Four Ghanaian players shortlisted for 2021 Golden Boy award

Four young players of Ghanaian descent have been shortlisted for the 2021 Golden Boy award.

It comes on the back of a 2020 where Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus made an impact in the race to make it into the top 20.

For this year, although the Black Stars poster boy who is now with Ajax has missed out, there are still players with Ghanaian ties in the shortlist.

There is Myron Boadu who has opted to play for the Nertherlands national team as well as Yunue Musah who has chosen the USA over the Black Stars.

In the list, there is also Jeremy Doku of Stade Rennais FC and Brian Brobbey.

Below is the 2021 Golden Boy nominees:

Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg)
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves)
Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad)
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
Stipe Biuk (Hajduk Split)
Myron Boadu (Monaco)
Jayden Braaf (Manchester City)
Brian Brobbey (RB Leipzig)
Armando Broja (Chelsea)
Riccardo Calafiori (Roma)
Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes)
Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
Francisco Conceicao (Porto)
Yusuf Demir (Barcelona)
Ersin Destanoglu (Besiktas)
Amad Diallo (Manchester United)
Jeremy Doku (Rennes)
Sebastiano Esposito (Basel)
Fabio Silva (Wolves)
Nicolo Fagioli (Juventus)
Eric Garcia (Barcelona)
Bryan Gil (Tottenham)
Goncalo Ramos (Benfica)
Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)
Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig)
Mohamed Ihatteren (PSV Eindhoven)
Ilaix Moriba (Barcelona)
Curtis Jones (Liverpool)
Kaio Jorge (Juventus)
Arnaud Kalimuendo (Paris Saint-Germain)
Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Rubin Kazan)
Lee Kang-in (Valencia)
Luis Henrique (Marseille)
Noni Madueke (PSV Eindhoven)
Marcos Paulo (Atletico Madrid)
Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
Yunus Musah (Valencia)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Nuno Mendes (Sporting CP)
Pedri (Barcelona)
Roberto Piccoli (Atalanta)
Yeremi Pino (Villarreal)
Filippo Ranocchia (Juventus)
Reinier (Borussia Dortmund)
Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
Nicolo Rovella (Genoa)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
William Saliba (Marseille)
Martin Satriano (Inter)
Luke Thomas (Leicester)
Tiago Tomas (Sporting CP)
Jurrien Timber (Ajax)
Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiacos)
German Valera (Atletico Madrid)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Nicola Zalewski (Roma)
Joshua Zirkzee (Anderlecht)