THE EFL is awash with young talent busting a gut to make it to the Premier League.
Here, SunSport’s EFL reporter TOM BARCLAY picks ten who could play in the top flight tomorrow, though he could have picked many more…
Jack Grealish, Aston Villa, 22
STRUGGLED with a kidney problem earlier in the season – but has come back looking hungrier than ever to show what he can do.
Scored a goal of the season contender in the vital 1-0 win over Cardiff while Leicester are said to be ready to pounce if Villa do not go up.
Ruben Neves, Wolves, 21
PROBABLY the best player to ever play in the Championship, Neves should have won the division’s Player of the Year award over Ryan Sessegnon.
Will be playing in the Prem next year though Wolves fans will worry a top-six side will come calling with a £40million offer.
Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham, 17
IT is mad to think Little Sess as he’s known in the Cottagers dressing room will not be legally allowed to drink until the middle of next month.
I believe Sessegnon should have been tried out in the recent England friendlies with a view to going to Russia as he is that good already.
Tom Cairney, Fulham, 27
A KNEE injury bothered him in the first half of the season but he has impressed once again since the turn of the year with his cultured passing game.
There has been plenty of interest in the last two transfer windows, particularly from West Ham, and you would think he will be playing in the Prem next season even if Fulham are not.
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James Maddison, Norwich, 21
HAS emerged as the Canaries’ talisman this term with 15 goals from attacking midfield.
He is the man Daniel Farke’s men seek out to make things happen – so there will be a gaping hole in the team when he most likely moves on this summer.
Adama Traore, Middlesbrough, 22
ON his day, he can be devastating at any level with his power, pace and dribbling ability.
Those days do not happen frequently enough but if he can harness his raw talents to function on a more consistent basis, he could be not just a Premier League player but a good one.
Nick Powell, Wigan, 24
HE may have been beaten to the League One Player of the Year award by Blackburn’s prolific Bradley Dack, but playmaker Powell looks the more ready to go to the top flight.
So much so Brighton were in for him in January and you would not bet against more Prem teams bidding for the ex-Man Utd kid’s signature this summer, now he has proved his fitness.
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Diogo Jota, Wolves, 21
ONE of Wanderers’ Portugeezers, Jota has been a revelation this season.
Likely to sign for Wolves permanently in the summer from Atletico Madrid, he has the skill, pace and eye for goal to make a real impact in the Prem next term.
Willy Boly, Wolves, 27
THE French defender is a man-mountain who has struck up good relationships both with fellow centre-back Conor Coady and left wing-back Barry Douglas at Molineux.
Nuno Espirito Santo is said to be keen on turning the Porto ace’s loan permanent and so he should as Boly looks made for the Premier League.
Joe Bryan, Bristol City, 24
THE son of a heart surgeon, the intelligent Bristolian shone in the Robins’ Carabao Cup campaign, scoring against Crystal Palace and Manchester United.
Has often been deployed at left-wing but considers left-back his best position and would be a canny signing for many lower-end Prem sides if City do not go up through the play-offs.
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