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Simons, Bynoe-Gittens and the best-performing wonderkids in the 2021-22 UEFA Youth League

Since its advent in 2013, the UEFA Youth League has pitted the best teenage footballers in Europe against one another with a host of big names having got their first taste of continental competition.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joao Felix, Mason Mount and Matthijs de Ligt starred for their respective clubs when coming through the ranks, and more Youth League graduates are making their mark at the elite level each year.

So ahead of Monday's final between 2017 winners Red Bull Salzburg and three-time runners-up Benfica in Nyon, GOAL picks out the stars of this season's competition who have the potential to become star names in the next few years...

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