Which Current AFCB Player Has The BEST Potential To Be World Class?

For arguments sake, this article will include the top five players with the highest ceiling, and at the end it will be whittled down to the number one.

Starting from the back, Antonio Silva and Adrien Truffert are the 2 to go forward for me. James Hill is unlucky to miss out, but if you look at the careers that the other 2 have had before joining AFC Bournemouth and the platforms that they have to start regularly on an international stage, Truffert and Silva's chances are better.

As well as that, Hill can play right back, in the 6 and obviously at centre back, so there is a chance that he could get mis-profiled by a manager and played where he isn't as effective later on in his career, which could limit the ceiling that he reaches. 

Now moving on to the centre of midfield, the one nominee going forward is of course Alex Scott. The one limitation that the England International had when he first joined the club was his physicality. In the last 2 years, Scott seems to have become a lot more physically dominant in the centre of midfield, and he has reaped the rewards of that.

There are many midfielders who have good technical ability, or a good physically, but not many have both of them attributes. Combining Scott's ball control, ball carrying and good passing with his running stats shows that he has all the ingredients to become world class.

There is one winger who can be put forward here, which is obviously Rayan. The Brazilian has caught the eye of not just Cherries fans since joining, but fans of top clubs from all across Europe in the last 10 months. 

If Rayan can become more consistent throughout games, and turn his flashes of excellence into being a constant threat for the full 90 minutes, he will be bound to picking up a move similar to Antoine Semenyo in a few years time. 

The last nominee has to be Junior Kroupi. You know that a player is going to reach the very top when in their first game with meaningful minutes after a long term injury, they pull off a no look assist to cement the win in added time.

Coming 7th in the Golden Boy ranking is nothing to be sniffed at, and Kroupi will need to keep on performing at the levels he showed last season if he wants to get a big move in either January of the summer. If he does this, he could easily perform at the highest level for a club like Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Now, it is time to pick the player who has the highest ceiling. The 2 players I am going to rule out of being able to win is Adrien Truffert and Rayan. This is only because Truffert is slightly older (he turns 25 next week), and Rayan hasn't quite been consistent enough yet.

The next player out is going to be Antonio Silva. The only reason is because he hasn't even played half a season at AFCB yet, so has to prove his value over a longer period of time.

It is now down to Alex Scott or Junior Kroupi. 

The player who I am going to say has the highest ceiling and best potential in the current AFCB squad is... Alex Scott! Kroupi can go quiet in games, and may be shoehorned into a front line as a striker, where he isn't as effective. However, Scott will always be played as an 8, which is where he thrives the most.