Liverpool’s Emre Can has been included in the ‘Top 20 most valuable U-21 players in the world’ list by Soccerex.

The study by Soccerex takes into account the players position, market value media perception, age, and contract length.

Can was one of Liverpool’s few bright sparks last season despite being played out of position in midfield. The Germany u21 international was signed as a midfielder from Bayer Leverkusen but spent the majority of the season as part of a back three and at right-back.

The 21-year-old is expected to move into his favoured midfield position following the exit of Steven Gerrard to the MLS side LA Galaxy.

Can made a total of 27 appearances for the Premier League outfit last season and also featured in the FA Cup and Europa League.

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List of the top 20 most valuable youngsters in football:

20) Hector Bellerin – Arsenal – €14.829m
19) Calum Chambers – Arsenal – €15.058m
18) Divock Origi – Liverpool – €15.261m
17) Anthony Martial – AS Monaco – €15.848m
16) John Stones – Everton – €16.850m
15) Emre Can – Liverpool – €17.026m
14) Anderson Talisca – Benfica – €19.091m
13) Aleksandar Mitrovic – Anderlecht – €18.129m
12) Youri Tielemans – Anderlecht – €19.392m
11) Kurt Zouma – Chelsea – €22.726m
10) Aymeric Laporte – Athletic Bilbao – €23.956m
9) Luke Shaw – Manchester United – €25.390m
8) Jose Luis Gaya – Valencia – €25.873m
7) Mateo Kovacic – Inter Milan – €26.137m
6) Hakan Calhanoglu – Bayer Leverkusen – €27.431m
5) Jose Gimenez – Atletico Madrid – €30.205m
4) Domenico Berardi – Sassuolo – €30.521m
3) Memphis Depay – Manchester United – €33.640m
2) Marquinhos – Paris Saint-Germain – €39.768m
1) Raheem Sterling – Liverpool – €49.295m