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Bryan Cristante has all the tools to be AC Milan's next superstar. He has showed this season that he's more than ready to shine when given the chance.

If there was one good thing to come from the last few months under Massimiliano Allegri, it was the former manager's inclusion of the 18-year-old starlet in the starting XI.

Cristante repaid that faith by scoring a spectacular long-distance goal and nearly netting a few more.

Here are five reasons why he's pegged to be a top-flight star.