{"id":110677,"date":"2023-10-14T19:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T19:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/14\/bellingham-hojlund-lead-nominees-for-2023-golden-boy-award\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T19:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T19:05:15","slug":"bellingham-hojlund-lead-nominees-for-2023-golden-boy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/14\/bellingham-hojlund-lead-nominees-for-2023-golden-boy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellingham, H\u00f8jlund lead nominees for 2023 Golden Boy award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/i-696x392.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"i\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Real Madrid\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Jude Bellingham,\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0striker\u00a0Rasmus H\u00f8jlund\u00a0and\u00a0Bayern Munich\u00a0forward\u00a0Jamal Musiala\u00a0are among the\u00a025 players shortlisted\u00a0for this year\u2019s Golden Boy award.<\/p>\n<p>The award, which was established by Italian newspaper Tuttosport, is given to the best player under the age of 21 in Europe across a calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the award will be announced on Dec. 4 at a ceremony in Turin.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Past winners of the Golden Boy award include\u00a0Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney,\u00a0Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u00a0and\u00a0Erling Haaland. Last year\u2019s award was picked up by\u00a0Barcelona\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Gavi.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham will be one of the favourites to win the award after his impressive start to his Madrid career since his \u00a388.5 million ($107.4m) move in the summer. He has scored 10 goals in his first 10 games for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham has established himself as an integral member of Gareth Southgate\u2019s\u00a0England\u00a0side and last season played a key role in\u00a0Borussia Dortmund\u2019s push for the Bundesliga title which they eventually lost out to Bayern on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f8jlund also secured a high-profile transfer last summer moving to Old Trafford from\u00a0Atalanta. The 20-year-old has also enjoyed a fine start at his new club, with three goals in his first United eight games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite United losing both matches, the striker scored on his Champions League debut away to Bayern and also bagged a brace against\u00a0Galatasaray.<\/p>\n<p>Last season for Atalanta, the\u00a0Denmark\u00a0international scored 16 goals in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Musiala was an integral member of the Bayern side that won the Bundesliga last season, finishing with 16 goals and 16 assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates on the Golden Boy shortlist include\u00a0RB Leipzig\u2019s\u00a0Xavi Simons, Barcelona defender\u00a0Alejandro Balde,\u00a0Chelsea\u2019s\u00a0Levi Colwill\u00a0and\u00a0Evan Ferguson\u00a0of\u00a0Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Boy shortlist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig),\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Silva\u00a0(Benfica), Alejandro Balde (Barcelona),\u00a0Florian Wirtz\u00a0(Bayer Leverkusen),\u00a0Benjamin Sesko\u00a0(RB Leipzig),\u00a0Giorgio Scalvini\u00a0(Atalanta), Rasmus H\u00f8jlund (Manchester United), Levi Colwill (Chelsea),\u00a0Johan Bakayoko\u00a0(PSV Eindhoven),\u00a0Milos Kerkez\u00a0(Bournemouth),\u00a0Arthur Vermeeren\u00a0(Antwerp), Evan Ferguson (Brighton), Lucas Gourna-Douath (FC Salzburg),\u00a0Warren Zaire-Emery\u00a0(Paris Saint-Germain),\u00a0Ousmane Diomande\u00a0(Sporting Lisbon),\u00a0Arnau Mart\u00ednez\u00a0(Girona),\u00a0Mathys Tel\u00a0(Bayern Munich),\u00a0Andy Diouf\u00a0(Lens),\u00a0Arda G\u00fcler\u00a0(Real Madrid),\u00a0Bilal El Khannouss\u00a0(Genk), Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb),\u00a0Jo\u00e3o Neves\u00a0(Benifca),\u00a0Lamine Yamal\u00a0(Barcelona).<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fi_o9HoiSWY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Handwashing Day 2023: Lifebuoy launches engaging campaign to promote hygiene through play (13-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fi_o9HoiSWY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Jude Bellingham,\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0striker\u00a0Rasmus H\u00f8jlund\u00a0and\u00a0Bayern Munich\u00a0forward\u00a0Jamal Musiala\u00a0are among the\u00a025 players shortlisted\u00a0for this year\u2019s Golden Boy award. 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