He's an okay prospect, but nothing special so far. Really hard to say at this point and Feyenoord's youth team doesnt play in the 2nd division so he plays no meaningful games outside his few appearances in the first team.
Haaland.
I thought that initially but then it's strange that the shortlist determined less than halfway into the year.
He belong to Atlético de Madrid and he was already highly rated in Argentina as a high potential center back. He is fast, aggressive and actually surprisingly good on the ball.
Haaland has done it against PSG
So Pogba has a blinder for the next 10 games and gets to win the player of the year even though he missed most of it? Dont agree. Haaland has been friggin awesome. Unbelievable. And yes against top opposition. But he hasnt completed a year at one club or the same league so for me its an unfair comparison.
Haaland has had way more playtime than Greenwood or Martinelli which you ranked above him so I don't get your argument here. I
Thoroughly appreciated.
Sounds really promising. I figured that he was the main reason why A.Madrid weren't showing interest in Salisu. Sounds really promising from what you've said. I'll have to keep an eye on him.
While your overall point isn't wrong your reasoning is absolutely dreadful. Greenwood's played 645 minutes with 129 minutes per goal, Davies meanwhile has played 2143 minutes with a goal every 714 minutes. Of Greenwood's 22 league appearances this season 18 have come as a substitute.
It just goes to show that there are really only a handful of players this young who are already succeeding for big teams. The majority of the names on this list are either playing regularly but for much smaller teams, or are more like Garner, highly rated talents only just getting their first chances in senior football. Sancho, of course, particularly stands out as the probably favourite to win it.
Yes, I actually know someone who knows him personally.
27 years old
What the hell? It totally flew over my head that Lingard was on the list. How is it possible at 27 to be nominated for a golden boy award?
Pretty much. Fati and Greenwood closing out the top five.
It seems to me they only pick some players with high potential in Football Manager, with no reference to their actual performance in real life.
It's difficult because not many players of the ages that qualify are tearing it up at the highest level of football. Only Haaland, Sancho and Davies have been out of all the players on that list, with maybe Camavinga to a lesser extent.
Yes there are not many young players tearing it up at the highest level of football, but there are plenty who start regularly in European nation's top tier. They deserve to be shortlisted much more than those who barely feature for the first team.
