Golden Boy 2016: Marcus Rashford, Dele Alli and Kelechi Iheanacho among Premier League nominees
Annual gong honours the best player under 21 to play in a European nation’s top tier — Anthony Martial is holder
MARCUS RASHFORD and Dele Alli lead the Premier League nominees for the Golden Boy award.
The annual gong honours the best player under the age of 21 to play in a European nation’s top tier.
Rashford’s extraordinary emergence has seen him included in the list, while Alli — who won the PFA Young Player of the Year award last season — is also on the list of nominees.
Arsenal's Alex Iwobi, Manchester City pair Leroy Sane and Kelechi Iheanacho, Leicester’s Demarai Gray and Chelsea’s Ruben Loftus-Cheek received nominations — as did new Liverpool signing, Marko Grujic.
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Celtic's Moussa Dembele is the only nominee for the Scottish Premier League.
However, Kingsley Coman and Renato Sanches are the early favourites — while AC Milan's Gianluigi Donnarumma, Anderlecht's Youti Tielemans and Gabriel Barbosa are other notables.
The award is the equivalent of the Ballon d'Or for players under the age of 21.
Complete list of Golden Boy nominees
Leon Bailey (Jamaican) — Ghent
Youri Tielemans (Belgian) — Anderlecht
Julian Brandt (German) — B Leverkusen
Andreas Christensen (Danish) — B M'Gladbach
Kingsley Coman (French) — B Munich
Mahmoud Dahoud (German) — B M'Gladbach
Ousmane Dembele (French) — B Dortmund
Breel Embolo (Swiss) — Schalke
Alen Halilovic (Croat) — Hamburg
Renato Sanches (Portuguese) — B Munich
Jonathan Tah (German) — B Leverkusen
Ante Coric (Croat) — D Zagreb
Riechedley Bazoer (Dutch) — Ajax
Natah (Brazilian) — Vitesse
Jairo Riedewald (Dutch) — Ajax
Marco Asensio (Spanish) — Real Madrid
Carlos Fernandez (Spanish) — Sevilla
Lucas Hernandez (French) — Atletico
Tonny Sanabria (Paraguayan) — Betis
Gabriel Boschilia (Brazilian) — Monaco
Emmanuel Mammana (Argentinian) — Lyon
Almamy Toure (Malian) — Monaco
Goncalo Guedes (Portugal) — Benfica
Ruben Neves (Portuguese) — Porto
Dele Alli (English) — Tottenham
Demarai Gray (English) — Leicester
Marko Grujic (Serbia) — Liverpool
Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigerian) — Man City
Leroy Sane (German) — Man City
Alex Iwobi (Nigerian) — Arsenal
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (English) — Chelsea
Marcus Rashford (England) — Man United
Aleksandr Golovin (Russian) — CSKA Moscow
Moussa Dembele (French) — Celtic
Amadou Diawara (Guinean) — Napoli
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italian) — AC Milan
Gabriel Barbosa (Brazilian) — Inter Milan
Olivier Ntcham (French) — Genoa
Viktor Kovalenko (Ukrainian) — Shakhtar
Rafael van der Vaart won the inaugural honour in 2003 and it has since been won by the likes of Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.
While, the likes of Anderson, Alexandre Pato and Mario Balotelli enjoyed less success after winning the award.
United ace, Anthony Martial, is the current holder of the TuttoSport award.
