Marcus Rashford has been nominated for the Golden Boy award (Picture: Getty)

Manchester United and Arsenal youngsters Marcus Rashford and Alex Iwobi lead the Premier League’s nominations for the 2016 UEFA Golden Boy award.

The pair have been nominated alongside the likes of Renato Sanches, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Moussa Dembele for the prestigious award.

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial won last year’s prize and six of the previous 13 winners have come from the Premier League.

Rashford, 18, burst onto the scene with goals on his Premier League, Europa League and International debuts last season.


Anthony Martial won last season’s award (Picture: Getty)

Iwobi, 20, has cemented his spot in Arsenal’s first team after an impressive second half to the season last term.



As well as Rashford and Iwobi, Dele Alli and Kelechi Iheanacho have been rewarded for their fine performances with nominations.

Premier League nominations for the 2016 Golden Boy award Marcus Rashford – Manchester United

Alex Iwobi – Arsenal

Kelechi Iheanacho – Manchester City

Dele Alli – Tottenham Hotspur

Leroy Sane – Manchester City

Ruben Loftus-Cheek – Chelsea

Andreas Christensen – Chelsea

Nathan – Chelsea

Demerai Gray – Leicester City

Marko Grujic – Liverpool

Manchester United have had three previous winners of the award with Wayne Rooney (2004), Anderson (2008) and Martial (2015) claiming the prize, while Cesc Fabregas was a winner at Arsenal in 2006.

Iwobi’s been nominated for the award (Picture: Getty)

Nominations for the award must be born after January 1st 1996 and play for a European club.

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