10 Early Favourites For World Cup 2018 Best Young Player Award

As the youngest player at the tournament, it would only be fitting for Australia's Daniel Arzani to walk home with the coveted Best Young Player award. At just 19 years of age, Iranian-born Arzani is already demonstrating an enormous amount of potential and has been lauded for his game-changing abilities.

A Melbourne City player, Arzani was the A-League's leading light in terms of attempted and completed dribbles during the latest season, as well as being one of his team's best chance creators, despite only starting four league games. He was voted the Young Player of the Season, made it into the A-League Team of the Season, and is highly regarded as one of the brightest Aussie prospects of recent years.

The Socceroos have only ever made it out of their World Cup group once before and find themselves alongside France, Peru, and Denmark for this summer's tournament. It'll be tough, but a second-place spot in the group is doable for Australia and Arzani's technical skills and trickery could be enough to give the team a big boost.