Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood are some of the names on the 20-man list of nominations for the 2020 Golden Boy award on Thursday.
The Golden Boy prize is an annual award established by Italian newspaper Tuttosport which is handed to the best player in European football under the age of 21 over the previous calendar year.
Last year, Atletico Madrid youngster Joao Felix was named the 2019 Golden Boy, by an international panel after beating off stiff competition from Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and Chelsea’s Kai Havertz.
2020 Golden Boy Shortlist:
Mason Greenwood, Manchester United
Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund
Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea
Dejan Kulusevski, Juventus
Rodrygo, Real Madrid
Bukayo Saka, Arsenal
Jadon Sancho, Borussia Dortmund
Dominik Szoboszlai, Red Bull Salzburg
Sandro Tonali, Brescia
Ferran Torres, Manchester City
Vinicius, Real Madrid
Mitchel Bakker, PSG
Eduardo Camavinga, Rennes
Jonathan David, Lille
Alphonso Davies, Bayern Munich
Sergiño Dest, Barcelona
Fabio Silva, Wolves
Ansu Fati, Barcelona
Phil Foden, Manchester City
Ryan Gravenberch, Ajax