40 young players were nominated for the "Golden Boy" award presented by Italian "Tuttosport", which is awarded to the best player younger than 21 years old.
The award is awarded by sports journalists to the best young footballer, aged less than 21, who plays in major European leagues.
It is decided that the candidates will be liquidated in half, so that the best young player will be chosen from among 20 candidates.
Among the most prominent candidates to win the award this season are:
Canadian Alfonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Spaniard Ansu Fati (Barcelona)
Brazilians Vinicius Junior and Rodrigo Goes (Real Madrid)
Norwegian Erling Haaland (Dortmund)
Englishman Jadon Sancho (Dortmund)
Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Englishman Pocayo Saka (Arsenal)
Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)
Young players have previously won this award, who have become among the best in the world, and it is noteworthy that the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo did not win this award in his youth.
The following are the players who have won the award since its launch in 2003:
Dutch Raphael van der Vaart (2003)
Wayne Rooney (2004) Englishman
Argentine Lionel Messi (2005)
Spain's Cesc Fabregas (2006)
Argentine Sergio Aguero (2007)
Brazilian Anderson (2008)
Brazilian Alexander Pato (2009)
The Italian Mario Balotelli (2010)
German Mario Gotze (2011)
Spaniard Isco (2012)
Frenchman Paul Pogba (2013)
Raheem Sterling (2014) Englishman
French Anthony Martial (2015)
Renato Sanchez, Portugal (2016)
Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (2017)
Dutchman Matthias de Ligt (2018)
Portuguese Joao Felix (2019)