Nathanaël Mbuku

Nathanaël Mbuku is a quick, direct wide midfielder who announced himself at Reims as a teenager before moving to Augsburg in the Bundesliga, where he struggled to nail down a regular starting role. His return to France with Montpellier in 2025 is a chance to rediscover the form that made him one of French football's more intriguing young prospects. For the French national team, he remains on the periphery, but his pace and directness in transition offer something different from the more possession-oriented profiles around him. At 24, he still has time to fulfil his early promise.