Bellerin, Martial and Traore are all included on the shortlist. (Pictures: Getty Images)

Hector Bellerin and Anthony Martial are among the Premier League stars to have made the 2015 Golden Boy award shortlist for Europe’s best young player.

Started in 2003, the prize for the continent’s best under 21 star is voted for by journalists from leading news outlets, including The Times.

Arsenal defender Bellerin and Manhcester United forward Martial are joined on the 40-man shortlist by Tottenham’s Dele Alli, Jordon Ibe of Liverpool, Aston Villa’s Adama Traore and Martial’s team-mate Luke Shaw.

See below for the full list, as reported by Fichajes.com, with Premier League players highlighted in bold.


Premier League Golden Boy nominations – Nathan Ake (20 / Watford / ENG)

– Dele Alli (19 / Tottenham / ENG)

– Hector Bellerin (20 / Arsenal / ENG)

– Jordon Ibe (19 / Liverpool / ENG)

– Kelechi Iheanacho (19 / Manchester City / NIG)

– Ruben Loftus-Cheek (19 / Chelsea / ENG)

– Anthony Martial (19 / Manchester United / FRA)

– Adnan Januzaj (20 / Manchester United / BEL)

– Divock Origi (20 / Liverpool / BEL)

– Luke Shaw (20 / Manchester United / ENG)

– Adama Traore (19 / Aston Villa / ENG)

And the best of the rest from around Europe:

Golden Boy nominations – Marco Asensio (19 / Espanyol / Real Madrid / ESP)

– Zakaria Bakkali (19 / Valencia / BEL)

– Kingsley Coman (19 / Bayern Munich / FRA)

– Angel Correa (20 / Atletico Madrid / ARG)

– Dahoud Mahmoud (19 / Borussia M’gladbach / ALE)

– Danilo Barbosa (20 / Valencia / BRA)

– Jason Denayer (20 / Galatasaray, Manchester City / BEL)

– Anwar El Ghazi (20 / Ajax Amsterdam / NED)

– Munir El Haddadi (20 / FC Barcelona / ESP)

– Francisco Rodriguez (20 / Wolfsburg / SUI)

– Goncalo Guedes (18 / Benfica / POR)

– Alen Halilovic (19 / Sporting Gijon FC Barcelona / CRO)

– Hojberg Pierre-Emile (20 / Schalke 04 / DIN)

– Ricardo Kishna (20 / Lazio / HOL)

– Nemanja Maksimovic (20 / Astana / SER)

– Max Meyer (20 / Schalke 04 / ALE)

– Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (20 / Lazio / SER)

– Mario Pasalic (20 / AS Monaco, Chelsea / CRO)

– Gaston Pereiro (20 / PSV Eindhoven / URU)

– Marko Pajca (20 / Dinamo Zagreb / ​​CRO)

– Adrien Rabiot (20 / Paris SG / FRA)

– Alessio Romagnoli (20 / AC Milan / ITA)

– Ruben Neves (18 / Porto / POR)

– Sandro Ramirez (20 / FC Barcelona / ESP)

– Moses Simon (20 / La Gantoise / NIG)

– Youri Tielemans (18 / RSC Anderlecht / BEL)

– Adama Traore (20 / AS Monaco / MAL)

– Tonny Vilhena (20 / Feyenoord / HOL)

– Andrija Zivkovic (19 / Partizan Belgrade / SER)

Previous winners of this award include Raheem Sterling, Paul Pogba, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and Cesc Fabregas.



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