England star Jude Bellingham, Jamal Musiala and Gavi headline the final 2022 Golden Boy shortlist
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England star Jude Bellingham, Jamal Musiala and Gavi top the Golden Boy shortlist… while Barcelona followed up on Pedri’s win last year with FOUR young players nominated for the 2022 award
- Jude Bellingham has made the final shortlist for the 2022 Golden Boy award
- He joins fellow favorites Jamal Musiala, Gavi and Eduardo Camavinga on the list
- The prize was created in 2003 by Tuttosport and claimed by Pedri . last year
- Youth Gavi, Ansu Fati and Nico join Pedri to deliver four nominees to Barcelona
- Bellingham would be the first Englishman to win since Raheem Sterling in 2014
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Jude Bellingham has been named on the latest 2022 Golden Boy shortlist along with Bayern Munich youngster Jamal Musiala and Barcelona star Gavi.
The England and Borussia Dortmund midfielder tops the 20-man list of nominees, with Pedri being named again and claiming the award in 2021.
Barcelona colleagues Ansu Fati and Nico, who are on loan to Valencia, join Gavi and Pedri to give the Catalan club an impressive total of four youngsters on the shortlist.
England and Dortmund star Jude Bellingham has been named on the latest 2022 Golden Boy shortlist
Created by Tuttosport in 2003, the award was claimed by Barcelona midfielder Pedri . in 2021
Created in 2003 by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport, the Golden Boy Prize is awarded every year to the best footballer under 21 years of age.
Bellingham, who goes in as one of the favourites, could only become the third Englishman ever to claim the gong, after Wayne Rooney in 2004 and Raheem Sterling in 2014.
He would also join the company of notable winners, including Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.
Barcelona’s Gavi (L) and Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala (R) also made the final shortlist
Only three Premier League youngsters have been made the final shortlist, including Liverpool midfielder Fabio Carvalho, Spurs summer signing Destiny Udogie and Leeds teenager Wilfried Gnonto, who has yet to play for the Yorkshire club since his move from FC Zurich this summer.
Udogie returned to Udinese on loan after joining Tottenham and has since scored two goals in eight top games so far this season.
The Bundesliga has the most nominations in terms of divisions, with six players from Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund making the final shortlist.
