Kylian Mbappe Wins Golden Boy Award 2017

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On-loan PSG’s precocious talent, Kylian Mbappe Wins Golden Boy Award 2017. The young forward defeated Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus and Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele to win the award. Mbappe has scored four goals in eight games since he made a summer loan move from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain.

The Golden Boy Award is given to the best young player under the age of 21. Last year, Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich) won the award after a stellar performance at the Euro 2016. Mbappe led Monaco to the Ligue 1 title over PSG. He scored 24 goals in the past season and has 4 already this season.

Kylian Mbappe Wins Golden Boy Award 2017

The final 3 nominees were Gabriel Jesus, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele. These young talents are starters in the respective clubs and offers a lot to their teams. Mbappe won with 291 votes, ahead of second-placed Dembele by some distance – the Barcelona star earned 149 votes.

Although Marcus Rashford was not in the top 3, reports has emerged he pipped Gabriel Jesus to 3^rd position. It is reported the Manchester United striker received 76 votes, with Jesus claiming just 72.

PLAYER	AGE	CLUB
Kylian Mbappe	18	PSG
Ousmane Dembele	20	Barcelona
Marcus Rashford	19	Manchester United
Gabriel Jesus	20	Manchester City
Gianluigi Donnarumma	18	Milan
Christian Pulisic	19	Borussia Dortmund
Kasper Dolberg	20	Ajax
Emre Mor	20	Celta Vigo
Federico Chiesa	19	Fiorentina
Rodrigo Bentancur	20	Juventus

So, Jesus is 4^th. Donnarumma comes in fifth, ahead of Borussia Dortmund’s Christian Pulisic in sixth, Ajax’s Kasper Dolberg in seventh and Celta Vigo’s Emre Mor in eighth. Federico Chiesa, of Fiorentina, and Juventus’ Rodrigo Bentancur round off the top 10.