Luqman Hakim joins Haaland, Greenwood, Sancho on Golden Boy shortlist

The 18-year-old, who was named as one of the Guardian's 60 best young footballers in the world in 2019, made the strong 80-nominee list, including the likes of Borussia Dortmund pair Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland, Manchester United's Mason Greenwood, Barcelona's Ansu Fati.

Luqman, who is set to join Belgian side K.V. Kortrijk, was one of the two Asian players to be shortlisted for the award — the other is Takefusa Kubo, who is playing for Real Mallorca on loan from Real Madrid.

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Presented by Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport, the award is given by sports journalists to a European-based footballer aged 21 or below every year.

Past winners included Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe and Joao Felix, who was the most recent winner.

LIST OF 2020 GOLDEN BOY NOMINEES

Premier League (14):

• Maximillian James Aarons (Norwich City)
• Jayden Braaf, Yan Bueono Couto, Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
• Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White, Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton)
• Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea FC)
• Curtis Jones, Yasser Larouci (Liverpool)
• Michael Obafemi (Southampton)
• Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham Hotspur)

La Liga (9):

• Ansu Fati (Barcelona)
• Takefusa Kubo (Real Mallorca, Real Madrid)
• Luca Bezzana-Romero (Real Mallorca)
• Diego Lainez (Real Betis)
• Ferràn Torres (Valencia)
• Juan Manuel Sanabria (Atletico Madrid)
• Nehuén Pérez (Famalicao, Atlético Madrid)
• Reinier, Rodrygo, Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid)

Serie A (9):

• Sebastiano Esposito (Inter Milan)
• Alejandro José Méndez Marques, David de Oliveira Andrade Wesley (Juventus)
• Dejan Kulusewski (Parma, Juventus)
• Daniel Maldini (AC Milan)
• Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo Calcio)
• Sandro Tonali (Brescia)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)
• Musa Juwara (FC Bologna)

Bundesliga (8):

• Ethan Ampadu (RB Leipzig)
• Alphonso Davies, Youshua Zirkzee, Tanguy Nianzou Kouassi (FC Bayern)
• Erling Haaland, Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
• Ozan Kabak (Schalke 04, FC Barcelona)
• Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen)

Ligue 1 (11):

• Yacine Adli (Bordeaux)
• Marley Ake (Marseille)
• Adil Aouchiche, Mitchel Bakker (PSG)
• Benoît Badiashile (Monaco)
• Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes)
• Rayan Cherki, Amine Gouiri (Lyon)
• Tiago Djalo (Lille)
• William Saliba, Kenny Rocha Santos (St Etienne)