REVEALED: 40-man shortlist for Golden Boy award

The list of Golden Boy nominees for 2018 has been almost halved. European football’s brightest talents are competing to claim the prestigious award, which has previously been won by the likes of Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Raheem Sterling, Isco and Paul Pogba. The shortlist has been cut from 100 names down to 40 as the world’s best young star is set to be crowned. The Premier League is represented by four names; Liverpool starlet Trent Alexander-Arnold, Everton's Tom Davies, Manchester City whizkid Phil Foden and Manchester United's £19million new boy, Diego Dalot. The 40 nominees

• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Kelvin Amian (Toulouse)
• Houssem Aouar (Lyon)
• Musa Barrow (Atalanta)
• Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord)
• Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg)
• Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan)
• Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)
• Tom Davies (Everton)
• Matthijs De Ligt (Ajax)
• Moussa Diaby (PSG)
• Diogo Dalot (Manchester United)
• Moussa Djenepo (Standard Liege)
• Ritsu Doan (Groningen)
• Eder Militao (Porto)
• Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
• Evander (Midtjylland)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)
• Amadou Haidara (Red Bull Salzburg)
• Joao Felix (Benfica)
• Jota (Benfica)
• Jovane Cabral (Sporting Lisbon)
• Dejan Joveljic (Red Star Belgrade)
• Boubacar Kamara (Marseille)
• Moise Kean (Juventus)
• Jules Keita (Dijon)
• Justin Kluivert (Roma)
• Alban Lafont (Fiorentina)
• Manu Garcia (Toulouse)
• Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
• Pietro Pellegri (Monaco)
• Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund)
• Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig)
• Ismaila Sarr (Rennes)
• Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig)
• Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
• Moussa Wague (Barcelona)
• Timothy Weah (PSG)
• Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma

The 40-man list will be cut down to 20 in November before journalists from around Europe will determine the winner in December.

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