Golden Boy 2020 nominees: Saka, Sancho and Greenwood vie with Haaland on 20-man shortlist

England youngsters Phil Foden, Mason Greenwood, Bukayo Saka, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Jadon Sancho have all been named on a 20-man shortlist for this year’s prestigious Golden Boy award.

The prize recognises the most talented player in Europe each calendar year aged 21 or under, and its glistening list of former winners includes the likes of Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Kylian Mbappe.

Englishmen make up a quarter of the list, looking to follow Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling in claiming the prize, while there is further Premier League interest in the shape of Fabio Silva and Ferran Torres, who joined Wolves and Manchester City, respectively, this summer.

City are one of four clubs to have multiple players nominated, with Erling Haaland joining Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, while Barcelona duo Sergino Dest and Ansu Fati and Real Madrid’s Brazilian pair of Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr. also make the cut.

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies looks likely to be one of the leading names in contention after helping the German giants to Champions League glory, with Rennes Eduardo Camavinga the youngest man on the list at just 17.

The shortlist in full:

• Mitchel Bakker, PSG

• Eduardo Camavinga, Rennes

• Jonathan David, Lille

• Alphonso Davies, Bayern Munich

• Sergiño Dest, Barcelona

• Fabio Silva, Wolves

• Ansu Fati, Barcelona

• Phil Foden, Manchester City

• Ryan Gravenberch, Ajax

• Mason Greenwood, Manchester United

• Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund

• Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea

• Dejan Kulusevski, Juventus

• Rodrygo, Real Madrid

• Bukayo Saka, Arsenal

• Jadon Sancho, Borussia Dortmund

• Dominik Szoboszlai, Red Bull Salzburg

• Sandro Tonali, Brescia

• Ferran Torres, Manchester City

• Vinicius, Real Madrid

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