Revealed list of 40 footballers for the "Golden Boy" title

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t the end of 2016, the attention of all football fans will be focused on the "Ballon d'Or" awards, but before that, the best young European footballers will receive their recognition.

Today, the list of 40 footballers nominated for the "Golden Boy" award was revealed. This title is open to all footballers in Europe who are under 21 years old.

Among the contenders is the young star of "Manchester United" Marcus Rashford. Also included in the list is Kelechi Iheanacho, considered one of the biggest talents in the "Premier League" alongside M. Rashford and playing for "Manchester City".

Among the contenders are Dortmund's "Borussia" gem Ousmane Dembele, Madrid's rising star Marco Asensio, and Renato Sanches, who surprised everyone last season.

Last year, the "Golden Boy" award was won by "Man Utd" talent Anthony Martial.

The complete list of contenders:

Dele Alli (Tottenham), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Leon Bailey (Genk), Riechedly Bazoer (Ajax), Gabriel Boschilia (Monaco), Julian Brandt (Leverkusen), Carlos Fernandez (Sevilla), Andreas Christensen (Borussia Monchengladbach), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ante Coric (Dinamo Zagreb), Amadou Diawara (Napoli), Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Monchengladbach), Danilo Barbosa (Benfica), Moussa Dembele (Celtic), Ousmane Dembele (Dortmund), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Breel Embolo (Schalke), Gabriel Barbosa (Inter),  Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Goncalo Guedes (Benfica),  Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Alen Halilovic (Hamburg), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid), Emanuel Mammana (Lyon), Nathan (Vitesse), Olivier Ntcham (Genoa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich), Jairo Riedewald (Ajax), Ruben Neves (Porto), Tonny Sanabria (Betis), Leroy Sane (Manchester City), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht), Almamy Toure (AS Monaco).