Dier & Bentaleb nominated for Euro award
The Golden Boy Award was started in 2003 by Italian newspaper Tuttosport and is an award for players under the age of 21 playing in top tier European football.
It is voted for by top European newspapers that include Bild, Blick, A Bola, l'Équipe, France Football, Marca, Mundo Deportivo, Ta Nea, Sport Express, De Telegraaf and The Times.
Each nominates 5 players and the voting is 10 points, 7, 5, 3 and 1 point for the fifth choice. The winner of the award is announced in December.
Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb have both been nominated and appear in a list of 40 players.
The 40 Nominees for the 2014 Golden Boy award are:
Premier League (England)
Calum Chambers (Arsenal)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
John Stones (Everton)
Raheem Sterling and Lazar Markovic. (Liverpool)
Adnan Januzaj and Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier (Tottenham)
La Liga (Spain)
Gerard Deulofeu (Sevilla)
Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Munir El Haddai and Sandro Ramirez (Barcelona)
Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid)
Serie A (Italy)
Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
Bernardeschi Franco (Fiorentina)
Kingsley Coman (Juventus)
Keita Balde Diao (Lazio)
Mateo Kovacic (Inter)
Bundesliga (Germany)
Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen)
Gianluca Gaudino and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Bayern Munich)
Mathias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund)
Julian Green (Hamburg)
Maximilian Meyer (Schalke)
Lique 1 (France)
Marquinhos and Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain)
Benjamin Mendy (Marseille)
Lucas Ocampos (Monaco)
Divock Origi (Lille on loan from Liverpool)
Super Lig (Turkey)
Bruma (Galatasaray)
Super League (Switzerland)
Gonzalez (Basel)
Eredivisie (Holland)
Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax)
Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
Jetro Willems (PSV)
Belgian Pro League
Alexander Mitrovic and Dennis Praet (Anderlecht)
Super Liga (Serbia)
Nikola Ninkovic (Partizan Belgrade)
Primeira Liga (Portugal)
Oliver Torres (Porto)
Prva Liga (Slovenia)
Luka Zahovic (Maribor)
It is voted for by top European newspapers that include Bild, Blick, A Bola, l'Équipe, France Football, Marca, Mundo Deportivo, Ta Nea, Sport Express, De Telegraaf and The Times.
Each nominates 5 players and the voting is 10 points, 7, 5, 3 and 1 point for the fifth choice. The winner of the award is announced in December.
Eric Dier and Nabil Bentaleb have both been nominated and appear in a list of 40 players.
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Native Country | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Rafael van der Vaart |  Netherlands | Ajax | |
| 2004 | Wayne Rooney |  England | Everton | |
| 2005 | Lionel Messi |  Argentina |  Barcelona | |
| 2006 | Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Arsenal | |
| 2007 | Sergio Agüero | Argentina | Atlético Madrid | |
| 2008 | Anderson |  Brazil | Manchester United | |
| 2009 | Alexandre Pato | Brazil |  Milan | |
| 2010 | Mario Balotelli | Italy | Manchester City | |
| 2011 | Mario Götze |  Germany | Borussia Dortmund | |
| 2012 | Isco | Spain | Málaga | |
| 2013 | Paul Pogba |  France | Juventus |
The 40 Nominees for the 2014 Golden Boy award are:
Premier League (England)
Calum Chambers (Arsenal)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
John Stones (Everton)
Raheem Sterling and Lazar Markovic. (Liverpool)
Adnan Januzaj and Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier (Tottenham)
La Liga (Spain)
Gerard Deulofeu (Sevilla)
Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Munir El Haddai and Sandro Ramirez (Barcelona)
Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid)
Serie A (Italy)
Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)
Bernardeschi Franco (Fiorentina)
Kingsley Coman (Juventus)
Keita Balde Diao (Lazio)
Mateo Kovacic (Inter)
Bundesliga (Germany)
Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen)
Gianluca Gaudino and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Bayern Munich)
Mathias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund)
Julian Green (Hamburg)
Maximilian Meyer (Schalke)
Lique 1 (France)
Marquinhos and Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain)
Benjamin Mendy (Marseille)
Lucas Ocampos (Monaco)
Divock Origi (Lille on loan from Liverpool)
Super Lig (Turkey)
Bruma (Galatasaray)
Super League (Switzerland)
Gonzalez (Basel)
Eredivisie (Holland)
Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax)
Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
Jetro Willems (PSV)
Belgian Pro League
Alexander Mitrovic and Dennis Praet (Anderlecht)
Super Liga (Serbia)
Nikola Ninkovic (Partizan Belgrade)
Primeira Liga (Portugal)
Oliver Torres (Porto)
Prva Liga (Slovenia)
Luka Zahovic (Maribor)
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