Nine Premier League players shortlisted for prestigious accolade

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.