Sir Alex Ferguson names Man United & Man City stars as England’s best young players

Sir Alex Ferguson praises Greenwood & Foden

Sir Alex Ferguson has been heaping a fair bit of praise on two young Premier League stars recently.

The former Man United boss was asked questions by the public during an interview with SPORTbible.

One of the questions put to the Scotsman was who he thought was the best young player in world football right now.

Ferguson did not give an exact answer, but he would pick out two Premier League stars as options.

Firstly, SAF backed Greenwood to be a top player:

“Young footballer, in the world? Mason Greenwood, in my opinion, is going to be a top player.

“He’s got the coolness and coldness of a great striker. He never panics and his shots are always low. He’s always inside the post. I think he’s shown great qualities. He’s young, he’s younger than the boy Foden.”

Ferguson then went on to praise Manchester City’s Phil Foden, before claiming that he and Greenwood are England’s best two young stars:

“He [Foden] is the one player that has come through with City who is now taking the place of [David] Silva – and he’s been tremendous. Those two, for England, are the best.”

Quotes via the Manchester Evening News.

Will Foden & Greenwood be at Euro 2020?

Whilst the pair are obviously going to be top talents, it is quite hard to see Greenwood featuring at Euro 2020 this summer.

The striker did have a superb end to the campaign with Man United. However, with Harry Kane likely to start most games and then all of Dominic Calvert Lewin, Patrick Bamford and Ollie Watkins very viable back-up options, it is hard to see Greenwood getting much, if any minutes, at Euro 2020.

Foden, on the other hand, has been integral to Man City’s domestic and European success this term and should really be featuring regularly for the Three Lions.

Gareth Southgate is set to name his 26-man squad on Tuesday, and it will be interesting to see if Greenwood does make the cut.

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#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	38	51	86
2	Manchester United FC	38	29	74
3	Liverpool FC	38	26	69
4	Chelsea FC	38	22	67
5	Leicester City FC	38	18	66
6	West Ham United FC	38	15	65
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	38	23	62
8	Arsenal FC	38	16	61
9	Leeds United	38	8	59
10	Everton FC	38	-1	59
11	Aston Villa FC	38	9	55
12	Newcastle United FC	38	-16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	38	-16	45
14	Crystal Palace FC	38	-25	44
15	Southampton FC	38	-21	43
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	38	-6	41
17	Burnley FC	38	-22	39
18	Fulham FC	38	-26	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	-41	26
20	Sheffield United FC	38	-43	23

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	23
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	17
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	15
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	14
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	11
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	11
Bale, Gareth	Tottenham Hotspur FC	11
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC		12
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion		11
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC		11
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United		10
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC		9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC		8
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC		9
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC		8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC		8
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC		8
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United		7
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC		7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC		7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	14
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	12
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Raphinha	Leeds United	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	8
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	8
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	7
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	7
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	7
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	7
Eze, Eberechi	Crystal Palace FC	7
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	7
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	7

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