AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSo it's notable to read in Foot Mercato that RB Leipzig are trying to sign Strasbourg's Samir El Mourabet. The 21-year-old has gone a little under the radar this summer, primiarly because he's viewed as the second-biggest Moroccan defensive midfield talent playing in France, after Ayyoub Bouaddi. Bouaddi is two years younger than El Mourabet and that makes him, to many, the brighter prospect. © IMAGOSo considering the top five leagues, we believe El Mourabet is the standout defensive midfielder 21-and-under. Numbers you'd want to see from a young defensive midfielder.