An eye on football's future

We profile six players who impressed at the Al Ain International Juniors Championship held last week, and could turn out to be the stars of tomorrow.

Albert Rusnak (Man City)
Captain of the Slovakia Under 18 team, Rusnak can carve through defences with his powerful play. Hailed as one of his country's brightest talents, he is an attacking midfielder, with the ability to control the game from a central position.
 
Jordi Hiwula (Man City)
Hiwula is considered as one of the brightest young prospects at City and he has highlighted that by scoring goals at every level. The Ghana-born striker, who made his England Under 18 debut last month, is now looking to break into City's first team.

Yago Del Piero (Inter Milan)
No relation of the great Alessandro Del Piero, the youngster is seen as one of the stars of the future. A dual Brazilian-Italian national, his footballing journey started at Treviso. He later spent 18 months at Arsenal before returning to Italy and joining Inter three years ago.

Fernando Cano (Valencia)
Elegant and a treat to watch, Cano is a wizard with the ball at his feet, twisting and turning his way through opposition defences. Physically he is not the strongest and that hampers his game at times, but he has a great eye for finding space, a good first touch and impressive ability to start moves.

Khalfan Mubarak (UAE)
The captain of the UAE team at the Al Ain championship, Mubarak was the tournament's leading scorer as well with five goals. The country's football fans will be watching his development closely given the lack of striking options at senior level.

Yousuf Ahmed (Al Ain)
Ahmed has been topping the scoring charts in the country's junior leagues over the past four years and has represented the UAE at different age groups. He has impressed Mark Allen, the manager of the City junior team.