Golden Boy final 60 nominees: Pedri & Saka in, Moukoko & Kubo out

August 15th, that is the date set for the second "screening" of candidates for the Golden Boy 2021

Bukayo SAKA, ARSENAL, London (Eng), 5 September 2001, Anglo-Ghanaian, midfielder

Karim-David ADEYEMI, RED BULL SALZBURG, Munich (Ger), January 18, 2002, German-Nigerian, forward

Rayan AÏT-NOURI, WOLVERHAMPTON, Montreuil (Fra), 6 June 2001, Franco-Algerian, defender

Ander Muguruza BARRENETXEA, REAL SOCIEDAD, San Sebastián (Spa), 27 December 2001, Spanish, forward

Pedro González López PEDRI, BARCELONA, Tegueste (Tenerife, Spa), 25 November 2002, Spanish, midfielder

Jude Victor William BELLINGHAM, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, Stourbridge (Ing), 29 June 2003, English, midfielder

Stipe BIUK, HAJDUK, Split (Cro), 26 December 2002, Croatian, forward

Myron BOADU, AS MONACO, Amsterdam (Ola), January 14, 2001, Dutch-Ghanaian, forward

Jayden BRAAF, MANCHESTER CITY, Amsterdam (Ola), 31 August 2002, Dutch-Surinamese, forward

Brian Ebenezer Adjei BROBBEY, RB LIPSIA, Amsterdam (Ola), 1 February 2002, Dutch-Ghanaian, forward

Armando BROJA, CHELSEA, Slough (Ing), 10 September 2002, Albanian-English, forward

Riccardo CALAFIORI, ROME, Rome (Ita), May 19, 2002, Italian, defender

Eduardo CAMAVINGA, RENNES, Cabinda (Ang), 10 novembre 2002, Franco-Angolan, midfielder

Rayan Mathis CHERKI, OLYMPIQUE LYON, Pusignan (Fra), 17 August 2003, Franco-Algerian, forward

Francisco Fernandes da CONCEIÇÃO, PORTO, Coimbra (Por), 14 December 2002, Portuguese, midfielder

Yusuf DEMIR, BARCELONA, Vienna (Aut), 2 June 2003, Austro-Turkish, midfielder

Ersin DESTANOGLU, BESIKTAS, Gaziosmanpa? A (Istabul, Tur), January 1, 2001, Turkish, goalkeeper

Amad Traoré DIALLO, MANCHESTER UNITED, Abidjan (Civ), 11 July 2002, Ivorian, forward

Jérémy DOKU, RENNES, Borgerhout (Bel), 27 May 2002, Belgian-Ghanaian, forward

Sebastiano ESPOSITO, BASILEA, Castellammare di Stabia (NA, Ita), 2 July 2002, Italian, forward

Daniel Soares FABIO SILVA, WOLVERHAMPTON, Gondomar (Por), 19 July 2002, Portuguese, forward

Nicolò FAGIOLI, JUVENTUS, Piacenza (Ita), February 12, 2001, Italian, midfielder

Eric Martret GARCÍA, BARCELONA, Barcelona (Spa), January 9, 2001, Spanish, defender

Bryan Salvatierra GIL, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, Barbate (Spa), 11 February 2001, Spanish, midfielder

Matias GONÇALO RAMOS, BENFICA, Olhão (Por), 20 giugno 2001, portoghese, attaccante

Ryan Jiro GRAVENBERCH, AJAX, Amsterdam (Ola), May 16, 2002, Dutch-Surinamese, midfielder

Mason Will John GREENWOOD, MANCHESTER UNITED, Wibsey (Bradford, Ing), 1 October 2001, English, forward

Joško GVARDIOL, RB LIPSIA, Zagreb (Cro), 23 January 2002, Croatian, defender

Mohamed Amine IHATTAREN, PSV EINDHOVEN, Utrecht (Ola), February 12, 2002, Dutch-Moroccan, midfielder

Kourouma ILAIX MORIBA, BARCELONA, Conakry (Gui), January 19, 2003, Hispanic-Guinean, midfielder

Curtis Julian JONES, LIVERPOOL, Liverpool (Ing), 30 January 2001, English, midfielder

Pinto Ramos KAIO JORGE, JUVENTUS, Olinda (PE, Bra), January 24, 2002, Brazilian, forward

Arnaud Muinga KALIMUENDO, PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN, Suresnes (Fri), 20 January 2002, franco-congolese, attacker

Odilon Kouakou Dorgeless KOSSOUNOU, BAYER LEVERKUSEN, Abidjan (Civ), 4 January 2001, Ivorian, defender

Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA, RUBIN KAZAN, Tbilisi (Geo), February 12, 2001, Georgian, forward

Kang-in LEE, VALENCIA, Incheon (Kor), February 19, 2001, South Korean, midfielder

Tomaz de Lima LUIS HENRIQUE, OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE, João Pessoa (PA, Bra), 14 December 2001, Brazilian, forward

Chukwunonso Tristan MADUEKE, PSV EINDHOVEN, Londra (Ing), 10 March 2002, anglo-nigeriano, attaccante

Costa do Nascimento MARCOS PAULO, ATLÉTICO MADRID, São Gonçalo (Rio, Brazil), 1 February 2001, Brazilian-Portuguese, forward

Gabriel Teodoro Silva MARTINELLI, ARSENAL, Guarulhos (Bra), June 18, 2001, Italian-Brazilian, forward

Yunus Dimoara MUSAH, VALENCIA, New York City (NY, Usa), 29 November 2002, Anglo-American, forward

Jamal MUSIALA, BAYERN, Stuttgart (Ger), February 26, 2003, German-Nigerian, midfielder

Alexandre Tavares NUNO MENDES, SPORTING LISBON, Sintra (Por), 19 June 2002, Portuguese-Angolan, defender

Roberto PICCOLI, ATALANTA, Bergamo (Ita), January 27, 2001, Italian, forward

Yéremi Jesús Santos PINO, VILLARREAL, Las Palmas (Canary Islands, SPA), 20 October 2002, Spanish, forward

Filippo RANOCCHIA, JUVENTUS, Perugia (Ita), May 14, 2001, Italian, midfielder

Jesus Carvalho REINIER, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, Brasilia (Bra), January 19, 2002, Brazilian, forward

Giovanni Alejandro REYNA, BORUSSIA DORTMUND, Durham (Ing), April 3, 2002, US-Portuguese, forward

Nicolò ROVELLA, GENOA, Segrate (Milan, Ita), 4 December 2001, Italian, midfielder

William Alain André Gabriel SALIBA, OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE, Bondy (Fra), 24 March 2001, Franco-Cameroonian, defender

Martín Adrián Costa SATRIANO, INTER, Montevideo (Uru), 20 February 2001, Italo-Uruguayan, forward

Luke Jonathan THOMAS, LEICESTER CITY, Syston (Ing), 10 June 2001, English, defender

Barreiros de Melo TIAGO TOMÁS, SPORTING LISBON, Cascais (Por), June 16, 2002, Portuguese, forward

Jurriën David Norman TIMBER, AJAX, Utrecht (Ola), June 17, 2001, Dutch-curaçaoano, defender

Konstantinos TZOLAKIS, OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS, Chania (Crete, Gre), November 8, 2002, Greek, goalkeeper

Germán Karabinaite VALERA, ATLÉTICO MADRID, Murcia (Spa), 16 March 2002, Hispanic-Lithuanian, forward

Florian WIRTZ, BAYER LEVERKUSEN, Pulheim (Ger), 3 May 2003, German, midfielder

Illya Borysovych ZABARNYJ, DYNAMO KIEV, Kiev (Ucr), September 1, 2002, Ukrainian, defender

Nicola ZALEWSKI, ROME, Tivoli (Rome), January 23, 2002, Italian-Polish, forward

Joshua Orobosa ZIRKZEE, ANDERLECHT, Schiedam (Ola), May 22, 2001, Dutch-Nigerian, forward

Poll, we're at 300,000 votes

After the first two months of the online survey, the numbers are record breaking. Sensational. Very high. There are 300,000 votes between the first "step 100" (233,598 reports) and the second "step 80" (over 66,000). And there are still more than 3 months left to close the voting on the site. We remind you that by simply connecting to this link anyone can express their preference on the Under 21 talent of European football that is shining the most in this 2021. Once again, all previous votes of the online referendum will be cancelled. Like in mid-July. Every month we start all over again for a new click challenge. We will see if our Internet users who follow us from all over the world will confirm or not the preferences agreed in the first round of votes of the "Golden Boy 100" or in the second phase "Golden Boy 80". Two "episodes" that recorded great surprises. In the voting that closed exactly one month ago, the “stage winner” was the Turkish Ersin Destanoglu, twenty-year-old goalkeeper for the Besiktas champions. 

Pedri goes back up, Kaio Jorge breaks in

But the Golden Boy "Absolute Best", the one that will be voted and elected by the journalistic jury, will not come from this combination. The international visibility of the winner is very important, indeed fundamental. And in this respect, no one has done better than the 18-year-old Pedri, a starter in Spain eliminated in the semifinals, on penalties, by Italy future champion of Europe and finalist at the Tokyo Olympics with the “Rojita” defeated by Brazil in extra time. Elected by UEFA as the best youngster of Euro 2020 and the only Under 21 included in the ideal team of the tournament, Barça's talent is also on the rise in the online preferences of the fans: currently in 3rd place with almost 12% of the votes. He is, at the moment, the favorite in the succession of the Scandinavian "king" Haaland for the throne of the Golden Boy "Absolute Best". Among the new names in the "Top 60" the neo-bianconero Kaio Jorge, 19 years old, Brazilian pearl ex Santos, bursts into force. Also enter the Lucanian-Uruguayan Martín Satriano of Inter and the Tiburtino by birth (but of Polish parents)Nicola Zalewski, Roma attacking midfielder: they gave a show since the first summer friendlies, starting with the South American, who scored a five at Sarnico. Unfortunately, the great talent Ansu Fati, the "black Messi" of Barça, winner of the last "Web Golden Boy", is always off the list. away from the fields for 8 months.

Gold mine: stellar prices

It is spelled Golden Boy, it (also) reads Golden Mine. A gold mine. A dizzying figure is immediately reached, adding up the market values of the latest players who have won the coveted Tuttosport prize. For the trophy holder, Haaland, a monster offer from Chelsea had arrived in Dortmund in recent weeks. In the summer of 2019 the Portuguese winger João Félix was hired by Atlético Madrid who paid out 127 million in the coffers of Benfica. His predecessor in the Golden Boy, the Dutch Matthijs De Ligt, had always spent two summers ago from Ajax to Juventus for 75 million plus 5 of bonuses. In 2017 Kylian Mbappé moved from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain for 180 million (today he is worth fifty more). And what about the Anglo-Jamaican Raheem Sterling (Golden Boy 2014), sold from Liverpool to Manchester City in the summer of 2015 for 68 million and whose current value is at least double? Or Paul Pogba (Golden Boy 2013) that Juve sold to Manchester United in 2016 for 105 million? Our jury was ahead of its time.