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Reus is unacceptable too?

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/germany-bundesliga-wolfsburg-bayer-leverkusen-kevin-de-bruyne-roger-schmidt/

Just noticed that Bongonda was a product of the Guillou academy (brought a big part of CIV's golden generation to Belgium, including Yaya Toure) ... it seems that Bongonda graduated at the same time as Denayer. This is the moment when he caught my eye:

AFAIK Pereira can still play for Belgium. It either was his dad or his agent that told him not to burn any bridges (but I can't tell if the Belgian FA are open to a return). I'd say that even if he joins Brazil as a full international (which is a big ?), Brazil will have a Belgian playing for them. Bossaerts had to deal with injuries and that caused his progession to slow down a bit. At least for now, I have to agree with you that Denayer is further along in his development (unless I choose to ignore reality and act like one of Bossaerts' fangirls). Together with Meunier (could move to a bigger club at the end of this season) and Engels (also seems ready for the next step), I'd like to see how these guys perform in their early 20s ... maybe even add a (younger) 5th prospect, W. Faes. He's very much in Anderlecht's plans for the next few years but Premier League or Bundesliga football seem to be in his future. PS with Kompany, Boyata, Denayer, Bossaerts and even Mangala (Belgian FA tried to keep him) Citeh have more than their fair share of Belgian defenders. I don't like all of our eggs in one basket ... so sweet Khaleesi, Mother of effin Dragons, don't let Faes end up there as well.

When Courtois was about to reach the milestone of 100 clean sheets I stumbled upon an amazing comparison ... Cech only had 37 clean sheets before the age of 23, Neuer 60, Buffon 62 and Casillas comes closest with 71 clean sheets before the age of 23 ... the least you can say about Courtois is that he's ahead of the curve.

What also added to the hype was Piet de Visser saying that Origi reminded him of Kluivert (although Kluivert had unlocked more of his potential when he was Origi's age). Still why let anything stand in the way of a good hype? Origi, the new Kluivert every self-respecting hype should have a "the new X" tag. Regardless of the hype I'd put Origi in the top 5 of Belgian wonderkids (from 1/1/1993 onwards) together with Lukaku, Januzaj, Tielemans and Musonda. - Praet looks very promising yet my expectations are lower than what I'm expecting from the top 5 talents (I'd add him to the next +/- 5: T.Hazard, Jr. Malanda, Michy, Y.F-C., Bruno, etc.). - Dendoncker is another Anderlecht talent that deserves a mention in this thread (missing from OP). - I didn't spot Theo Bongonda in the OP but he also deserves to be on the list. - Bakkali will return to full fitness in January and could be a huge addition to the club that signs him (IF that club can get him to develop properly). - Andreas Pereira ... born and bred in Belgium but playing for Brazil now (changed his mind a few times already) and he moved to Man Utd. - Bossaerts most likely has the highest potential of all young Belgian defenders but like Denayer he moved to Citeh. Engels is also a very decent prospect. - etc. ... most of the top prospects are already on OP's list though (i.e. T.Hazard, Jr. Malanda, Michy, Y.F-C, Bruno, Praet, ...).