Tuttosport have revealed the nominees for this year’s European Golden Boy award.
The annual trophy is given to the best player from the last year who is under the age of 21.
Last year Mario Goetze of Borussia Dortmund won the award, and previous winners include Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli in 2010, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in 2005, while Rafael van der Vaart won the inaugural award in 2003.
This year talents such as Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Liverpool’s Jonjo Shelvey and Raheem Sterling, and AC Milan striker Stephan El Shaarawy go head-to-head for the prize.
