After the preliminary 100-man list, the second round of voting will now commence as the number of names has been trimmed down to 80. And in this stage, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, Red Bull Salzburg’s Karim-David Adeyemi, are some of the names on the 80-man list of nominations for the 2021 Golden Boy award on Friday.
The Golden Boy prize is an annual award established by Italian newspaper Tuttosport which is handed to the best player in European football under the age of 21 over the preceding calendar year.
Last year, Erling Haaland was named the 2020 Golden Boy, by an international panel after beating off Barcelona’s Ansu Fati.
This year, he will be challenged by Arsenal’s Saka, and Red Bull Salzburg’s Adeyemi and Barcelona’s Pedri.
Golden Boy final 80 nominees:
Karim-David Adeyemi, Red Bull Salzburg.
Lucien Jefferson Agoumé, Inter.
Rayan Aït-nouri, Wolves.
Adil Aouchiche, Saint-Étienne.
Benoît Mukinayi Badiashile, AS Monaco.
Ander Muguruza, Real Sociedad.
Jude Victor William Bellingham, Dortmund.
Stipe Biuk, Split.
Myron Boadu, AZ Alkmaar.
Jayden Braaf, Manchester City.
Brian Ebenezer Adjei Brobbey, RB Lipsia.
Armando Broja, Chelsea.
Riccardo Calafiori, Roma.
Eduardo Camavinga, Rennes.
Rayan Cherki, Lyon.
Francisco Fernandes, Porto.
Tanguy Coulibaly, Stuttgart.
Mohammed Daramy, Copenhagen.
Charles de Ketelaere, Club Brugge.
Ersin destanoglu, Besiktas.
Amad Traoré Diallo, Manchester United.
Jérémy Doku, Rennes.
Radu Dragusin, Juventus.
Umaro Embaló, Benfica.
Sebastiano Esposito, Basilea.
Daniel Silva, Wolverhampton.
Bandiougou Fadiga, Paris Saint-Germain.
Nicolò Fagioli, Juventus.
Eric Martret García, Barcelona.
Bryan Salvatierra Gil, Seville.
Billy Clifford Gilmour, Norwich City.
Matias Gonçalo Ramos, Benfica.
Ryan Jiro Gravenberch, Ajax.
Mason Greenwood, Manchester United.
Miguel Ortega Gutiérrez, Real Madrid.
Joško Gvardiol, Zagreb.
Adam Hlozek, Sparta Prague.
Mohamed Ihattaren, PSV Eindhoven.
Kourouma Moriba, Barcelona.
Curtis Jones, Liverpool.
Odilon Kossounou, Club Brugge.
Kacper Kozlowski, Pogon Stettino.
Takefusha kubo, Real Madrid.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Rubin Kazan.
Kang-in Lee, Valencia.
Isaac Lilla, Marseille.
Tomaz Henrique, Olympique Marseille.
Costa Paulo, Atlético Madrid.
Gabriel Martinelli, Arsenal.
Youssoufa Moukoko, Borussia Dortmund.
Yunus Musah, Valencia.
Jamal Musiala, Stuttgart.
Tanguy-austin Nianzou, Bayern.
Alexandre Mendes, Sporting Lisbon.
Pedro Pedri, Barcelona.
Roberto Piccoli, Atalanta.
Yéremi Pino, Villarreal.
Jesus Reinier, Borussia Dortmund.
Devyne Rensch, Ajax.
Giovanni Reyna, Borussia Dortmund.
Bryan Reynolds, Roma.
Silva Rodrygo, Real Madrid.
Nicolò Rovella, Genoa.
Bukayo Saka, arsenal.
William Saliba, Arsenal.
Filip Stevanovic, Heerenveen.
Tomás Suslov, Groningen.
Luke Thomas, Leicester City.
Barreiros, Sporting Lisbon.
Jurriën David, Ajax.
El Bilal Touré, Stade Reims.
Lassina Chamste, Shakhtar.
Anatoliy Trubin, Shakhtar Donetsk.
Adrien Truffert, Rennes.
Konstantinos Tzolakis, Olympiakos Piraeus.
Christos Tzolis, Thessaloniki.
Germán Valera, Atlético Madrid.
Yari Verschaeren, Anderlecht.
Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen
Illya Borysovych Zabarnyj, Dynamo.