Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden among Golden Boy 2018 nominees

Previous winners of the award include Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappé

Young England stars Phil Foden, Ryan Sessegnon and Trent Alexander-Arnold have been nominated for the 2018 Golden Boy award. The award is given to the best player under the age of 21 around the world, and the list of previous winners is star-studded. The only outlier on the list of previous winners is Anderson, previously of Manchester United, who never went on to fulfil his potential. But the likes of Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fàbregas all feature among the list of previous winners and went on to achieve great things in their club careers. Journalists from around the world will vote on which young star will be crowned 2018's Golden Boy later this year. Liverpool's Alexander-Arnold is expected to be a contender after he nailed down a starting spot in Liverpool's first team, played in a Champions League final and was selected to be part of England's World Cup squad. This year's nominees are:

Achraf Hakimi - Real Madrid

Carles Aleña - Barcelona

Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool

Kevin Adou Amian - Toulouse

Houssem Aouar - Lyon

Musa Barrow - Atalanta

Sander Berge - Genk

Brahim Diaz - Manchester City

Justin Bijlow - Feyenoord

Josip Brekalo - Wolfsburg

Patrick Cutrone - Milan

Dani Olmo - Dinamo Zagreb

Diogo Dalot - Manchester United

Tom Davies - Everton

Evan N'Dicka - Eintracht Frankfurt

Pietro Pellegri - Monaco

Rondel Pierre-Gabriel - Monaco

Evan N'Dicka - Eintracht Frankfurt

Marcelo Saracchi - RB Leipzig

Ismaila Sarr - Rennes

Mathijs De Ligt - Ajax

Moussa Diaby - PSG

Moussa Djenepo - Standard Liege

Ritsu Doan - Groningen

Gabriel Eder Militao - Porto

Odsonne Edouard - Celtic

Ecco Evander - Midtjylland

Phil Foden - Manchester City

Juan Foyth - Tottenham

Godson Fernandes - Benfica

Nicolas Gonzalez - Stuttgart

Amadou Haidara - Red Bull Salzburg

Kai Havertz - Bayer Leverkusen

Jonathan Ikone - Lille

Evan N'Dicka - Eintracht Frankfurt

Pietro Pellegri - Monaco

Rondel Pierre-Gabriel - Monaco

Christian Pulisic - Borussia Dortmund

Ryan Sessegnon - Fulham

João Jota - Benfica

Eduardo Jovane Cabral - Sporting

Dejan Joveljic - Red Star Belgrade

Boubacar Kamara - Marseille

Yann Karamoh - Bordeaux

Moise Kean - Juventus

Abdoulaye Jules Keita - Dijon

Justin Kluivert - AS Roma

Tuen Koopmeiners - AZ Alkmaar

Alban Lafont - Toulouse

Leo Jaba - PAOK

Luca Zidane - Real Madrid

Mikhail Lysov - Lokomotiv

Jean-Victor Makengo - Nice

Manu Garcia - Toulouse

Mauro Junior - PSV

Kylian Mbappe - PSG

Weston McKennie - Schalke 04

Ruben Vinagre - Wolves

Toni Moya - Atletico Madrid

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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden among Golden Boy 2018 nominees

Previous winners of the award include Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappé

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