After a five year absence,the Euros will kick off with Italy set to play Turkey in the Opening game of the competition tomorrow afternoon

We look at the top 6 young players in this year European Championship

1 Jeremy Doku

The Belgian broke into the national team on the back of an impressive campaign for both Rennes and Anderletch .

Doku is backed by many to break into the Belgian starting 11

2 Jamal Musaila

The German has become an integral part of Bayern side that won the treble two seasons and the Bundesliga last season and also scoring some goals including a goal in the 4-1 win over Lazio in the Champions League.

Musaila whose father is a British -Nigeria made the switch to Germany and has made 5 appearances for die manchaft already

With his incredible run and pace and shot prowess, he would hope to attack to the devastating German attack

3 Phil Foden

The EPL young player of the year had another great season in England

He starred in Pep Guardiola's Premier League title-winning side, regularly cutting in from the left flank and contributing 16 goals in all competitions.

Already made his debut for the three Lions in their nations league win over Island last November

4 Pedri

Pedro Gonzalez follows the footsteps of Juan Carlos Valeron, Pedro and David Silva.

He is the latest to Emerge from the canary islands and play for the Spanish national team

He wasted little time establishing himself at the Camp Nou, playing in all but one game in La Liga for Barca in the season just finished. He made his Spain debut in a World Cup qualifier against Greece in March.

5 Joao Felix

The young Portuguese will have big shoes to fill as Portugal try to defend the Euro crown

He is one of the most expensive signings having been snapped by Atletico with a whopping fee of 126 million Euros .

His could partner up with icon Ronaldo in attack.

He helped Atletico Madrid win la liga after 7 years

6 Mathjias De Ligt

Dutch coach Frank de Boer needs De Ligt, who captained Ajax in the Champions League aged just 19, starring in the side that got to the semifinals of that competition in 2019 before being sold to Juventus .

De Ligt has been in fine form for Juventus ever since his move from Ajax