Mbappe, Dembele And Rashford All Get The Nod As Tuttosport Reveal 25-Man Shortlist For 2017 Golden Boy Award

Chris Wright

19th, September 2017

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Italian newspaper Tuttosport have belched forth the 25 names included on their shortlist for the 2017 Golden Boy award, given to the best footballer in Europe under the age of 21.

The award has become increasingly prestigious over the past decade or so, with previous winners including Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling, Cesc Fabregas, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Isco, Mario Balotelli, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and, last year, Renato Sanches.

Six English players are included on the 2017 quite-long-shortlist: Marcus Rashford, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Joe Gomez, Reece Oxford, Dominic Solanke and Kyle Walker-Peters; while one further non-English Premier League player also makes the cut in the shape of Gabriel Jesus.

Elsewhere on the list are nailed-on winner Kylian Mbappe, as well as fellow €100million-plus club member Ousmane Dembele, newly of Barcelona.

Here is the shortlist for the 2017 Tuttosport Golden Boy award in full…

Aaron Martin, Espanyol
Jean-Kevin Augustin, RB Leipzig
Rodrigo Bentacur, Juventus
Steven Bergwijn, PSV Eindhoven
Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton
Federico Chiesa, Fiorentina
Ousmane Dembélé, Barcelona
Amadou Diawara, Napoli
Kasper Dolberg, Ajax
Gianluigi Donnarumma, Milan
Gabriel Jesus, Manchester City
Joe Gomez, Liverpool
Benjamin Henrichs, Bayer Leverkusen
Borja Mayoral, Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain
Emre Mor, Celta Vigo
Reece Oxford, Borussia Monchengladbach
Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund
Marcus Rashford, Manchester United
Allan Saint-Maximim, Nice
Dominic Solanke, Liverpool
Theo Hernandez, Real Madrid
Youri Tielemans, Monaco
Enes Unal, Villarreal
Kyle Walker-Peters, Tottenham

The grand winner of the Golden Boy trophy will be announced at some point in October, once the deliberation is over.

Spoiler: It’s Mbappe.

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  1. Bruno says:

    Joe Gomez? Seriously?

    • Chris Wright says:

      The Golden Boy poll takes into account all performances across a calendar year (Sep-Sep, as far as we know) during which time Gomez made roughly 10 senior appearances.

      Honestly, we have no idea why he is included either.

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