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Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden among Golden Boy 2018 nominees
Published 13:49 3 Sept 2018 BST
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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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