The listing of nominees for the Kopa Trophy award has been launched, with Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo named on the shortlist.
The Kopa Trophy – which has beforehand been given to expertise equivalent to Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham – will quickly be awarded to a teenager who impressed throughout the 2023/24 marketing campaign.
The award voted for by earlier Ballon d’Or winners, and is given to the best-performing under-21 participant on the planet. Whereas the winner will not be revealed till the ceremony in Paris on 28 October, the listing of gamers in competition for the award has now been launched.
Manchester United duo Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho have each obtained a nod after impressing within the Premier League. Whereas the Pink Devils confronted criticism for a lot of the season, Mainoo and Garnacho has shone, with the previous even receiving a name as much as Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad.
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal – who was topped European champion after Spain defeated England within the Euro 2024 closing – has additionally earned a spot on the listing. The 17-year-old made headlines when he turned the youngest ever participant to attain within the European Championships, simply days earlier than his seventeenth birthday.
Actual Madrid’s Arda Guler, Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsi, Bayern Munich’s Mathys Tel, Man Metropolis’s Savinho, PSG’s Joao Neves and Warren Zaire-Emery, and RB Salzburg’s Karim Konate have additionally been nominated.
The Kopa Trophy will likely be awarded to the most effective younger footballer on 28 October at an award ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.