Portugal has seven players on the list of nominees for the Golden Boy award. Tuttosport what distinguishes the most promising players under the age of 21 to play in Europe dropped from 100 to 60 players this Monday.
Regarding the list of 100 nominees published in June, Portugal have lost three players, all linked to Sporting: Rodrigo Ribeiro, Thiago Thomas, who is on loan at Stuttgart and Joelson Fernandes, who is on loan at Basel .
On the list, voted in succession until reduced to a group of 20 finalists, are Francisco Conceição (Ajax/Hol), Diego Moreira (Benfica), Fabio Carvalho (Liverpool/Ing), Fabio Silva (Anderlecht/Bel), Enrique Araujo (Benfica), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain/Fra) and Paulo Bernardo (Benfica) are now the Portuguese candidates.
Former Benfica players João Félix (Atletico Madrid, Spain) and Renato Sanchez (Paris Saint-Germain, France) were Portuguese, having already won the Golden Boy award in 2019 and 2016 respectively.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
