Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham, Noni Madueke and More Make the Shortlist for Golden Boy 2021
The top 40 young ballers in the world have been revealed ✨
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It’s that time of the year again already, with Tuttosport unveiling the top 40 players under 21 in world football ahead of their prestigious 2021 Golden Boy award.
Five Englishmen have been included in the list, with Leicester City full-back Luke Thomas, Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, BVB boss Jude Bellingham, PSV’s prolific forward Noni Madueke, and (Money) Mason Greenwood all in the running for this year’s gong.
The award is for young ballers under the age of 21 playing in Europe’s top leagues who have lit it up in the last 12 months. Previous winners include Wayne Rooney (2004), Lionel Messi (2005), Sergio Aguero (2007), Kylian Mbappe (2017) and last year’s winner Erling Haaland.
Saka, Greenwood and Bellingham are three of the frontrunners for this year’s award, who face competition from the likes of Eduardo Camavinga, Jamal Musiala and Pedri.
Take in the 40-man shortlist below, with 20 names set to be decided as part of a final list next month.
Jude Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund
Karim Adeyemi – RB Salzburg
Rayan Ait-Nouri – Wolves
Ander Barrenetxea – Real Sociedad
Myron Boadu – Monaco
Brian Brobbey – RB Leipzig
Eduardo Camavinga – Real Madrid
Rayan Cherki – Lyon
Mohamed-Ali Cho – Angers
Francisco Conceicao – Porto
Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich
Charles De Ketelaere – Club Brugge
Ersin Destanoglu – Besiktas
Jeremy Doku – Rennes
Eric Garcia – Barcelona
Bryan Gil – Tottenham Hotspur
Goncalo Ramos – Benfica
Ryan Gravenberch – Ajax
Mason Greenwood – Manchester United
Josko Gvardiol – RB Leipzig
Pedri – Barcelona
Ilaix Moriba – RB Leipzig
Odilon Kossounou – Bayer Leverkusen
Noni Madueke – PSV
Felix Mambimbi – Young Boys
Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal
Mykhaylo Mudryk – Shakhtar Donetsk
Mohamed Ihattaren – Sampdoria
Nuno Mendes – Paris Saint-Germain
Roberto Piccoli – Atalanta
Bukayo Saka – Arsenal
Yeremi Pino – Villarreal
Gio Reyna – Borussia Dortmund
William Saliba – Marseille
Martin Satriano – Inter Milan
Luke Thomas – Leicester City
Khephren Thuram – OGC Nice
Jurrien Timber – Ajax
Florian Wirtz – Leverkusen
Ilya Zabarnyi – Dynamo Kyiv
