Wayne Rooney of Manchester United, a player with power, pace, passion and proficiency in football skills made a debut for England at the age of 17 years in 2003. Rooney is a product with lot of expectation and hope from him, that he has proven more than once. He is playing a significant role for MU and England. Rooney was leading the attack for England in World Cup 2006 but due to long lay-off before the World Cup he could not display the kind of form he was in just before injury or during Euro 2004. He single handedly lead England to victories in Euro 2004 but the moment he was out of the squad with injury England team collapsed. He is such an aura for the team and opponents that everything changes with his presence in the team. He is expected to help England to end their trophy less years sooner or later.

Real Madrid is struggling to catch their arch rival Barcelona and many pundits think that stars at Real Madrid are certainly not getting younger and they need youth power to bounce back. They have two youngsters -Sergio Ramos and Robinho aged 21 and 22 years respectively. Robinho before signing for Real Madrid played for Santos and he is destined to do wonders for Real and Brazil in the years to come. He has so far not been able to come up with consistent performance as expected from him, but surely, if he stays with Real, with his quality he can make the club climb back to the top of Europe.

Another player with lot of expectations is Sergio Ramos. This Spanish international is just 21 and is playing regular games for Real. Ramos too is an upcoming (brightest) star of Spanish football. Though he is a defender, but loves to attack and score goals.

AC Milan will meet Liverpool FC in the finals of UEFA Champions League 2007 on 23rd May in Athens thanks to the stand-out performance of one of the players through out the campaign of Champions League 2007 - a Brazilian international attacking midfielder, Kaka. Performance by this 24 year old for AC Milan and Brazil is a joy to watch and his touch for ‘goal’ is sublime. His energy is tremendous and he covers on an average 11 km in a game for AC Milan while keeping things as simple as possible.

Liverpool FC too has signed a few important young players and some of them are already making their mark in the field with first rate performances. The goal from defender Daniel Agger in the second leg semi-final match against Chelsea was special and his defensive qualities are also praise worthy. Another young defender signed by Benitez is Gabriel Paletta, just 21 years old from Argentina, and his countryman Javier Mascherano, also a good signing for Liverpool and both may settle well for Liverpool by the beginning of next season. Mascherano’s