The 'career' by the Golden Boy 2023 has begun. The Italian magazine 'Tuttosport' opened this Tuesday the votes so that the fans choose to the best young player of the year, although the vote of 30 skilled journalists finish being decisive to define to the winner. Again, the FC Barcelona has options to add a new award with three nominated, between them the winner of the last edition, Gavi.
And it is that the Barça has remained with the two last Golden Boy with the Andalusian and Pedri, awarded in 2021. In addition to the '6' culé, 'Tuttosport' has nominated to Alejandro Balde and Lamine Yamal, being the side of 19 years one of the big favourites to remain with the prize. The Spanish defender completed a big season in the 2022/23, being indisputable in the winning team of LaLiga and the Supercopa Spanish this year.
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In addition to Gavi, Balde and Lamine, there is other 'heavy weights' between the nominated. One of them is Jude Bellingham, flamante reinforcement of the Real Madrid the one who was second in the votes of 2021 and 2022, when it still was footballer of the Borussia Dortmund. Another of the favourites is Jamal Musiala, German forward the one who, to his 20 years, aims to turn into one of the referents of the Bayern Munich this season.
The Italian magazine 'Tuttosport' delivers the prize Golden Boy from 20 years ago. For the moment, only three footballers of the FC Barcelona have obtained the award, being Leo Messi the first in 2005. Pedri And Gavi won it in 2021 and 2022, respectively, with Jude Bellingham second in both editions. In 2020, Ansu Fati had finished behind Erling Haaland.