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Italian new stars, three 17-year-old newcomers are exciting, Milan s two heroes, each with one prince

11:00am, 26 August 2025Football

In recent years, a group of high-quality new players have emerged in Italian youth training: Udoji has firmly occupied the starting position in Tottenham, and his value has soared to 40 million euros; Calafiori, who joined Arsenal last season, also started two consecutive games this season, and the increase in value is just around the corner; this summer, Liverpool even signed the 18-year-old Parma young central defender Leoni and designated him as Van Dijk's successor. This traditional football powerhouse has rapidly recovered after several years of dormant period. Let’s take a look at the five new players who are expected to grow into world-class stars in the new Serie A season.

Hanor (17/Atlanta)

Atlanta, which has always been known for its new talent in the five major leagues, bought young defender Hanor from Genoa for 17 million euros this year. Although he is only 17 years old, he has made six appearances for Genoa last season (three of which start), and his precocious maturity can be seen. Hanoer, who is 184 cm tall, is a versatile defender and can compete with all positions in the defense line. He has excellent physical fitness and solid basic skills. Even if he is still young, he can already understand the complex tactics of the first team. It is this comprehensiveness that makes Atlanta willing to pay a lot of money to sign it. As expected, 1-2 years later, major European clubs will surely flock to compete for him.

Matio Palma (17 years old / Udinese)

Matio Palma was born in a transnational marriage and family in Germany. Although his mother is German, she has Cameroonian descent - which gives him the power of a white man and the agility of a black man. At the age of 17, he is 194 cm tall and is a standard giant centre-back. Parma left a record for Udinese as early as 15 years old; at the age of 16, he even got a starting chance. This year, Udinese has decided to provide him with a lot of playing time, and it’s only a matter of time before his rise is coming. Currently, Germany and Italy are competing for the ownership of his national team, and Parma temporarily plays for the German U17 national team.

Baltesagi (19 years old / AC Milan)

19-year-old Bartesagi played for AC Milan II last season and competed in the Division C. Although the team was unfortunately relegated in the end, he showed excellent personal talent in the field and was eventually noticed by the new coach Allegri and was directly transferred to the first team. Considering that Allegri had successfully trained low-level players like Gati to become talents during his previous period in Juventus, Bartesage's future is quite optimistic.

Karmarda (17 years old / Lecce)

At the age of 15, Kamarda played for the first team of AC Milan, and his amazing talent was evident; at the age of 16, Milan provided him with 16 opportunities to play to help him level up in actual combat. This season, Kamalda was loaned to Lecce. This is not because Milan gave up training him, but because the club believes that he already has the ability to be competent for the main team in the Serie A relegation team. Since the start of the new season, he has made 2 appearances (1 start) for Lecce and contributed 1 assist. It seems that this "Prince of Milan" is expected to amazed the Apennines this summer.

Pio Esposito (20 years old / Inter Milan)

Unlike the above-mentioned rising stars who are ready to go, Inter Milan's Pio Esposito is already considered a famous player. Last season, while playing for Spezia, he scored 19 goals in 37 games and successfully won the Serie B top scorer. Now, his mentor Ziwo serves as Inter Milan coach, which gives him the opportunity to compete for the starting position in the giants - in the previous Club World Cup, he scored 1 goal twice for the team, which is a small test. In the new season, Esposito will inevitably make an impact on Lautaro + Lukaku's starting front line combination. After all, in Inter Milan's four-man front line configuration, he is the only player with the ability to fight in the penalty area and can serve as the team's high-level support.

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