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Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard has been included on the final 20-man shortlist for the prestigious 2018 European Golden Boy Award.

The accolade, handed out by Italian publication Tuttosport, recognises the best U-21 player on the continent and is decided by a panel of journalists.

An initial 40-man list was compiled in October and Edouard has survived the cull to make it onto the final stage.

He faces some frightening competition, however, with countryman and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe the favourite to win the award for the second year running.

English Premier League starlets Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tom Davies, Phil Foden and Diogo Dalot are also in the running.

Edouard became Celtic's record signing during the summer as the Hoops shelled out £9million to sign him from PSG.

The 20-year-old enjoyed a successful loan spell the previous campaign and Brendan Rodgers moved quickly to snap him up on a permanent basis in June.

Edouard has scored 18 goals in 45 appearances for Celtic.

Full shortlist

Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

Kelvin Amian Adou (Toulouse)

Houssem Aouar (Lyon)

Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg)

Patrick Crutone (AC Milan)

Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)

Tom Davies (Everton)

Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax)

Diogo Dalot (Manchester Utd)

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Eder Militao (Porto)

Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)

Phil Foden (Manchester City)

Gedson Fernandes (Benfica)

Amadou Haidara (Red Bull Salzburg)

Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)

Nanitamo Ikone (Lille)

Justin Kluivert (Roma)

Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig)

Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)