Teenage sensation and a World Cup winner with France, Kylian Mbappe is out of contention for the 2018 Golden Boy Award after having won in 2017
Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches took the prize in 2016, while Anthony Martial was the 2015 winner. Raheem Sterling, Paul Pogba, Isco, Mario Gotze and Mario Balotelli are other previous winners.
Among the nominees for the prestigious award are Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Justin Kluivert (AS Roma), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan) and Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
The winner will be named on December 17,2018
Organised by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport and awarded to Europe’s most impressive player under the age of 21, the Golden Boy award was founded in 2003 and relates to performances across a calendar year not a season, with the winner decided by a panel of 30 journalists.
First won by the Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart in 2003, no player has managed to win the award twice.
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