France is well represented in the Golden Boy nominee list, with five French players included in the 25-man shortlist, released on Thursday.
French players make up 20% of the nominees in this year’s shortlist. There are two Paris Saint-Germain players in the form of Warren Zaire-Emery and Désiré Doué, who made a summer move to PSG from Stade Rennais. There is another former Rennais on the list in the form of Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel.
Ligue 1 well represented in Golden Boy list
There are also two French players from the Premier League: Wilson Odobert, who completed a summer move from Burnley to Tottenham Hotspur, and Leny Yoro, whose arrival at Manchester United following his move from formative club Lille OSC has been disrupted by injury. Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham is the current holder of the prestigious award.
Ligue 1 is also well represented in the awards. As well as the aforementioned Zaire-Emery and Doué, PSG’s Joao Neves, a summer signing from Benfica, is also in the list. He is also joined by AS Monaco’s Moroccan international Eliesse Ben Seghir.
Golden Boy full list
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Joao Neves (PSG)
- Warren Zaire-Emery (PSG)
- Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
- Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)
- Savio (Manchester City)
- Rico Lewis (Manchester City)
- Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich)
- Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
- Jorrel Hato (Ajax)
- Leny Yoro (Manchester United)
- Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (Borussia Dortmund)
- Kenan Yildiz (Juventus)
- Christian Mosquera (Valencia)
- Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
- Arda Guler (Real Madrid)
- Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich)
- Désiré Doué (PSG)
- Oscar Gloukh (RB Salzburg)
- Samuel Omorodion (Porto)
- Wilson Odobert (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica)
- Endrick (Real Madrid)
- Eliesse Ben Seghir (Monaco)
- Samuel Mbangula (Juventus)
