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Golden boy award 2018 Nominees
The list of Golden Boy nominees for 2018 has been almost halved as we get closer to announcing a winner.
European football’s brightest talents are competing to claim the prestigious award, which has previously been won by the likes of Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling, Isco and Paul Pogba.
Kylian Mbappe took the prize last year and is bidding to become the first-ever player to win the gong twice.
Mbappe qualifies for the award still as he remains under 21 and is still playing in the top flight of a European league.
He is the favourite to claim the award for 2018, but faces competition from the likes of Christian Pulisic and Vinicius Junior, while Ajax’s Matthijs De Ligt will be hoping to become the first defender ever to take the crown.
The Premier League is represented by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden, Brahim Diaz, Tom Davies, Diogo Dalot, Juan Foyth, Ruben Vinagre and Ryan Sessegnon.
Fulham’s Sessegnon made the revised new 60-man list following Fulham’s promotion to the top flight.
The list of 60 will be cut to 20 in November, before journalists from around Europe will determine the winner in December.
Golden Boy 2018 nominees
Achraf Hakimi – Real Madrid
Carles Alena – Barcelona
Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
Kevin Adou Amian – Toulouse
Houssem Aouar – Lyon
Musa Barrow – Atalanta
Sander Berge – Genk
Brahim Diaz – Manchester City
Justin Bijlow – Feyenoord
Josip Brekalo – Wolfsburg
Patrick Cutrone – Milan
Dani Olmo – Dinamo Zagreb
Diogo Dalot – Manchester United
Tom Davies – Everton
Mathijs De Ligt – Ajax
Moussa Diaby – PSG
Moussa Djenepo – Standard Liege
Ritsu Doan – Groningen
Gabriel Eder Militao – Porto
Odsonne Edouard – Celtic
Ecco Evander – Midtjylland
Phil Foden – Manchester City
Juan Foyth – Tottenham
Godson Fernandes – Benfica
Nicolas Gonzalez – Stuttgart
Amadou Haidara – Red Bull Salzburg
Kai Havertz – Bayer Leverkusen
Jonathan Ikone – Lille
Joao Jota – Benfica
Eduardo Jovane Cabral – Sporting
Dejan Joveljic – Red Star Belgrade
Boubacar Kamara – Marseille
Yann Karamoh – Bordeaux
Moise Kean – Juventus
Abdoulaye Jules Keita – Dijon
Justin Kluivert – AS Roma
Tuen Koopmeiners – AZ Alkmaar
Alban Lafont – Toulouse
Leo Jaba – PAOK
Luca Zidane – Real Madrid
Mikhail Lysov – Lokomotiv
Jean-Victor Makengo – Nice
Manu Garcia – Toulouse
Mauro Junior – PSV
Kylian Mbappe – PSG
Weston McKennie – Schalke 04
Evan N’Dicka – Eintracht Frankfurt
Pietro Pellegri – Monaco
Rondel Pierre-Gabriel – Monaco
Christian Pulisic – Borussia Dortmund
Ruben Vinagre – Wolves
Marcelo Saracchi – RB Leipzig
Ismaila Sarr – Rennes
Ryan Sessegnon – Fulham
Toni Moya – Atletico Madrid
Dayton Upamecano – RB Leipzig
Federico Valverde – Real Madrid
Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
Moussa Wague – Barcelona
Timothy Weah – PSG