Italian media Tuttosport has just revealed the list of 20 finalists for Golden Boy 2023 and the 5 selected for the Wild Card for this edition, the winner of which will be known on December 4 during a great ceremony in Turin, Italy.
Unsurprisingly, we find the red-hot Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham who is part of this shortlist as well as FC Barcelona nugget Alejandro Balde who continues to progress on the left flank of the defense. A nugget which hides another since Gavi, double winner of the trophy is absent while Lamine Yamal is selected among the five nominated for the Wild Card just like Arda Güler, one of Madridistas’ summer signings.
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Golden Boy 2023 finalists
1- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
2- Alejandro Balde (FC Barcelona)
3- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
4- Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig)
5- Antonio Silva (Benfica)
6- Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen)
7- Benjamin Sesko (Lipsia)
8- Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
9- Rasmus Hojlund (Manchester United)
10- Levi Colwill (Chelsea)
11- Johan Bakayoko (PSV)
12- Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth)
13- Arthur Vermeeren (Anvers)
14- Evan Ferguson (Brighton)
15- Lucas Gourna-Douath (RB Salzburg)
16- Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG)
17- Ousmane Diomandé (Sporting Lisbon)
18- Arnaud Martinez (Girona)
19- Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich)
20- Andy Diouf (RC Lens)
Wild Card
1- Arda Güler (Real Madrid)
2- Bilal El Khannouss (Genk)
3- Martin Baturina (Dinamo Zagreb)
4- Joao Neves (Benfica)
5- Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona)