The Governing Body for International Football
Association (FIFA) has released a shortlist of 20
man footballers for the prestigious Golden boy
award.
This Award is given to the most promising
and exciting young talent for each year, but
surprisingly, Nigerian Most Exciting young talent
who plays for Spanish side Villareal has been
excluded from the list.
This seems to be a great
surprise to many as Samuel Chukwueze has been
electrific for his side Villarreal and Super Eagles of
Nigeria.
The list Contains Barcelona’s youngster Ansu Fati who has only gone on to play less than 7 matches for Barcelona senior team,
Arsenal’s Matteo Guendouzi, Real Madrid’s Vinicius
Junior and other Amazing Young talents.
The list include:
Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Holland)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich, Canada)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, Italy)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona, Spain)
Philip Foden (Man City, England
Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal, France)
Erling Haland (RB Salzburg, Norway)
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Portugal)
Dejan Joveljic (Eintracht Frankfurt, Serbia)
Moise Kean (Everton, Italy)
Kang-in Lee (Valencia, South Korea)
Andrij Oleksijovyc (Valladolid, Ukraine)
Danyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Mason Mount (Chelsea, England)
Rodrygo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, England)
Ferran Torres (Valencia, Spain)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma, Italy)
The 2018 Edition was award to former Ajax captain
and defender, Matthijs de Ligt.
