Jamie O'Hara (21) - perhaps the surprise success of Spurs season since the appointment of Juande Ramos. Very promising central or left-sided midfielder who has just signed a three year extension to his contract.
Mauro Zarate (21) - Argentinian who spent the second half of the season at Birmingham City on loan from Al Sadd in Qatar. Looked for a brief spell like he might "do a Tevez" and save Birmingham from the drop. He might conceivably have managed it too if it weren't for the British mistrust of "flair" compared to grit & hard work. Alex McLeish tended to prefer starting with James McFadden when he was fit & Zarate's impact wained after he was the one taken off during the 5-1 hammering by Aston Villa. Big clubs are said to be after him.
Damien Plessis (20) - I don't know that much about this player but - having joined Liverpool from Lyon in the summer - the holding midfielder was obviously deemed reliable enough by Rafa Benitez to stand in for Mascherano on a couple of occasions during the season. This possibly means he's pretty high in the pecking order of the many foreign born players now in Liverpool's reserve & academy squads.
Kelvin Etuhu (20) - Nigerian born striker who is the latest in a long line of players to make their way through the excellent Manchester City Academy.
Chris Gunter (19) - Could potentially have been playing at Wembley this weekend if Spurs hadn't already snapped him up from Cardiff City in the January transfer window. The right back is already a full international for Wales & one of many very promising youngsters at Tottenham.
Gareth Bale (19) - Yet another Welsh youngster at Spurs - & a veteran in terms of experience compared to his compatriot. Would have made a far bigger impact this year but for an injury sustained in early December which led to him missing the rest of the season. Attacking left back who is good at set pieces.
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