Liverpool: Harvey Elliott, Fabio Carvalho join Anthony Elanga, Amad Diallo on Golden Boy shortlist

Liverpool pair Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho are among the most eye-catching names on the Golden Boy 2022 shortlist. 

The annual award is given to a top-tier player in Europe under the age of 21 for their performances over a calendar year.

There were 10 nominees to the 100-man shortlist from the Premier League, with Manchester United duo Anthony Elanga and Amad Diallo also making the cut. 

But there was no representation from traditional English heavyweights Arsenal or Chelsea.

Wolves had two players nominated, with £35m signing Fabio Silva and Dutch defender Ki-Jana Hoever on the list. 

Liverpool pair Harvey Elliott (left) and new signing from Fulham Fabio Carvalho (right) are among 10 Premier League players to make the 100-man shortlist for the Golden Boy award

Manchester United’s Anthony Elanga (left) and Amad Diallo (right) were also named on the list

Barcelona midfielder Pedri (pictured) won the 2021 award and has been nominated again

Promising talents in Tottenham’s Pape Matar Sarr and Manchester City’s Yan Couto, who spent last season on loan at Metz and Braga respectively, were named as well.

Teenage Brighton midfielder Kacper Kozlowski and Leeds forward Joe Gelhardt completed the English-based players on the list.   

Barcelona wonderkid Pedri won the award last year after an astonishing 12 months for club and country.

Although Pedri was nominated again, traditionally a new winner is named every year.

A trio of midfielders in Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga and new Bayern Munich signing from Ajax, Ryan Gravenberch are among the favourites for this year’s gong.

Pedri is joined by four other wonderkids from the Catalan side, with Ansu Fati, Gavi, Nico Gonzalez and Alejandro Balde also representing the La Masia academy.

Camavinga, however, is the sole representative of Real Madrid, with Valencia’s Yunus Musah and Villarreal’s Yeremi Pino the other standout names in Spain.

In Italy, Roma trio Felix Afena-Gyan, Edoardo Bove and Nicola Zalewski, Premier League target Aaron Hickey of Bologna, and defender Destiny Udogie (Udinese) are the most high-profile starlets.

From the Bundesliga, Bayern, Dortmund and RB Leipzig dominate, with 14 of the 21 nominees from those three clubs – Josko Gvardiol, Youssoufa Moukoko and Jamal Musiala particularly promising prospects.

In France, Lyon trio Rayan Cherki, Malo Gusto and Castello Lukeba and exciting attackers Mohamed-Ali Cho (Angers), Jeremy Doku, Kamaldeen Sulemana (both Rennes) and Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike (Reims) are among those to make the list.

LaLiga, Spain

Alejandro Balde, Barcelona

Eduardo Camavinga, Real Madrid 

Ansu Fati, Barcelona

Gavi, Barcelona 

Pedri is one of five Barcelona wonderkids to make the 100-man shortlist, alongside Gavi (right)

Yunus Musah, Valencia 

Nico Gonzalez, Barcelona

Nico Williams, Athletic Bilbao 

Pedri, Barcelona

Yeremi Pino, Villarreal 

Serie A, Italy

Felix Afena-Gyan, Roma

Lucien Agoume, Inter Milan

Janis Antiste, Spezia 

Edoardo Bove, Roma 

Felix Afena-Gyan (pictured above), Nicola Zalewski and Edoardo Bove of Roma all make the list

Matteo Cancellieri, Roma 

Moustapha Cisse, Atalanta 

Radu Dragusin, Juventus 

Sebastiano Esposito, Inter Milan 

Aaron Hickey, Bologna 

Fabio Miretti, Juventus

Raul Moro, Lazio 

Simone Pafundi, Udinese 

Bologna left-back Aaron Hickey, wanted by several Premier League sides, is shortlisted as well

Luca Romero, Lazio 

Lazar Samardzic, Udinese 

Giorgio Scalvini, Atalanta 

Brandon Soppy, Udinese 

Matias Soule, Juventus 

Destiny Udogie, Udinese 

Nicola Zalewski, Roma 

Bundesliga, Germany

Karim Adeyemi, Borussia Dortmund 

Jude Bellingham, Borussia Dortmund 

Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham (above) is likely to be one of the favourites for the award

Jayden Braaf, Borussia Dortmund

Brian Brobbey, RB Leipzig 

Ryan Gravenberch, Bayern Munich 

Josko Gvardiol, RB Leipzig 

Piero Hincapie, Bayer Leverkusen

Adam Hlozek, Bayer Leverkusen 

Ilaix Moriba, RB Leipzig 

Jakub Kaminski, Wolfsburg 

Ansgar Knauff, Borussia Dortmund 

Youssoufa Moukoko, Borussia Dortmund 

Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich 

Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala (left) and Malik Tillman (right) are two Germany-based players

Luca Netz, Borussia Monchengladbach 

Tanguy Nianzou, Bayern Munich 

Gio Reyna, Borussia Dortmund 

Georginio Rutter, Hoffenheim 

Joe Scally, Borussia Monchengladbach 

Jan Thielmann, Koln 

Malik Tillman, Bayern Munich 

Aster Vranckx, Wolfsburg 

Ligue 1, France

Rayan Cherki, Lyon

Mohamed Ali-Cho, Angers 

Jeremy Doku, Rennes 

Hugo Ekitike, Reims 

Lyon trio Castello Lukeba (left), Malo Gusto and Rayan Cherki were all nominated to the list

Maxime Esteve, Montpellier 

Malo Gusto, Lyon 

Arnaud Kalimuendo, Paris Saint-Germain 

Isaac Lihadji, Lille

Castello Lukeba, Lyon 

Eliot Matazo, Monaco

Nathanael Mbuku, Reims 

Nuno Mendes, Paris Saint-Germain 

Kamaldeen Sulemana, Rennes 

Elye Wahi, Montpellier 

Left-back Nuno Mendes (right), also named, transferred to Paris Saint-Germain this summer

Primeira Liga, Portugal

Francisco Conceicao, Porto 

Diego Moreira, Benfica 

Henrique Araujo, Benfica 

Joelson Fernandes, Sporting Lisbon 

Cher Ndour, Benfica

Paulo Bernardo, Benfica 

Rodrigo Ribeiro, Sporting Lisbon 

Tiago Tomas, Sporting Lisbon 

Sporting Lisbon’s Tiago Tomas (above) scored against Bayern Munich on loan at Stuttgart

Other (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Holland, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine)

Anouar Ait El Hadj, Anderlecht 

Stipe Biuk, Hajduk Split 

Mohamed Daramy, Ajax 

Amar Dadic, Red Bull Salzburg

Wilfried Gnonto, Zurich 

Isak Bergmann Johannesson, FC Copenhagen 

PSV star Noni Madueke (right), wanted by several Premier League sides, also made the cut

Nemanja Jovic, Partizan Belgrade 

Noni Madueke, PSV 

Becir Omeragic, Zurich 

Matias Palacios, Basel

Devyne Rensch, Ajax 

Fabian Rieder, Young Boys 

Cisse Sandra, Club Brugge 

Forward Wilfried Gnonto (left) made his Italy debut after an impressive season for FC Zurich

Benjamin Sesko, Red Bull Salzburg 

Filip Stevanovic, Heerenveen

Luka Sucic, Red Bull Salzburg 

Tomas Suslov, Groningen 

Maarten Vandevoordt, Genk

Illya Zabarnyi, Dynamo Kiev