9 Premier League gamers are among the many shortlist of gamers nominated for this 12 months’s Golden Boy award, which recognises essentially the most spectacular gamers below the age of 21.
Lamine Yamal was the recipient of the award in 2024 after establishing himself within the Barcelona facet and serving to Spain carry the European Championship.
{The teenager} went on to take pleasure in a treble-winning season with the Catalan membership final season and got here runner-up in the latest Ballon d’Or, dropping out to Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele.
This 12 months sees the likes of England’s Myles Lewis-Skelly make the 20-player checklist, alongside Arsenal teammate Ethan Nwaneri.
Chelsea’s Estevao and Jorrel Hato additionally make the checklist, whereas there are additionally locations for Manchester United’s Leny Yoro, Nico O’Reilly of Manchester Metropolis and Tottenham duo Archie Grey and Lucas Bergvall.
Jobe Bellingham, youthful brother of Jude, and Liverpool’s Giovanni Leon are among the many 5 wildcards.
However whereas the Premier League is nicely represented on this 12 months’s Golden Boy checklist, it appears one other PSG star, Want Doue, is the favorite to take dwelling the trophy.
Doue performed a key function within the membership’s trophy-laden season final time period, scoring twice within the ultimate because the Parisians thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 to carry the Champions League for the very first time.
Full Golden Boy 2025 shortlist
Pau Curbasi, Barcelona
Want Doue, Paris Saint-Germain
Dean Huijsen, Actual Madrid
Kenan Yildiz, Juventus
Myles Lewis-Skelly, Arsenal
Warren Zaire-Emery, Paris Saint-Germain
Arda Guler, Actual Madrid
Franco Mastantuono, Actual Madrid
Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal
Jorrel Hato, Chelsea
Geovany Quenda, Sporting Lisbon
Estevao, Chelsea
Leny Yoro, Manchester United
Senny Mayulu, Paris Saint-Germain
Nico O’Reilly, Manchester Metropolis
Eliesse Ben Seghir, Bayer Leverkusen
Victor Forholdt, FC Porto
Lucas Bergvall, Tottenham
Archie Grey, Tottenham
Mamadou Sarr, Strasbourg
Wildcards
Jobe Bellingham, Borussia Dortmund
Giovanni Leoni, Liverpool
Rodrigo Mora, FC Porto
Francesco Pio Esposito, Inter Milan
Aleksandar Stankovic, Membership Brugge
