Golden Boy: The 20 nominees for the 2019 award have been announced

The list for the 2019 Football European Golden Boy Award has been announced. Joao Felix and Matthijs de Ligt are in the list of names that have been picked. All players who are aged 21 and below are eligible for being selected. Matthijs de Ligt, the previous year’s winner, has been nominated once again. However, 2017 recipient and France's World Cup 2018 winner Kylian Mbappe was the surprise omission from this year’s list. 

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Golden Boy: The 20-man shortlist for 2019 has been announced

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England star players Mason Mount, Jadon Sancho and Phil Foden secured their names on the list. Barcelona's 16-year-old Ansu Fati and the Red Devils' target Erling Haland also are some of the names that have been featured on the list. A list of 40 young players was revealed last month before FIFA released the final 20 candidates up for the prize. The winner of this year’s prestigious award will be announced in Turin on December 16.

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Matthijs de Ligt was last year's winner for his superb season with Ajax. Currently at Juventus, the Dutchman is shortlisted yet again but he will probably face serious competition from Ansu Fati, Jadon Sancho and Mason Mount this year. All nominees have to be included in a European nation's top tier league. Here are the 20 names for this year’s Golden Boy.

• Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus, Holland)
• Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich, Canada)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, Italy)
• Ansu Fati (Barcelona, Spain)
• Philip Foden (Man City, England)
• Matteo Guendouzi (Arsenal, France)
• Erling Haland (RB Salzburg, Norway)
• Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
• Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid, Portugal)
• Dejan Joveljic (Eintracht Frankfurt, Serbia)
• Moise Kean (Everton, Italy)
• Kang-in Lee (Valencia, South Korea)
• Andrij Oleksijovyc (Valladolid, Ukraine)
• Danyell Malen (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)
• Mason Mount (Chelsea, England)
• Rodrygo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
• Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, England)
• Ferran Torres (Valencia, Spain)
• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
• Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma, Italy)

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