13 Players Who Could Make You Money in the Premier League 2026-27 Season

Every new Premier League season brings a fresh wave of unknowns who end up defining the campaign. Last year it was Eli Junior Kroupi and Igor Thiago turning heads. This year, the next batch is already taking shape, and some of them carry serious betting value before the bookmakers fully cotton on.

We've gone through the 13 players most likely to emerge this season and picked out the ones we think carry the most interest from a betting perspective. Some are golden prospects at big clubs, others are wild cards at newly promoted sides. All of them are worth a look before their odds shorten.

The One We're Most Excited to Back

Brian Madjo is the name we keep coming back to. The 17-year-old Aston Villa striker already has five pre-season goals to his name, including a strike against Paris Saint-Germain in the Super Cup. Bookmakers are still treating him as a distant squad option, which is exactly where you want to find value.

Villa are in the Champions League this season. That means extra fixtures, rotation, and genuine minutes for a player Unai Emery clearly trusts. With Ollie Watkins and Tammy Abraham ahead of him in the pecking order, the pressure is off. Madjo can ease into it. Anytime scorer bets across cup competitions and the odd Premier League cameo could pay off nicely across a full season. First goal scorer in domestic cup ties is the market to watch early on.

George Hemmings at the same club is worth a mention too. Villa's midfield has been hollowed out this summer with Tielemans and Rogers both gone, and Amadou Onana out injured. Hemmings was one of the best players on the pitch against PSG according to his own captain. That's not a small thing. He could easily be a 20-plus appearance player this season, which makes him relevant for midfield contributions markets and even assists specials.

The Big-Money Signings Carrying Expectation

Sean Steur arrives at Newcastle from Ajax in a deal worth up to £23m. He's 18, two-footed, and was a regular starter in the Eredivisie last season. Newcastle's midfield has been disrupted this summer, which actually opens the door for someone like Steur to force his way in sooner than expected. His odds to make a meaningful number of Premier League appearances look attractive right now.

Caleb Yirenkyi at Coventry City is the most intriguing signing in the Championship-to-Premier League context. Coventry broke their transfer record to land him from FC Nordsjaelland, which tells you everything about how the club views him. He featured in all four of Ghana's World Cup matches, he can play across midfield, and he's walking into a side that will need him to contribute immediately. Player of the match and man of the match specials in the early rounds of the season are worth considering before anyone outside the Midlands knows his name properly.

Luka Vuskovic at Brighton might be the safest long-term bet on this list. Brighton extracted him from Tottenham as a condition of selling Jan Paul van Hecke. That's a club that knows exactly what it's doing in the transfer market. He was one of the best young defenders in the Bundesliga last season and the top-scoring centre-back in the entire division. Brighton defenders who score get ignored in the markets until they've done it three times. Back him early for defender goals.

Wildcards Worth a Flutter

Johan Manzambi is the most complete talent on this list. The 19-year-old Swiss forward helped Freiburg reach a Europa League final and scored at the World Cup. Aston Villa signed him over Newcastle, which tells you Emery had a clear plan in mind. He can play as a ten, a central midfielder or a right-sided forward. That versatility is a nightmare for opposition teams and a gift for people who back player special markets. Shots on target, key passes, goal contributions across all competitions, Manzambi is the type who fills in multiple statistical categories.

Trey Nyoni at Liverpool is a name we'd back to hit a minutes played threshold early in the season. Liverpool's central midfield options are not as deep as they look on paper, and the coaching staff were clearly impressed with him in pre-season. If loan interest is being knocked back, that's a tell. He's unlikely to start regularly, but substitute appearances can stack up fast in a title-challenging squad with European football.

Shea Lacey at Manchester United is the wildcard pick for outright top young player markets. He's 19, the manager knows him personally, and he came within a whisker of scoring in his only senior appearance last season. United fans will respond to him immediately if he gets a run of games. That kind of emotional connection tends to fuel nomination votes and makes him worth a small bet in young player of the year markets while his odds are still long.

Our Overall Take

The Premier League 2026-27 season has a genuinely exciting crop of new faces, and the betting markets haven't caught up yet. Madjo and Manzambi are our two headline picks for goal contribution specials across all competitions. Vuskovic is the value defender bet for those who like backing centre-backs in the right team setup. And Yirenkyi is the dark horse who could quietly become one of the signings of the season at a newly promoted club with something to prove.

Get on them now, before the rest of the market does.