The ultimate 20-player shortlist for the 2024 Golden Boy award has been revealed, handed yearly to greatest u-21 participant in European soccer.

Manchester United are effectively represented on the ultimate shortlist with three inclusions, with Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho and summer time signing Leny Yoro all in rivalry. Mainoo broke into the senior facet final season and was concerned in England’s run to the ultimate of Euro 2024, following a meteoric rise at Previous Trafford.

 

He and Garnacho scored the targets because the Crimson Devils beat Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup last final season, earlier than the latter fashioned a part of Argentina’s Copa America squad.

Manchester Metropolis have two nominees in Rico Lewis and Savinho, whereas Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton can also be on the ultimate shortlist.

The favorite for the award is Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal, following a record-breaking yr for the 17-year-old. Yamal starred as Spain gained Euro 2024 in the summertime, incomes the Younger Participant of the Event award and main the competitors for assists.

The winner of the award will succeed Jude Bellingham, who claimed the Golden Boy in 2023.

 

2024 Golden Boy last nominees

Lamine Yamal – Barcelona
Pau Cubarsi – Barcelona
Joao Neves – Paris Saint-Germain
Warren Zaire-Emery – Paris Saint-Germain
Kobbie Mainoo – Manchester United
Alejandro Garnacho – Manchester United
Leny Yoro – Manchester United
Savinho – Manchester Metropolis
Rico Lewis – Manchester Metropolis
Aleksandar Pavlovic – Bayern Munich
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens – Borussia Dortmund
Jorell Hato – Ajax
Kenan Yildiz – Juventus
Cristhian Mosquera – Valencia
Adam Wharton – Crystal Palace
Arda Guler – Actual Madrid
Mathys Tel – Bayern Munich
Need Doue – Paris Saint-Germain
Oscar Gloukh – Crimson Bull Salzburg
Samu Omorodion – FC Porto

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