ALEX IWOBI, KELECHI IHEANACHO, MARCOS RASHFORD SHORTLISTED FOR BEST PLAYER AWARD

A strong 40-man list of youngsters have been made available for the prestigious Golden Boy award. Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Marcos Rashford, Renato Sanchez are among the players nominated for this year's award.

Golden Boy award is an award given to the most outstanding young player in European football.
The award was founded in 2003 by Italian newspaper Tuttosport.
Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, Paul Pogba have all won it in the past. One of the these nominees will be hoping to dethrone Manchester United forward - Anthony Martial who is the present holder of the award.


GOLDEN BOY 2016 SHORTLIST

DELLE ALLI, MARCOS ASENSIO, LEON BAILEY, ROECHEDLY BAZOER, GABRIEL BOSCHILIA, JULIAN BRANDT, CARLOS LUNA, ANDREAS CHRISTENSEN, KINGSLEY COMAN, ANTE CORIC, MOUSA DEMBELE, OUSMANE DEMBELE, GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA, BREEL EMBOLO, GABRIEL BARBOSA, ALEXSANDER GOLOVIN, GONCALO GUEDES, DEMARAI GRAY, MARKO GRUJIC, ALEN HALILOVIC, KELECHI IHEANACHO, ALEX IWOBI, VICTOR KOVALENKO, ROBEN LOFTUS CHEEK, LUCAS HERNANDEZ, EMANUEL MAMMANA, NATHAN, OLIVIER NTCHAM, MARCOS RASHFORD, RENATO SANCHEZ, JAIRO RIEDEWALD, RUBEN NEVES, TONI SANABRIA, LEROY SANE, JONATHAN TAH, YOURI TIELEMANS, ALMAMY TOURE.