The shortlist for the 2020 Golden Boy award has been released, with the likes of Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, and Alphonso Davies among the leading contenders this year.
The Golden Boy award was first introduced in 2003 with its inaugural winner being Rafael van der Vaart who played for Ajax at the time.
Several players who won the award previously went on to become superstars of European football, like Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Kylian Mbappe, and Paul Pogba.
The past two awards have been won by Matthijs de Ligt in 2018 and Joao Felix in 2019.
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The Premier League is represented this year by Foden, Mason Greenwood, Bukayo Saka, Fabio Silva, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ferran Torres, and Neco Williams.
Silva and Torres, however, are nominated for their exploits with Porto and Valencia respectively, having only moved to Wolves and Manchester City this summer.
The two leading contenders are Dortmund team-mates Sancho and Haaland, who have enjoyed a fabulous 12 months, with the Norwegian starring for RB Salzburg before moving to the Bundesliga.
Sancho remains a £100m target of Manchester United.
One of the breakout performers of 2019/20 was Davies of Bayern, who wowed fans with his pace and power down the left wing. He won the treble with Bayern which consisted of the Bundesliga, the DFB-Pokal, and the Champions League.
La Liga is represented by Ansu Fati of Barcelona and Vincius Junior of Real Madrid.
Seventeen-year-old Eduardo Camavinga makes the list after his excellent breakthrough season with Rennes.
Within Serie A, new Milan signing Sandro Tonali is among the picks alongside Dejan Kulusevski of Juventus.
Golden Boy shortlist 2020
Eduardo Camavinga, Rennes
Marco Carnesecchi, Atalanta
Rayan Cherki, Lyon
Jonathan David, Lille
Alphonso Davies, Bayern Munich
Sergino Dest, Ajax
Sebastiano Esposito, Inter
Fabio Silva, Wolves
Ansu Fati, Barcelona
Phil Foden, Manchester City
Ryan Gravenberch, Ajax
Mason Greenwood, Man United
Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund
Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea
Marley Ake, Marseille
Adil Aouchiche, Saint-Etienne
Benoit Badiashile, Monaco
Mitchel Bakker, Paris Saint-Germain
Myron Badou, AZ Alkmaar
Dennis Borkowski, RB Leipzig
Mohamed Ihattaren, PSV Eindhoven
Ozan Kabak, Schalke
Michal Karbownik, Legia
Tanguy-Austin Kouassi, Bayern Munich
Dejan Kulusevski, Juventus
Marcos Antonio, Shakhtar Donetsk
Rafael Camacho, Sporting Club
Bukayo Saka, Arsenal
Jadon Sancho, Borussia Dortmund
Vladyslav Suprjaha, Dynamo Kiev
Dominik Szoboszlai, FC Salzburg
Tomas Esteves, Porto
Tomas Tavares, Benfica
Sandro Tonali, AC Milan
Ferran Torres, Manchester City
Christos Tzolis, PAOK
Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid
Neco Williams, Liverpool
Jadon Sancho 
Erling Haaland 
Mason Greenwood 
Phil Foden 
Man City 
Man Utd 
Liverpool 
Chelsea 
Arsenal 
Tottenham 
Bayern 
Dortmund 
Real Madrid 
Juventus 
Inter 
Milan 
PSG 
Barcelona 
