Enes Unal & Emre Mor join likes of Man City, Man United & Liverpool wonder-kids for Golden Boy awards
Turkish international stars Enes Unal and Emre Mor are among the 25 contenders to win the 2017 Golden Boy award, run by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport and awarded to Europe’s most impressive footballer under the age of 21.
Unal had an impressive season on loan at FC Twente from Manchester City.
The 20-year-old scored 19 goals and provided four assists for the Eredivisie outfit.
Unal was snapped up by Villarreal on a €15 million from this summer and already has a goal and an assist to his name.
City have a wonder-kid of their own on the list with Gabriel Jesus getting nominated.
Cross-city rivals Manchester United have Marcus Rashford on the list and Liverpool have Joe Gomez as well as Dominic Solanke.
England have the highest number of representatives with six players.
There are a total of two Turkish international players but neither currently play in the Super Lig.
Mor currently plays for Celta Vigo after making a €13 million switch from Borussia Dortmund.
The nominees in full:
Aarón Martin, Espanyol; Jean-Kévin Augustin, RB Leipzig; Rodrigo Bentacur, Juventus; Steven Bergwijn, PSV Eindhoven; Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Everton; Federico Chiesa, Fiorentina; Ousmane Dembélé, Barcelona; Amadou Diawara, Napoli; Kasper Dolberg, Ajax; Gianluigi Donnarumma, Milan; Gabriel Jesus, Manchester City; Joe Gomez, Liverpool; Benjamin Henrichs, Bayer Leverkusen; Borja Mayoral, Real Madrid; Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain; Emre Mor, Celta Vigo; Reece Oxford, Borussia Mönchengladbach; Christian Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund; Marcus Rashford, Manchester United; Allan Saint-Maximim, Nice; Dominic Solanke, Liverpool; Theo Hernandez, Real Madrid; Youri Tielemans, Monaco; Enes Ünal, Villarreal; Kyle Walker-Peters, Tottenham.
