Rogelio Funes Mori
(River)
Age: 19
After a productive pre-season, this dangerous striker has started the Apertura championship on fire; netting three times in resurgent River Plate’s first four games. Argentina may have a production line of talented midfielders, but great number nines tend to be a rarer breed. For that reason, there will be a lot of people hoping that the boy from Mendoza can continue his rapid rise and establish himself as the next great goal-getter. He has already shown he has that oh-so-valuable poacher’s instinct in the box, and at 185cm he is fortunate to be blessed with that element that so many Argentinian players lack: height. River Plate would love to hang on to him in their championship push, but unfortunately for them, the likes of Fiorentina and Juventus arealready eyeing off their valuable asset. Remember the name.
