Apart from Erling Haaland (23), how comes there's no world-class strikers under 30?

[jimharri]

Are those five truly world class? Are they in the same bracket as Van Persie, Henry, Aguero, Lewandovski?

I wasn't being entirely serious with the 4 I named!

 

[bennyboy]

And Jackson

And Rashford.

 

[KearsleyBlue]

You're generally right, but Kane, Osimhen, Martinez, and Lewandowski arent a bad bunch.
Isak and Gyokeres will be at massive clubs sooner rather than later too.

 

[franksinatra]

Are those five truly world class? Are they in the same bracket as Van Persie, Henry, Aguero, Lewandovski?

No but it’s a bit of an unfair comparison as, with the exception of Aguero, none of them were considered World Class at 23 either. Van persie at 23 had scored 10 prem goals in the last two seasons, Henry had just been signed by Arsenal after struggling at Juve and playing left wing, Lewamdowski had just scored 9 goals in 43 appearances in his first season in the Bundesliga.

Do agree with the overall points but the likes of Sesko and Thuram are coming through also, but the role has changed and the more traditional out and out striker is becoming less popular

 

[Pell]

A disclaimer

*Before anyone will say Kylian Mbappé, he's a inside forward who spends majority of his time on the left flank during games whenever his team have possession,

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I just realized how there's no genuine current world-class striker who haven't reached the age of 30, apart from Haaland as the exception. The 23-year-old is definitely one of the GOAT strikers of all-time without a shadow of doubt.

- Scored 250 goals in 300 games during his career
- Scored 30 goals in 33 games for Norway
- Achieved countless of goalscoring records & individual awards

In the 21st Century, we have seen loads of phenomenal world-class strikers (Suarez, Henry, Van Nistelrooy, Lewandowski, Kane, Zlatan, Aguero, Cavani and many others).

When the likes of Darwin Nunez & Rasmus Hojlund were sold for £100m and £70m respectively, then the dreath of young world-class strikers isn't really a meme out of thin air.

How comes there isn't many world-class striker under the age of 30 compared to the past?

The same reason you don't see 'playmakers' or flair/luxury players anymore (Riquelme, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Zidane, etc). There is a hot take doing the rounds on youtube and twitter, that blames Pep for this; that he has made football less interesting because everybody now copies him, players are now overly coached, there is too much emphasis on athleticism, pressing and tracking back over technique and skill, and more focus on being a team player, rather than personal glory. Make of it what you will.

 

[BlueTG]

You're generally right, but Kane, Osimhen, Martinez, and Lewandowski arent a bad bunch.
Isak and Gyokeres will be at massive clubs sooner rather than later too.

Kane and Lewandowski are the other side of 30.