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The French Connection: Pietro Pellegri - Monaco's teenage sensation making Ligue 1 history

The Italian striker is one of a host of foreign imports taking the league by storm after laying his hat in le Championnat - the League of Talents

Monaco is a club with a track record of producing strikers of the highest calibre. France’s record goal scorer and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry first broke through with the principality side, while Kylian Mbappe, the most prodigious striker in the world today, exploded through the ranks at Stade Louis II.

Now, Monaco have on their hands a 17-year-old Italian to follow in the footsteps of Mbappe. Indeed, when he scored against Bordeaux last weekend, he became the second-youngest player to find the net for the club in a top-flight game, eclipsed only by the teenage World Cup-winner.