Arsenal: Karl Hein
Arsenal have promising young winger Charles Sagoe Jr out on loan at Shrewsbury but there is no real competition for 22-year-old goalkeeper Karl Hein. He is already Estonia No. 1 (Mart Poom is presumably his back-up) and has kept three clean sheets for Real Valladolid this season, although he was humbled by letting in seven against Barcelona and three at Real Madrid, still playing quite well against the latter and making six saves.
Hein must have asked to leave on loan because there was certainly a place for him in Mikel Arteta’s squad with Aaron Ramsdale’s departure. He could have stepped up into the benchwarmer role but is first choice at a La Liga club instead, which is probably better. We say probably because Joan Garcia was reportedly desperate to swap Espanyol for Arsenal.
Aston Villa: Samuel Iling-Junior
Choosing between Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea was far from straightforward. Both are temporarily at big European clubs in Bologna and Valencia after joining from Juventus in the Douglas Luiz transfer.
Unai Emery didn’t have space for either in his squad for the season but these are two good moves, especially for Iling-Junior, who will pick up crucial Champions League experience with the Italian side.
Bournemouth: Daniel Jebbison
Jebbison has a lot to work on and Bournemouth will hope he develops nicely at Watford this season. It is not going too well currently for the 21-year-old, who has zero goals in three Championship appearances this term after two cameos off the bench for the Cherries in the Premier League.
His comical miss at Norwich last weekend summed up Jebbison’s start to life at Vicarage Road. There is still plenty of potential there and who knows, when he scores one, the floodgates might open.
Brentford: Myles Peart-Harris
Peart-Harris made Thomas Frank’s bench on matchday one in 2024/25 but was loaned out to Championship side Swansea, making his debut off the bench against West Brom and getting his first win two weeks later at home to Norwich.
The 22-year-old is an attacking midfield player but Swansea boss Luke Williams has said he could play up front during his loan spell.
Brighton: Valentin Barco
Out of every club in the Premier League, Brighton without a shadow of a doubt have the best crop of young talent out on loan. The loan system has been very good to them, with Moises Caicedo among those who have developed abroad and been sold for a colossal profit.
Ibrahim Osman, Barco, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Jeremy Sarmiento and Facundo Buonanotte are all outstanding young talents who will likely develop very nicely this term. It is very difficult to pick one and our honest logic is based off who we think will play the most this season, and that is Barco at Sevilla.
Brighton beat several clubs to Barco’s signature – including Manchester City – and will be watching him very keenly in Spain this term. The summer arrival of Ferdi Kadioglu has not helped the Argentine, mind.
Chelsea: Armando Broja
Surprisingly, there are not that many options at Chelsea; we thought there would be loads. They do have plenty of young players out on loan but only Armando Broja and Lesley Ugochukwu jumped out at us. Mike Penders and Aaron Anselmino might both be superior but neither have even stepped foot on Stamford Bridge and we know virtually nothing about either of them.
Broja is currently injured so is still waiting to make his Everton debut, which cannot come soon enough for a team in disarray. His loan spell at Southampton was decent and the second half of last season at Fulham was dire. Sean Dyche will probably take something in the middle from the Albanian international.
Crystal Palace: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
The two Crystal Palace options in Rak-Sakyi and Naouirou Ahamada seemed promising but Rak-Sakyi’s start at Sheffield United has been poor and Ahamada hasn’t played a single minute for Rennes’ first team.
Given that the former is actually playing – and at a decent level – we have opted for him. Rak-Sakyi is a promising winger getting plenty of minutes at Bramall Lane but he needs to improve on the ball and show more effort off it if he is to keep getting those minutes. Some Blades fans are already calling for him to be dropped for Andre Brooks.
Everton: Harry Tyrer
Everton don’t give us a boatload of options because any promising youngsters would be starting for them.
Nevertheless, young Tyrer is out on loan at Blackpool and to completely contradict ourselves, has no chance of becoming the Toffees’ first-choice goalkeeper while Jordan Pickford is there. He has kept one clean sheet in three League One games as Blackpool try to earn promotion back up to the Championship.
Fulham: Luke Harris
It was between Birmingham City loanee Luke Harris and Gorica’s Adrion Pajaziti for Fulham. We have gone for the former because at least some people have heard of him. He is currently sidelined but scored on his Blues debut and is a regular for Wales Under-21s.
Ipswich: Cameron Humphreys
Elkan Baggott’s loan clubs are improving every year but Cameron Humphreys is our man here.
The 20-year-old midfielder is already endearing himself to the Wycombe fans after his winner against Cambridge United last weekend and goal against Rotherham United on his debut. He is one to watch in League One.
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