Fer López

López sees passes that develop a fraction of a second before anyone else on the pitch spots them, threading the ball through a gap that looked closed until the moment it opened. His left foot gives him a natural angle to play the disguised pass, curling it around a defender rather than forcing it straight through traffic. Technical quality like this usually announces itself early, and comparisons back home to genuine first team stars followed him before he had even made a senior debut for his boyhood club.

The question with a player this young and this talented is patience, since real development often means loan spells and setbacks before a permanent breakthrough actually arrives. He has already returned to his boyhood club to keep playing regular first team football rather than waiting on a bench elsewhere. Watch how his end product develops alongside his vision, because the eye for a pass has never been the issue.