Marcus Rashford nominated for prestigious Golden Boy award with host of Prem stars

After scoring twice against Manchester City on Wednesday night, Celtic forward Moussa Dembele makes the shortlist of the 40 best players under the age of 21, as decided by Italian publication Tuttosport.

But the Premier League dominates the list, with Rashford just one of a number of eye-catching names including Alex Iwobi of Arsenal, Dele Alli of Tottenham and Kelechi Iheanacho of Manchester City.

Chelsea are represented very strongly with Ruben Loftus-Cheek making the shortlist along with Andreas Christensen and Nathan, both of whom are on loan away from the club at present.

Also in contention for the prize are Manchester Cit’ys summer signing Leroy Sane, Liverpool midfielder Marko Gruijic and Leicester City winger Demarai Gray.

The last two winners of the award have been at English clubs: Manchester United’s Antony Martial and Raheem Sterling, then of Liverpool, in 2014.

Other winners include the likes of Paul Pogba (2013, Juventus), Cesc Fabregas (2006, Arsenal), Lionel Messi (2005, Barcelona) and Wayne Rooney (2004, Manchester United).

Dele Alli (Tottenham), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Leon Bailey (Racing Genk), Riechedly Bazoer (Ajax), Gabriel Boschilia (Monaco), Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Andreas Christensen (Borussia Monchengladbach, on loan from Chelsea), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich, on loan from Juventus), Ante Coric (Dinamo Zagreb), Amadou Diawara (Napoli), Mahmoud Dahoud (Gladbach), Danilo (Benfica), Moussa Dembele (Celtic), Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund) Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Breel Ambolo (Schalke), Carlos Fernandez (Sevilla), Gabigol (Inter), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Demarai Gray (Leicester City), Marko Gruijic (Liverpool), Goncalo Guedes (Benfica), Alen Halilovic (Hamburg), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid), Emanuel Mammana (Lyon), Nathan (Vitesse, on loan from Chelsea), Ruen Neves (Porto), Jules Ntcham (Genoa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich), Jairo Riedewald (Ajax), Antonio Sarabria (Real Betis), Leroy Sane (Manchester City), Jonathan Tah (Leverkusen), Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht), Almamy Toure (Monaco).