Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba could make his France debut in the matches against Georgia and the mighty Spain.

Name: Paul Pogba
Date of birth: 15 March 1993 (20 years old)
Place of birth: Lagny-sur-Marne, near Paris, France
Nationality: French
Height: 1.90m
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Juventus
Former clubs: Le Havre (youth), Manchester United
International caps: 0

There are very few teenage sensations in European football at the moment, and Pogba is no longer one of them, having turned 20 at the weekend.

The rangy, skilful midfielder was poached from Le Havre by Manchester United in 2009, but

Real Madrid's goalkeeper Diego Lopez (AFP)

With Iker Casillas out injured, Diego Lopez is the man charged with stopping Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie in tonight's Champions League blockbuster between Real Madrid and Manchester United.

Name: Diego Lopez Rodriguez
Date of birth: 3 November 1981 (31 years old)
Place of birth: Paradela, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Height: 1.96m
Position: Goalkeeper
Current club: Real Madrid
Former clubs: Lugo, Real Madrid C, Alcorcón (loan), Real Madrid B, Real Madrid, Villarreal, Sevilla
International caps: 1

While number one Casillas, widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world, is a household name

Oboabonna_Nigeria_Jan21_630Euroscout takes a look at some of the stand-out young players based outside Europe who have impressed at the African Cup of Nations.

We have not referred to anyone plying their trade in Europe or a major global league, meaning Cape Verde and Burkina Faso’s surprise packages and the likes of Ghana’s Christian Atsu and Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa are not listed.

We have also operated a strict U25 cut-off point, which excludes African-based revelations such as Mpeko Issama (DR Congo, 26) and Walid Hichri (Tunisia, 26).

So here are out top five African-based youngsters from this tournament, with

South Africa hosts this year's editionThe 2013 edition of the African Cup of Nations gets underway this weekend in South Africa, a shop window for the cream of the continent’s talent as well as a premier international competition.

We all know about Africa’s leading lights, with the likes of Didier Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kwadwo Asamoah expected to be key players as the tournament returns within 12 months thanks to the decision to move it to 'odd' years so as to avoid overlapping World Cups.

There are also some high-profile absentees through injury and, in the case of Cameroon and Egypt, failure to qualify. So there will be

As Napoli continue their pursuit of a first Serie A title since 1990, we look at the role  diminutive youngster Lorenzo Insigne is playing in their rise to the higher reaches of the Italian league.

Name: Lorenzo Insigne
Date of birth: 4 June 1991
Place of birth: Naples
Nationality: Italian
Height: 1.63m
Position: Striker
Current club: Napoli
Caps: 1
Former clubs: Cavese (loan) Foggia (loan) Pescara (loan)

"He is doing very well and is absorbing the pressure," commented Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri earlier this year. "He is a serious and mature lad who has understood that he must play for the

Younes Belhanda of Montpellier (Reuters)

Rising star Younes Belhanda will play for Montpellier against Arsenal in the Champions League tonight and, ahead of the match at the Emirates, Euroscout runs the rule over the young playmaker.

Of course, the Gunners already know plenty about the 22-year-old's talents after he scored with a superb Panenka penalty when the two sides met on the opening matchday of this season's competition back in September.

That moment of brilliance from 12 yards prompted our reporter to hand him man-of-the-match honours, writing at the time: "He may have been on the losing side, but the Moroccan playmaker was

Ajax and Sweden's Tobias Sana in Champions League action against Manchester City

Ajax winger-forward Tobias Sana is set to make his second appearance for Sweden in tonight's friendly against England, so Euroscout takes a look at what all the fuss is about.

At 23, Sana is not exactly a young prospect for the future but what marks the Ajax winger out is the rate at which he has progressed after moving up a level from the Swedish league.

Until this summer, Sana was a decent player in a struggling Gothenburg side. He had plied the teenage years of his trade in Sweden's lower, largely semi-professional divisions, and was doing just a bit better than all right at the top-flight

Name: Marco Verratti
Date of birth: 05/11/1992
Place of birth: Manoppello, Italy
Nationality: Italian
International caps: 1 (0 goals)
Height: 1.65m
Position: Midfield
Club: Paris Saint-Germain
Former club: Pescara

Google the words 'Verratti new Pirlo' and the search engine spits out 557,000 results.

That is an indication of the expectation level facing Marco Verratti just a few months into his Paris Saint-Germain career.

It is a far cry from the July day when his transfer the French capital was completely ignored - thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's arrival on the same day.

But Verratti has