Goal's Middle East and North Africa experts have put together a list of the footballers who impressed most over the last 12 months

The opportunity to play under their Italian manager and in a system he's familiar with was too hard to turn down

The Canadian international has been earning plenty of plaudits, with the 19-year-old one of several young defenders to be catching the eye

The 21-year-old defender is off to Italy - and his agent says the Los Blancos head coach is the reason why