A youngster to watch at each Premier League club this season
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- Max Dowman (Arsenal, 16) became the youngest scorer in Premier League history last season, made six league appearances, and scored in a pre-season friendly win over Girona as he prepares for a larger role under Mikel Arteta.
- Bournemouth paid Red Star Belgrade an initial £13m for Serbia international Veljko Milosavljevic (19), who became the club's youngest Premier League starter in September 2025 but has been sidelined since January by a knee injury.
- Brighton beat Chelsea and Newcastle to sign 19-year-old Nigerian winger Zadok Yohanna from AIK Stockholm for £21.5m, after he recorded five goals and four assists in 18 appearances in Sweden.
- Chelsea's 17-year-old Kazakhstan striker Dastan Satpaev, who has Champions League experience and nine senior caps since 2025, drew praise from new manager Xabi Alonso after scoring against Western Sydney Wanderers in pre-season.
- Crystal Palace's Joel Drakes-Thomas became the club's youngest-ever Premier League player days after a player-of-the-match Conference League debut against KuPS at 16 years and 192 days, then signed his first professional contract at the start of July.
- Hull City defender Calvin Okike (18) won the club's academy player of the year award in 2025-26 and signed a two-year professional deal, having scored within a minute of his senior debut during a loan at Hartlepool United.
- Ipswich Town signed 19-year-old Luca Fletcher permanently from Manchester City, with new boss Gary O'Neil impressed in training, as the club also brought in Emersonn for £24m and Japan's Daizen Maeda for £8m from Celtic.
Why it matters: The article explicitly addresses Fantasy Premier League managers seeking bargains, and the transfer-fee spread cited — Brighton's £21.5m for Yohanna versus Fulham's £5m for Kusi-Asare and Bournemouth's £13m for Milosavljevic — shows clubs placing sharply different bets on unproven teenagers, with several (Drakes-Thomas, Okike) yet to make senior league debuts at all.
