Three Premier League youngsters have been named in the Under-21 XI of the year by French newspaper L'Equipe, with Spurs starlet Dele Alli rounding off a great year with a place just behind strikers Ousmane Dembele and Gabriel Jesus.





The former MK Dons star has experienced a great few years, signing for Spurs back in January 2015 and scoring 10 Premier League goals during his first season with the club. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year for last season, impressing as Spurs challenged for the league title.

French magazine @lequipe World U21 XI



The amount of potential in that team is unreal! pic.twitter.com/oOqZcRYfjG — Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) December 29, 2016

During a year in which many young players have broken through into the first team squads of their clubs, French newspaper ​L'Equipe have named the likes of Gianluigi Donnarumma, Renato Sanches and Ousmane Dembele in their ultimate team of youngsters.





Donnarumma has established himself as AC Milan's first choice goalkeeper, making 47 Serie A appearances after making his debut aged just 16 last year. Arsenal's Hector Bellerin also makes the cut, while Bayer Leverkusen's Jonathan Tah and Donnarumma's Milan teammate Alessio Romagnoli feature as centre-backs. Valencia's Jose Luis Gaya also features at left-back.

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich features as the holding midfielder with PSG's Adrien Rabiot and 19-year-old Portugal wonderkid Renato Sanches pushing further forward. Spurs star Dele Alli features behind Borussia Dortmund forward Dembele and Manchester City bound Brazilian Gabriel Jesus.





The French media outlet have opted for two attacking minded forwards as opposed to proper strikers, with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Kelechi Iheanacho, Breel Embolo and Timo Werner missing out up front.





The likes of Jose Gimenez, Julian Weigl, Christian Pulisic, Marco Asensio and Y ouri Tielemans are also omitted despite some impressive performances over the past year. Regardless, the total potential present in this team is somewhat unfathomable.

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