Golden Boy Award 2021: Pedri, Greenwood, Camavinga Among Final 20 shortlist

Barcelona midfielder Pedri, Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood and Real Madrid midfielder Camavinga are among the 20 players who made the final cut to win the best under-21 in Europe's top leagues.

Borussia Dortmund Erling Haaland won the award last season joining the hosts of great players such as Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Sergio Aguero, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe and Matthijs de Ligt who had won the award in the past.

The final winner of this year's award will be announced on December 13th.

Spain stars Pedri, Gavi, Bryan Gil and Yeremi Pino give La Roja the most nominees with four, with Germany and England following just behind.

Karim Adeyemi, Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz represent Germany on the shortlist with Bellingham, Mason Greenwood and Bukayo Saka among England's representatives.

France stars Eduardo Camavinga and William Saliba have been nominated as have Daniel Maldini and Roberto Piccoli from Italy and Ryan Gravenberch and Jurrien Timber from the Netherlands.

U.S. men's national team star Reyna is one of just two non-Europeans nominated, alongside Brazil and Real Madrid star Rodrygo, while Portugal's Nuno Mendes and Belgium's Charles De Ketelaere round out the shortlist.