Wildcards, breakouts and new faces - 21 Premier League players to watch

You already cognize astir nan Premier League's established superstars but what astir nan wildcards who mightiness make a sanction for themselves this season?

Whether they are caller and caller signings, precocious bloomers aliases breathtaking young academy talents, we are talking astir nan little acquainted faces of each ages who are hoping for a breakout campaign.

Here, BBC Sport's TV and power commentators prime 21 players who will beryllium worthy watching retired for successful nan adjacent fewer months - and a head who whitethorn astonishment a fewer group too.

Conor McNamara: I commentated connected Estevao's debut for Chelsea against Bayer Leverkusen past week and nan kid is simply a star.

He showed an fantabulous poachers' small heart to people his first extremity successful Chelsea blue, reacting good aft Cole Palmer's changeable had travel backmost disconnected nan crossbar - but Estevao's crippled is each astir moving pinch nan shot astatine precocious speed.

He only turned 18 successful April, but nan Brazilian looks nan existent deal.

It's early days of course, but he already seems to person a telepathy pinch Palmer - erstwhile nan England world backheeled nan shot connected nan separator of nan area against Leverkusen, Estevao knew it was coming and sewage his changeable away.

Mark Scott: I'm commentating astatine nan Bridge connected Sunday and Estevao is nan subordinate I'm astir excited astir seeing.

Regarded by galore arsenic nan biggest talent to travel retired of Brazil since Vinicius Junior, he gave Chelsea fans a sensation of his expertise pinch a cracker against them astatine nan Club World Cup, and has since impressed successful a bluish garment pinch a sparkling showing successful nan friends triumph complete Leverkusen.

That electrical capacity showcased nan abilities that person led to each nan hype - immense value connected nan shot and utmost assurance and flair driving astatine defenders pinch it.

Estevao is versatile arsenic well, capable to play connected either flank aliases arsenic a number 10. Chelsea's scheme was to easiness him successful gradually, but they mightiness person to re-think that...

Guy Mowbray: The very meaning of a wildcard, fixed that he tin look for illustration he tin do it each AND nan full other - sometimes wrong nan aforesaid game.

I've a emotion Leeds will person brought successful a caller striker to commencement up of him earlier nan large kick-off, but I wouldn't beryllium amazed to spot him travel connected arsenic an effect sub to get them a constituent aliases 2 early successful nan season.

James Fielden: All of my picks travel from nan Uefa age-group championships that I covered successful nan summertime and Mosquera looked mostly untroubled passim astatine nan Under-21s tourney successful Slovakia.

A beforehand ft and fierce defender erstwhile request be, he was highly assured stepping guardant and helping successful attack. With betterment gait to thief successful uncommon situations of Spanish panic, he sounds for illustration Mikel Arteta's benignant of player.

Whether he tin dislodge nan established elite astatine Emirates Stadium is different matter, but Arsenal person had wounded issues successful nan mediate of defence, and he's only missed 3 games for Valencia complete nan past 2 seasons. For a reported interest of £13m, he looks to beryllium a debased consequence and perchance precocious reward acquisition.

Steve Bower: Dan Ndoye is caller to nan Premier League and could beryllium different shrewd portion of business from Nottingham Forest.

He first came to my attraction successful nan Europa Conference League for Basel and subsequently connected to nan Champions League pinch Bologna.

I've besides covered a adjacent spot of Switzerland for BBC Sport astatine nan past 2 awesome tournaments and he has steadily grown into a important subordinate for his country.

After nan departure of Anthony Elanga, Ndoye looks an breathtaking replacement for Forest fans. At 24, he has bully acquisition and looks fresh for nan Premier League.

Ian Dennis: There were a number of Senegal players who caught nan oculus erstwhile they hit England astatine nan City Ground successful June but nary much truthful than El Hadji Malick Diouf.

During my commentary for 5 Live that nighttime I'd mentioned liking from Brighton and Hove Albion truthful I'm not amazed to spot him successful nan Premier League and West Ham person a existent gem.

Diouf tin play arsenic a left-back aliases a wing-back, has an expertise to get up and down. He is simply a move subordinate pinch fantabulous crossing expertise and personification who will connection a existent threat successful an attacking sense.

He scored 7 goals for Slavia Prague past play and I deliberation he will go a existent crowd favourite astatine West Ham.

Tom Gayle: For me, Emmanuel Agbadou was 1 of nan Premier League's champion signings during nan January transportation window. Wolves had to fortify defensively and, successful nan Ivorian, they managed to much than fulfil nan request for a top-quality centre-half vacated by Max Kilman's departure 5 months earlier.

Agbadou's reference of nan crippled and positioning, mixed pinch a heavyweight boxer build and nan athleticism of a gymnast, made him 1 of nan league's toughest opponents successful a one-v-one situation.

What besides stood retired was his confidence. Inside his ain container he tin happily person nan shot and move while nether pressure, spray long-range passes, and thrust pinch possession measurement past nan halfway line. This nonchalant style helped alteration Pereira's broadside to play overmuch much aggressively complete nan 2nd half of nan campaign.

His modulation to nan English apical formation is simply a crisp flick successful nan oculus to anyone who continues to position Ligue 1 arsenic a 'Farmer's League'. I'm convinced nan Agbadou instrumentality nine will only turn bigger this season, particularly if he continues taking goal-kicks, helping conjure 'proper Sunday league' vibes.

Jonathan Pearce: I wish Simon Adingra good astatine Sunderland. This talented Ivorian had a really bully first play astatine Brighton, famously scoring astatine Ajax to nonstop nan travelling fans location into delirium.

He started past play good too, pinch 4 goals successful his first 8 games, but past nan assurance successful his tricky dribbling fell away. He seemed to beryllium trying almost excessively difficult to clasp disconnected nan situation from Yankuba Minteh for his spot and performances suffered.

I dream Sunderland fans are excited by him. £18m is not a batch for a subordinate who deserves to win successful his caller start

Conor McNamara: I was successful nan United States for nan Club World Cup and Jhon Arias was 1 of nan standout players of nan tourney arsenic he played his last games for his aged nine Fluminense, picking up 3 player-of-the-match awards.

He is 27, truthful should beryllium astatine his peak, aged capable to not beryllium overawed by nan Premier League stage.

The Colombian will return nan No.10 garment vacated by Matheus Cunha. He scored his first extremity successful Wolves' colours successful a caller friends against Girona showing fantabulous dribbling skills to tally heavy into nan punishment area earlier shooting from adjacent range.

Arias is my apical extremity of this summer's caller signings to beryllium a large hit.

James Fielden: I saw Coppola play doubly astatine nan European Under-21 Championship successful nan summertime and it was against Spain and Germany, truthful bully games to judge him against apical teams.

Brighton had intelligibly done their homework erstwhile to nan Euros pinch nan woody announced mid-competition, and you tin spot why they're fresh to driblet him into their evolving backline.

Strong and commanding successful nan middle, Coppola was besides keen to play retired complete short and agelong distances and that, on pinch different metrics intelligibly impressed nan Seagulls.

Mark Scott: There was a buzz erstwhile Palace made Romain Esse their latest youthful acquisition from nan Championship successful January. That excitement grew aft he bagged his first Premier League extremity 25 seconds into his debut, but crippled clip proved constricted aft that.

It's reliable to dislodge Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr successful attack, but Esse showed while he was astatine Millwall really bully he tin beryllium astatine some taking connected opponents and crossing, arsenic good arsenic cutting successful and getting a changeable away.

Should Palace get done their Conference League play-off, nan other games successful Europe will spend him much opportunities to show those attributes.

Guy Mowbray: I must confess to ne'er having seen him play... but he's a sanction that's been mentioned to maine by rather a fewer group this summertime - immoderate of whom I see to beryllium VERY bully judges!

As was erstwhile said astir another teenager, external who made his people connected nan Premier League - "remember nan name".

Jonathan Pearce: Brighton fans will beryllium praying that Carlos Baleba stays put and that Yankuba Minteh continues his melodramatic improvement. But there's different youngster fresh to leap disconnected nan Amex talent conveyor belt.

I was mightily impressed by Howell's cameo debut successful nan penultimate crippled of past season. He helped triumph nan crippled pinch his beforehand foot, fearless, nonstop moving astatine nan opposition.

His relative Jack Hinshelwood had a large breakthrough play past clip astir - 2025-26 could beryllium nan twelvemonth for Harry.

Conor McNamara: Jair Cunha was different subordinate that I saw successful action this summertime astatine nan Club World Cup. He's 6ft 6in but is beardown arsenic good arsenic gangly - he is immense for a 20-year-old.

Cunha utilized his tallness to people a header for Botafago against Seattle Sounders, but it was his protect calmness that caught nan oculus that day, moreover much than nan extremity he scored. He's very comfortable taking nan shot down and controlling it successful tight spaces wherever others would conscionable footwear it clear.

Logic tells america that he should beryllium raw, because he has played truthful small elder shot successful his short profession truthful acold - only 46 games truthful acold - but this feline has a existent beingness astir him. He was a cardinal subordinate successful nan Brazil squad that won nan Under-20 South American Championship this year.

Ian Dennis: I can't hold to spot Arsenal's Max Dowman successful nan soma because nan past clip I heard specified a buzz astir a youngster was Wayne Rooney.

I speak to a batch of scouts and I person heard rave reviews for a while astir this 'gifted' attacking midfielder.

So overmuch so, I said pinch Gunners midfielder Declan Rice astir him past season, who astatine nan clip claimed "Max is nan champion 15-year-old successful nan country".

It was March erstwhile I sat down pinch Rice, who said astatine nan clip he has been inundated pinch awesome reviews astir nan teenager, explaining: "I've had truthful galore texts astir Max precocious wherever group person watched him and are saying "wow, what a talent".

Dowman doesn't move 16 until 31 December but sounds nan existent deal.

James Fielden: Maybe not an original basking return that Dowman is going to beryllium overmuch talked astir successful years to come, but moreover having seen him play astatine nan Uefa European Under-17 Championship this summertime you tin spot why he'll origin teams nary extremity of problems wherever he plays disconnected nan beforehand line.

One of a increasing number of English players who glide crossed nan section pinch grace that we've possibly not been utilized to seeing complete nan past mates of decades, it'll beryllium absorbing to spot what Arteta has planned for him, firstly successful position of crippled clip beyond nan home cups and also, nan position successful which he'll beryllium deployed.

Let's dream he fulfils his imaginable and is managed cautiously astatine home and world level.

Guy Mowbray: Can a nine grounds signing beryllium classed arsenic a 'wildcard'? Well, fixed that Diarra will beryllium caller to astir Premier League watchers, I'm putting him successful that bracket.

Only 21, nan midfielder - who Sunderland hit Leeds to motion - captained Strasbourg to European qualification past season, earlier scoring 1 of Senegal's 3 goals against England astatine nan City Ground successful June.

His value stood retired erstwhile I went to watch Sunderland's pre-season crippled against Sporting past month.

Steve Bower: A fewer group wrong academy shot told maine astir Rio Ngumoha complete a twelvemonth agone - tales of Chelsea's anger astatine losing nan teenager, and a large summation for Liverpool.

Arne Slot's affirmative attack was contiguous successful involving him successful first-team training and past we saw him go nan youngest subordinate to commencement a crippled for nan nine successful January successful nan FA Cup.

He's not 17 until nan extremity of August but I cognize internally there's immense excitement astir him, and his goals successful pre-season person heightened this.

Sometimes a young subordinate sees an opportunity and, pinch Luis Diaz's departure, Ngumoha looks group to beryllium successful nan first-team group passim nan season.

Conor McNamara: Back successful January I commentated for Match Of The Day erstwhile Ngumoha became nan youngest subordinate to commencement a lucifer for Liverpool - aged 16 years and 135 days aged - successful nan 4-0 triumph complete Accrington successful nan FA Cup.

To make america each consciousness old, nan opus that was No.1 successful nan charts nan time he was calved was Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl'!

At nan clip he was truthful chartless that I needed Slot to thief maine pronounce his sanction correctly.

But that FA Cup quality was his only first-team crippled and he ne'er made nan chair for a Premier League lucifer done to nan extremity of nan campaign.

His shape this pre-season suggests that should alteration this term. He is still very young and we cognize that title for places will beryllium terrible astatine Anfield, but Ngumoha has a spark astir him.

Guy Mowbray: Having checked his numbers and seen a fewer clips online, I'm really hoping he tin make a large - and speedy - effect for Everton.

He'll beryllium earthy certainly, but nan talent is undoubtedly location for David Moyes to activity with.

It's astir clip Everton had a beardown centre-forward who tin consistently present again. Dixie Dean, Tommy Lawton, Joe Royle, Bob Latchford, Andy Gray, Duncan Ferguson... Thierno Barry?

And if he doesn't occurrence - really astir Beto to measurement up arsenic a spot of a wildcard himself?!

Tom Gayle: The clip feels correct for Fulham to merchandise nan handbrake from underneath Josh King. As I wrote backmost successful February, nan nine has a history of struggling to support clasp of prodigious talents, truthful it's nary astonishment to spot they've employed a much cautious, drip-feed attack erstwhile it comes to his improvement and vulnerability to first-team action.

Reading betwixt nan lines, nan truth King signed a caller semipermanent woody successful July, his 2nd statement agreement successful nan abstraction of conscionable complete 18 months, says aliases successful truth screams to maine that a) location has been liking from different teams, and b) Fulham judge he is 'Premier League ready'.

Securing top-flight crippled clip won't beryllium easy, though. Right present and now, nan acquisition of some Andreas Pereira and nine grounds signing Emile Smith Rowe, intends they person a acold greater declare to nan number 10 position than nan teenager.

Still, I person nary uncertainty assurances will person been made to King regarding a important summation successful Premier League minutes complete nan coming year. Manager Marco Silva knows their demanding schedule will inevitably lead to nan youngster being granted a 'next man up' moment. Given his awesome cameos to date, I expect King to flourish erstwhile fixed an opportunity.

Conor McNamara: Leeds' caller centre-back from Udinese is simply a very absorbing signing. I've been wondering for a fewer years now why a Champions League nine has not snapped him up.

His 1 failing seems to beryllium a inclination to mis-time lunging tackles, thing he will request to get correct successful nan trim and thrust of nan Premier League, but different he appears to person each nan attributes - very beardown successful nan air, mobile, and capable to ping an meticulous long-range pass.

I commentated connected respective of his games for Slovenia astatine past summer's Euros successful Germany, and he did really good successful games against strikers specified arsenic Harry Kane, Rasmus Hojlund, Alexander Mitrovic, and Cristiano Ronaldo - nary of them scored successful their games against Bijol during nan tournament.

Steve Bower: Given Everton's frustrations successful nan summertime market, Blues fans are hoping 1 of their ain has an opportunity to make an impact.

I saw Harrison Armstrong commencement astatine Goodison successful nan FA Cup triumph complete Peterborough successful January earlier a productive indebtedness spell successful nan title pinch Derby. Still only 18, he offers versatility successful nan attacking positions.

He'll person to beryllium diligent but he'll beryllium hoping to travel nan likes of Ross Barkley and Anthony Gordon successful taking his opportunity erstwhile it arises.

Mark Scott: Brighton's way history of buying debased and trading precocious is nan envy of metropolis traders, but their £30m outlay connected Charalampos Kostoulas is nan 2nd astir they've ever spent connected a player.

The Seagulls seldom get it incorrect though and haven't blinked astatine splashing that overmuch connected an 18-year-old pinch conscionable a play of elder shot down him.

He's shown versatility having impressed arsenic a number 9 astatine academy level, earlier switching successfully to a 2nd striker domiciled erstwhile he made nan first squad astatine Olympiakos.

His physicality has besides caught nan eye, pinch 1 of his erstwhile coaches saying nan spot he has for his property is "extraordinary". Maybe he'll move retired to beryllium yet different Brighton bargain.

Jonathan Pearce: Jason Devenny caught my oculus nan infinitesimal I saw him successful Palace's 2-2 tie astatine Aston Villa past November. It was only his 2nd game. He scored, but much than that he wanted nan ball. He was quiet to make an impact.

He surely did that pinch nan winning Community Shield shootout punishment against Liverpool past Sunday. He'll ne'er hide that and I've a emotion he'll person a large season.

Conor McNamara: Obviously nary longer a player, but I would still put Keith successful nan 'wildcard' category.

Sure, his assignment has raised plentifulness of eyebrows but I person worked regularly pinch him arsenic a co-commentator successful nan past for Irish TV.

His enthusiasm and measurement pinch words really impresses me. Because I cognize him from work, successful caller seasons my oculus would beryllium drawn towards him earlier games erstwhile Sheffield United aliases Brentford were warming up and, though an adjunct astatine nan time, he ever seemed to beryllium astatine nan bosom of everything and perpetually communicating pinch nan players.

The owners astatine Brentford person earned a estimation for making bully decisions, and they will not person made this 1 rashly. They person seen him up close, and will person heard nan feedback of a squad who bask his methods.

So galore high-profile managers person collapsed retired successful their first Premier League occupation truthful it surely is not easy. But I'll beryllium hoping that Andrews gets disconnected to a really bully start.