Only one La Masia graduate amongst 20-name Golden Boy list
Dani Olmo, who has played at Dinamo Zagreb for the last three years, is the only La Masia graduate from the list published by 'Tuttosport'.
The Italian outlet 'Tuttosport' has announced the 20 candidates for the 2018 Golden Boy award. This prize is given to the best player from the year who is 21 or under. In July they released the original 100-name list and it's been reduced, little by little, until this final selection of players. Now it's up the international judging committee to decide who will win the 16th edition of this award.
It's worth pointing out that there isn't a single FC Barcelona player on that list. The closest to that is Dani Olmo, who came through the academy at Barça but moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 2015.
Other standout names are PSG's superstar Kylian Mbappe, Manchester City's Phil Foden and Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr. However there are a couple of Barça targets on the list such as Ajax's De Ligt and Roma's Justin Kluivert.
The 20-man shortlist for the 2018 Golden Boy:
1. Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
2. Kelvin Adou Amian (Toulouse)
3. Houssem Aouar (Lyon)
4. Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg)
5. Patrick Cutrone (Milán)
6. Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)
7. Thomas Davies (Everton)
8. De Ligt (Ajax)
9. Diogo Dalot (Manchester United)
10. Éder Militao (Porto)
11. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
12. Phil Foden (Manchester City)
13. Gedson Fernandes (Benfica)
14. Amadou Haidara (RB Salzburg)
15. Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)
16. Jonathan Ikone (Lille)
17. Justin Kluivert (Roma)
18. Kylian Mbappé (PSG)
19. Oswald Upamecano (RB Leipzig)
20. Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
