a good physical presence, Frimpong is a tough tackler and good passer of the ball. With an excellent burst of pace, Frimpong again caught the eye at the 2011 Emirates Cup during pre-season, with Juan Roman Riquelme picking out the starlet as the stand out player during their recent encounter with Boca Juniors.

A product of Tottenham's famous academy system, 20 year-old winger Andros Townsend has already given Tottenham fans a glimpse of what is to come when he made his debut against Charlton in an FA Cup third round match in January 2011. Making a scoring debut and putting in a man-of-the-match display, Townsend was almost immediately loaned out to Watford.

Struggling to make his first team breakthrough his loan spell was terminated just one month in and he was subsquently sent on loan to Millwall until the end of the season. An England youth international, Townsend has displayed all the qualities to succeed at the top level with energy, good range of passing and the ability to shoot from distance.

With Luka Modric looking set to leave the Lane and with tight purstrings for boss Harry Redknapp, there will be great expectations on Townsend to make the step up and establish himself as part of the first team squad. Having spent the past two seasons out on loan in the lower leagues, Townsend appears to have developed the physical side of his game.

When Liverpool signed Jamaican born Sterling in February 2010, the Merseyside club beat a host of teams to his signature including Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Manchester United. Regarded as the next big thing in English football he is one of the hottest properties in the country after impressing for both club and country. Such is the potential many believe he can go on to be as big as Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott.

Sterling cost the Mersey outfit an initial fee of £600,000 which could rise up to as much as £5 million depending on appearances. The talented winger arrived in Kirby with a reputation for his pace, trickery and flair. On his Liverpool debut in an Under 18s match over neighbours Everton, Sterling was the star of the show and made a scoring start as they came from two goals behind to win 4-3 to confirm his rising reputation in the game.

On February 14 2011, Sterling orchestrated the Valentine's massacre as he helped Liverpool romp to a 9-0 victory over Southend in the FA Youth Cup as they progressed to the quarter-final. Sterling scored five goals, including a hat-trick after just 35 minute. The winger who is already training with the first team is an established member of England's Under-17s.