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Liverpool duo Jordon Ibe and Divock Origi have been named on the 40-man shortlist for this year’s Golden Boy award.

The award, won most recently by Raheem Sterling in 2014, is voted for by journalists across the continent to determine Europe’s best young player aged under 21.

Ibe has enjoyed a breakout season at Anfield and was one of the team’s more promising performers towards the end of the last campaign, and has recently enjoyed an upturn of form under new boss Jurgen Klopp.

Belgian striker Origi, meanwhile, was a nominee last year while on loan to Lille and has since joined up with his parent club, but has not scored a goal in his eight appearances for the club so far.

There are 11 other Premier League candidates, including Dele Alli, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Luke Shaw.

The Golden Boy was first devised by Italian newspaper Tuttosport in 2003, with its winners including Mario Gotze, who won the title in 2011 while playing under Jurgen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund.

Mario Balotelli was also a winner of the trophy, at Manchester City, in 2010.