Felix, Sancho & De Ligt lead Golden Boy 2019 40-man nominees, Mount in

Tuttosport whittled down the shortlist of candidates for 2019 European Golden Boy award to 40 and De Ligt, Vinicius, Felix, Sancho, Todibo & Mount all included, Hudson-Odoi & Sessegnon out.

40-man list

1-10

1. Benoit Badiashile (Monaco), class 2001, defender

2. Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal), class 1999, forward

3. Michael Cuisance (Bayern), class 1999, midfielder

4. Alphonso Davies (Bayern), class 2000, forward

5. Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru (Watford), class 1999, midfielder

6. Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus), class 1999, defender

7. Krepin Diatta (Club Brugge), class 1999, midfielder

8. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), class 1999, goalkeeper

9. Denis Dragus (Standard Liegi), class 1999, forward

10. Eljif Elmas (Napoli), class 2000, midfielder

11-20

11. Florentino Luis (Benfica), class 1999, midfielder

12. Phil Foden (Man City), class 2000, midfielder

13. Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal), class 1999, midfielder

14. Erling Haland (Salzburg Red Bull), class 2000, forward

15. Kai Havertz (Leverkusen), class 1999, midfielder

16. Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), class 1999, forward

17. Joao Felix (Atletico), class 1999, forward

18. Dejan Joveljic (Frankfurt), class 1999, forward

19. Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), class 1999, defender

20. Moise Kean (Everton), class 2000, forward

21-30

21. Justin Kluivert, (Roma), class 1999, attacker

22. Ibrahima Konate, (RB Leipzig), class 1999, defender

23. Alban Lafont, (Nantes), class 1999, goalkeeper

24. Diego Lainez, (Betis), class 1999, attacker

25. Kang-In Lee, (Valencia), class 2001, attacker

26. Andrij Lunin, (Valladolid), class 1999, goalkeeper

27. Donyell Malen, (PSV), class 1999, attacker

28. Mason Mount, (Chelsea), class 1999, midfielder

29. Patricio Perez, (Famalicao), class 2000, defender

30. Reiss Nelson, (Arsenal), class 1999, attacker

31-40

31. Abdulkadir Onur, (Trabzonspor), class 1999, midfielder

32. Strahinja Pavlovic, (Partizan), class 2001, defender

33. Rafael Leao, (Milan), class 1999, attacker

34. Rodrygo Goes, (Real Madrid), class 2001, attacker

35. Jaydon Sancho, (Dortmund), class 2000, attacker

36. Luis Sinisterra, (Feyernoord), class 1999, attacker

37. Jean-Claire Todibo, (Barcelona), class 1999, defender

38. Ferran Torres, (Valencia), class 2000, attacker

39. Vinicius Junior, (Real madrid), class 2000, attacker

40. Nicolo Zaniolo, (Roma), class 1999, midfielder

About Golden Boy award

The Golden Boy is an award that is given by sports journalists to a young footballer playing in Europe perceived to have been the most impressive during a calendar year (two halves to two separate seasons). All nominees must be under the age of 21 and play in a European nation's top tier.

The prize was established by Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport in 2003. Newspapers that now participate in voting include Bild (Germany), Blick (Switzerland), A Bola (Portugal), l'Équipe (France), France Football (France), Marca (Spain), Mundo Deportivo (Spain), Ta Nea (Greece), Sport Express (Russia), De Telegraaf (Netherlands), and The Times (United Kingdom). Each juror is allowed to nominate five players, the juror will allocate 10 points to the player that they perceive as the most impressive, 7 for the second, 5 third, 3 fourth, and 1 point for fifth most impressive.

Golden Boy award Winners

2003. Van der Vaart

2004. Wayne Rooney

2005. Lionel Messi

2006. Cesc Fabregas

2007. Sergio Aguero

2008. Anderson

2009. Alexandre Pato

2010. Mario Balotelli

2011. Mario Gotze

2012. Isco

2013. Paul Pogba

2014. Raheem Sterling

2015. Anthony Martial

2016. Renato Sanches

2017. Kylian Mbappe

2018. Mattijas De Ligt

Who will be the next winner in 2019?