The 2024/25 season has begun, and plenty of promising talents are hoping to make their mark all over the footballing world this term.
In this tactical analysis and scout report, we will identify one talent to watch from each of the five top European leagues and provide some analysis of why they’re a top talent to watch closely.
Júlia Bartel Scouting Report At Chelsea Women
Júlia Bartel is a 20-year-old Spanish international representing the under-23 team.
She has just moved from FC Barcelona Femení to Chelsea Women, a move that could provide the midfielder with a decent platform to break through in a top league — the WSL.
Bartel is a promising midfielder who is already being compared to her older ex-teammate, Aitana Bonmatí.
Both players have similar playing styles and attributes.
Knowing that it was a bit complicated for her to get her chance at Barcelona, Bartel needs to prove her worth when she gets some playing time at Chelsea and ensure she becomes a must-start, even though that is not as simple as it may sound.
The Blues already have confirmed and reliable midfielders like Erin Cuthbert, Sjoeke Nüsken, and Sophie Ingle.
That being said, if the 20-year-old Spaniard gets her opportunity, she is believed to have the potential to become one of the best in her role.
She is capable of shining in the WSL this season and in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
With an average passing accuracy of 88.8% and an ability to win 49.7% of the duels per game, Bartel can be considered a promising midfielder with powerful physical abilities and a lot of passing intelligence.
Moreover, being picked as the captain of Spain’s under-23 team means Bartel has a strong personality and is very mature as a player.
Bartel was also very impactful with the Spanish under-19 national team.
She scored the goal that helped them lift the 2022 UEFA Euro trophy against Norway just one minute before the end of extra time.
All this information can only confirm that Bartel is expected to become a crucial midfielder very soon, as she is also capable of scoring goals and contributing not only through playmaking but also by scoring goals on critical occasions.
In fact, what makes Bartel a key player and someone who has a great chance of succeeding as a player is her ability to play in different positions without really sacrificing much quality.
She has already played as a defensive midfielder, central midfielder, advanced playmaker and on the wings.
This means that Bartel can accommodate her head coach’s preferences and play in any midfield or attacking position except the striker role.
Her ability to score goals by exploiting second balls, like in the following example, and her goals scored thanks to her excellent positioning and runs from the back highlight her importance inside the final third in terms of goalscoring.
Also, Bartel can vary her passes depending on the situations she is put in while remaining very impactful, thanks to her high accuracy rate regarding key passing and crossing.
The following example highlights her ability to provide pinpointed crosses from the wing and create numerous goalscoring opportunities for her teammates per match.
It will be crucial for Bartel to provide these kinds of accurate key passes at Chelsea as soon as she gets the opportunity to play in order to impose herself as an important squad player.
Alice Corelli Scouting Report At Roma Women
Alice Corelli is a classic centre-forward with modern skills.
She has excellent physical abilities and is challenging to beat in duels because she is powerful.
Knowing that she started her career in Roma Women’s youth sector before being loaned out to Pomigliano and Napoli, Corelli returned to Roma this season and is expected to play regularly in Serie A
She is currently a substitute and may be a starter when the team has a busier schedule.
Corelli will undoubtedly be among the players to watch this season.
She is very decisive in front of goals and can score using various techniques, including headers, volleys, dribbling past goalkeepers, shooting from a distance, and more.
Moreover, as mentioned above, she is not just a classic striker but also someone who dribbles well and sometimes gets out of the box to support her teammates on the wings or in midfield.
She also masters the role of the stationary striker and uses her body well to protect the ball and resist disturbing marking before serving her teammates who come from the back.
At the same time, she can protect the ball and then turn to the goal and shoot while still resisting the defenders’ disturbance, just like she did during this goal action against England U23.
She scored a beautiful goal that highlights her powerful physical abilities and determination to score goals.
If Corelli succeeds in achieving the same level of performance at Roma and contributing positively every time she gets subbed, she will undoubtedly get more chances progressively.
That will make her impactful for Roma this season, knowing that the Giallorosse have the UWCL to compete in along with their domestic obligations.
Kika Nazareth Scouting Report At FC Barcelona Femení
Although many might already know Kika Nazareth since she used to shine at Benfica in recent years, we cannot skip mentioning her in this article because she will surely make a significant impact in Liga F.
She joined Barcelona this summer for €500 000, a record fee for the women’s football scene in Portugal.
Nazareth is a complete forward with outstanding attacking abilities and remarkable goalscoring talent.
She scored 25 goals and provided eight assists in the 2023/24 season, meaning that Nazareth is getting near her peak of form and might raise her profile with Barcelona this term.
The Portuguese international has also been representing her country since 2020, as she participated in the FIFA World Cup 2023, allowing her to gain more experience and play with the best players in the scene.
On numerous occasions, Nazareth showed that she can deal very well with complicated situations and is accustomed to being tightly marked.
She often resorts to dribbling as she is very agile and quick in her movements.
In this example, she receives the ball in a complicated situation, with two defenders surrounding her and a goalkeeper getting out to close the angles of the shot.
Therefore, Nazareth decides to dribble past the three players and the goalkeeper to score with ease, which highlights her excellent decision-making in terms of finishing.
In addition, Nazareth can score using both feet and usually exploits her agility to ask for the ball behind the defensive line and get to it before everyone.
Therefore, it is more likely that Nazareth would suit Barcelona’s playing style.
She has all that is needed to succeed in a team with world-class midfielders, which guarantees that she will get the necessary passes and goalscoring opportunities per game.
Moreover, being a striker who can regularly provide assists and can also move to the wings and cross the ball using the right or left foot represents a plus for Nazareth and makes her an even more attractive choice for Pere Romeu Sunyer, even though the team’s regular striker is Ewa Pajor.
Frøya Dorsin Scouting Report At PSG Féminine
Although the Norway U20 international has yet to complete her 17 years, Frøya Dorsin has just joined PSG Féminines from Rosenborg BK Kvinner.
Thanks to her remarkable talent as a striker, she is expected to make a strong impact in the Arkema Première Ligue.
The Norwegian forward will need to do her best to get the needed playing time, as things can be challenging for her at the start of this season.
Nevertheless, her goalscoring skills, especially her powerful shooting abilities, will most probably help her score goals at the start of her adventure with PSG.
The following goal example highlights her ability to shoot with power and accuracy from outside the box.
She can also shoot using various other techniques, especially headers.
Moreover, if Fabrice Abriel focuses on developing this aspect, Dorsin can also build her passing skills at PSG and work on providing more key passes per game.
Dorsin already has the vision to provide critical passes and spot her teammates whenever she gets the ball out of the box, which makes her capable of becoming an all-round striker very soon.
This assist example highlights her passing accuracy rate, which reaches 68.2%.
It also shows her ability to resist the tight marking and disturbance from defenders, as she was able to provide this key pass with great difficulty while falling to the ground.
Dorsin is expected to impact the French Première Ligue significantly but should work very hard to win a spot and challenge names like Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore.
Franziska Kett Scouting Report At FC Bayern Frauen
From the Frauen-Bundesliga, one player to watch this season is Franziska Kett of FC Bayern Frauen.
Although there are plenty of talents playing in the Frauen-Bundesliga this season, Kett catches the eye thanks to her talent, pace, dribbling abilities, and diversity of mastered positions.
In fact, Kett can play very well on both wingers as she is naturally a winger.
At the same time, she has already tried playing as a left-back, a right wingback, and an advanced playmaker on both the right and the left.
This means that Kett proposes a lot of options to FC Bayern and can cope with various positions as she adapts her abilities to the required duties and roles.
She has already proven successful, especially on the wings and as a left-back, meaning Kett has the chance to play regularly at Bayern Munich soon despite being in a squad with plenty of world-class players.
Kett is distinguishable thanks to her pacy accelerations, especially on the left wing, her efficient dribbles (with an average success rate of 62.3%), and her pinpoint crosses from the wings.
The following example highlights her ability to provide assists after running on the wing and escaping from her marker.
Moreover, Kett was also used as a striker on numerous occasions and was good enough for that role, scoring goals that were far from simple.
Kett can become even more clinical in front of goal if she maintains her excellent form and gains the necessary motivation and belief in her abilities to improve.
The goal shown here, which she scored with Germany U19 against Belgium U19, shows not just her shooting abilities using her weaker foot but, more importantly, her physical strength and ability to resist the disturbance of two defenders who were nearly able to stop her from scoring.
Conclusion
Júlia Bartel, Alice Corelli, Kika Nazareth, Frøya Dorsin, and Franziska Kett are all promising talents to keep an eye on this season as they might be very impactful for their respective teams and in their respective leagues.
At the same time, choosing only one player from each league is undoubtedly a complicated task, as it is certain that many other promising players were overlooked in this article.
