The Premier League has always been one of the most exciting places for some of the best talent in Europe.
The amount of competition in this league can easily spoil a career within a year but over the years the English league has also played host to some of the best young players in Europe.
So there is no surprise that the Golden Boy award, given to players with less than 20-years of age (born after January 1st, 1996) has gone to a Premier League player 6 times in the last decade.
Over the years, the league has always helped the young players in the country get their best out at such an early age and this year, the league has a plethora of talent to choose from for this award.
The likes of Renato Sanchez from Bayern Munich, Gianluigi Donnarumma from AC Milan and Moussa Dembele from Borussia Dortmund are among the front-runners for the prize this year from Europe but the Premier League has its own set of players that will challenge for this crown.
Here is a list of players who have made the nominations list for the Golden Boy award this season:
Marcus Rashford – Manchester United
Alex Iwobi – Arsenal
Kelechi Iheanacho – Manchester City
Dele Alli – Tottenham Hotspur
Leroy Sane – Manchester City
Ruben Loftus-Cheek – Chelsea
Andreas Christensen – Chelsea
Nathan – Chelsea
Demerai Gray – Leicester City
Marko Grujic – Liverpool
Nominations for the award must be born after January 1st, 1996 and play for a European club.
The Manchester Untied man, Marcus Rashford, is understood to be the front-runner for this award from the Premier League. He has been in excellent form for Manchester United and also for England scoring goals at a consistent rate and has already become an integral part of the squad for Jose Mourinho.
He has regularly started games recently and if he can keep his form up , he will surely compete for the golden boy award come the end of the season.
He is closely followed by Alex Iwobi of Arsenal who has made a sizzling start to his career at the club.
He moved to the club just last season but has assumed an important role in Wenger’s side in his hunt for glory this season. He has become better the more game time he has got and will surely compete for this title.
Manchester United have a good history in winning the golden boy award with Anthony Martial, the French international creating waves at Old Trafford, winning the honor last year.
Wayne Rooney (2004), Anderson (2008) are the other two winners for the club previously while Cesc Fabregas ran away with the title exactly 10 years ago.
Here is the full list of nominees for this title:
Alli Bamidele Jermaine (Tottenham Hotspur)
Asensio Marco Willemsen (Real Madrid)
Leon Bailey (Racing Genk)
Bazoer Riechedly (Ajax)
Boschilia Gabriel (Monaco)
Brandt Julian (Bayer Leverkusen)
Carlos Fernández Luna (Sevilla)
Christensen Andreas (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Coman Kingsly (Bayern Munich)
Coric Ante (Dinamo Zagreb)
Diawara Amadou (Napoli)
Dahoud Mahmoud (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Danilo Barbosa da Silva (Benfica)
Dembélé Moussa (Celtic)
Dembélé Ousmane (Borussia Dortmund)
Donnarumma Gianluigi (AC Milan)
Embolo Breel-Donald (Schalke 04)
Gabriel Barbosa Almeida (Internazionale)
Golovin Aleksandr Sergeevic (CSKA Moscow)
Gonçalo Manuel Ganchininho Guedes (Benfica)
Gray Demarai Ramelle (Leicester City)
Grujic Marko (Liverpool)
Halilovic Alen (Hamburger SV)
Iheanacho Kelechi (Manchester City)
Iwobi Alex (Arsenal)
Kovalenko Viktor (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Loftus-Cheek Ruben (Chelsea)
Hernández Lucas (Atletico Madrid)
Mammana Emanuel (Olympique Lyonnais)
Nathan Allan de Souza (Vitesse)
Ntcham Jules Olivier (Genoa)
Rashford Marcus (Manchester United)
Renato Júnior Luz Sanches (Bayern Munich)
Riedewald Jairo (Ajax)
Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves (Porto)
Sanabria Arnaldo Antonio Ayala (Real Betis)
Sané Leroy (Manchester City)
Tah Jonathan Glao (Bayer Leverkusen)
Tielemans Youri (Anderlecht)
Touré Almamy (Monaco)
Who do you think will be named the ‘Golden Boy’ in Europe this season?