Lamine Yamal, the star player of FC Barcelona and Spanish football, is on his way to becoming the fourth Barça player in history to win the Golden Boy award. This award, given by the Italian newspaper ‘
Before Lamine, who is only 16 years old, Leo Messi (2005), Pedri (2021), and Gavi (2022) have achieved this honor. The announcement was made this Wednesday in Solomeo (Perugia), with Yamal leading the list ahead of Joao Neves (Benfica), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), and Leny Yoro (Lille) as the top 5 candidates for the Golden Boy 2024.
Four culés in the Top-100
Apart from Lamine and Gavi, Barça, the club with the most representatives (4) in the Top-100 along with English club Brighton & Hove Albion, also has two other players in the list: Pau Cubarsí, ranked eighth, and Brazilian player Vitor Roque, ranked fiftieth.
Savinho from Girona, ranked 5th, Christhian Mosquera from Valencia, ranked 15th, Arthur Vermeeren from Atlético de Madrid, ranked 18th, Ilias Akhomach from Villarreal, ranked 18th, Arda Güler from Real Madrid, ranked 19th, Samu Omorodion from Atlético de Madrid, ranked 45th, and Assane Diao from Real Betis, ranked 53rd, are the other seven candidates from LaLiga EA Sports. They are tied with the English Premier League, each contributing 11 players. LaLiga EA Sports is the third European competition with the most candidates for Golden Boy 2024, only behind the Belgian Pro League with 12 candidates and the French Ligue 1 with 16 candidates.
This content has been translated and adapted from the Spanish version of the digital newspaper
