The soccer players of the FC Barcelona Pedro Gonzalez ‘Pedri’, Pablo Martin Paez Gavira ‘Gavi’ and Ansu Fati and Valencia midfielder Nico Gonzalez -currently on loan from the Barça team- are among the 20 finalists of the ‘Golden Boy 2022’, that rewards the best player of 21 years or less of last season, as announced by the Italian media Tuttosport this Friday.
The award, which will be presented on November 7 in Turin, already has the definitive list of 20 candidates to lift the prize. The three players who are part of the current Barça discipline, in addition to Nico, on loan at the ‘ché’ team, make up the Spanish representation to win the recognition.
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With three candidates, Barça is the team with the most representatives in this award along with Bayern Munich, with Ryan Gravenberch, Jamal Musiala y Mathys Tel. In addition, the French midfielder of Real Madrid Eduardo Camavinga completes the representation of LaLiga Santander among the final contenders to win the award.
Among the top favorites are Pedriwhich already achieved this recognition last year; Gavi, She had to and the British midfielder Jude Bellinghamfrom Borussia Dortmund.