The shortlist for the 2022 Golden Boy award has been released, with ten Premier League starlets among the talents to be recognised.
The awards given by French magazine Tuttosport recognise the best player under 21 in a calendar year and has been won by legends of the game.
The award is currently held by Barcelona youngster Pedri, who is up for the award again, while his Barcelona teammates Nico and Gavi are also shortlisted. Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham who missed out on the award last year is also concluded while Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala and Liverpool’s summer signing Fabio Carvalho is also included.
Other players from the Premier League are Harvey Elliott, Adam Diallo, Fabio Silva, Ki-Jana Hoever, Pape Matar Sarr, Yan Couto, Kacper Kozlowski and Joe Gerhardt.
Surprisingly, there was no representation from traditional English heavyweights Arsenal or Chelsea.
Below is the full 100-man shortlist and their clubs as released in Tuttosport’s website
Anouar Ait El Hadj (Anderlecht)
Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma)
Lucien Agoume (Inter)
Janis Antiste (Spezia)
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
Stipe Biuk (HNK Hajduk Split)
Jayden Braaf (Borussia Dortmund)
Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
Edoardo Bove (Roma)
Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers)
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Yan Couto (Manchester City)
Mohamed Daramy (Ajax)
Francisco Conceicao (Porto)
Amad Diallo (Manchester United)
Diego Moreira (Benfica)
Amar Dedic (Red Bull Salzburg)
Radu Dragusin (Juventus)
Jeremy Doku (Rennes)
Anthony Elanga (Manchester United)
Hugo Ekitike (Reims)
Sebastiano Esposito (Inter)
Maxime Esteve (Montpellier)
Harvey Elliott (Liverpool)
Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool)
Fabio Silva (Wolves)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona)
Joe Gelhardt (Leeds)
Wilfried Gnonto (Zurich)
Gavi (Barcelona)
Malo Gusto (Lyon)
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
Henrique Araujo (Benfica)
Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich)
Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen)
Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen)
Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves)
Aaron Hickey (Bologna)
Joelson Fernandes (Sporting CP)
Isak Bergmann Johannesson (Copenhagen)
Nemanja Jovic (Partizan Belgrade)
Arnaud Kalimuendo (Paris Saint-Germain)
Ilaix Moriba (RB Leipzig)
Ansgar Knauff (Borussia Dortmund)
Kacper Kozlowski (Brighton)
Isaac Lihadji (Lille)
Castello Lukeba (Lyon)
Jakub Kaminski (Wolfsburg)
Eliot Matazo (Monaco)
Nathanael Mbuku (Reims)
Fabio Miretti (Juventus)
Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund)
Yunus Musah (Valencia)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Noni Madueke (PSV Eindhoven)
Luca Netz (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Tanguy Nianzou (Bayern Munich)
Nico (Barcelona)
Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
Becir Omeragic (Zurich)
Simone Pafundi (Udinese)
Matias Palacios (Basel)
Paulo Bernardo (Benfica)
Pedri (Barcelona)
Yeremi Pino (Villarreal)
Devyne Rensch (Ajax)
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
Fabian Rieder (Young Boys)
Rodrigo Ribeiro (Sporting CP)
Luka Romero (Lazio)
Georginio Rutter (Hoffenheim)
Lazar Samardzic (Udinese)
Cisse Sandra (Club Brugge)
Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham)
Joe Scally (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
Benjamin Sesko (Reb Bull Salzburg)
Brandon Soppy (Udinese)
Matias Soule (Juventus)
Filip Stevanovic (Manchester City)
Luka Sucic (Red Bull Salzburg)
Kamaldeen Sulemana (Rennes)
Tomas Suslov (Groningen)
Jan Thielmann (Koln)
Tiago Tomas (Sporting CP)
Malik Tillman (Bayern Munich)
Destiny Udogie (Hellas Verona)
Maarten Vandevoordt (Genk)
Aster Vranckx (Wolfsburg)
Elye Wahi (Montpellier)
Illya Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
Nicola Zalewski (Roma)
Previous winners of Golden Boy award
2003 – Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax)
2004 – Wayne Rooney (Everton/Manchester United)
2005 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2006 – Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2007 – Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
2008 – Anderson (Manchester United)
2009 – Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)
2010 – Mario Balotelli (Inter/Manchester City)
2011 – Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund)
2012 – Isco (Malaga)
2013 – Paul Pogba (Juventus)
2014 – Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
2015 – Anthony Martial (Monaco/Manchester United)
2016 – Renato Sanches (Benfica/Bayern Munich)
2017 – Kylian Mbappe (Monaco/Paris Saint-Germain)
2018 – Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax)
2019 – Joao Felix (Benfica/Atletico Madrid)
2020 – Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
2021 – Pedri (Barcelona)
The award is determined by votes from journalists representing different newspapers and media outlets. The initial 100-player shortlist that has been released will be later cut to 80, 60 and 40 before a final slate of 20 players is announced.
Votes will be collated, and the results revealed at an award ceremony that will probably take place in November.
