Friday, 24th October, 2014
Italian publication Tuttosport has announced the 40-strong shortlist for this year's Golden Boy award, with a whole host of household names in the running for the accolade
The Golden Boy award is handed to the player under the age of 21 in Europe who is judged to have been the most impressive over the course of the year.
Rafael van der Vaart won the first award in 2003, when he was plying his trade at Ajax, before Wayne Rooney picked up the 2004 accolade.
Lionel Messi won the award in 2005, while last year's award went to Paul Pogba of Juventus.
Arsenal have one contender in Calum Chambers, while Liverpool have two in Raheem Sterling and Lazar Markovic.
Manchester United's Luke Shaw and Adnan Januzaj are in the running, along with Chelsea starlet Kurt Zouma, while Tottenham Hotspur have Nabil Bentaleb in the reckoning.
Nominees For 2014 Golden Boy Award
Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham)
Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
Franco Bernardeschi (Fiorentina)
Bruma (Galatasaray)
Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen)
Calum Chambers (Arsenal)
Kingsley Coman (Juventus)
Gerard Deulofeu (Sevilla)
Eric Dier (Tottenham)
Gianluca Gaudino (Bayern Munich)
Mathias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund)
Derlis Gonzalez (Basel)
Julian Green (Hamburg)
Pierre-Emile Hojberg (Bayern Munich)
Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United)
Keita Balde Diao (Lazio)
Mateo Kovacic (Inter)
Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Lazar Markovic (Liverpool)
Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain)
Benjamin Mendy (Marseille)
Maximilian Meyer (Schalke)
Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax)
Aleksandr Mitrovic (Anderlecht)
Munir El Haddai (Barcelona)
Saul Níguez (Atletico Madrid)
Nikola Ninkovic (Partizan Belgrade)
Lucas Ocampos (Monaco)
Divock Origi (Lille)
Denis Praet (Anderlecht)
Adrien Rabiot (Paris saint Germain)
Sandro Ramirez (Barcelona)
Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
John Stones (Everton)
Oliver Torres (FC Porto)
Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
Jetro Willems (PSV Eindhoven)
Luka Zahovic (Maribor)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
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