Liverpool Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Woodburn and Herbie Kane have been nominated for the 2018 Golden Boy award.
The Liverpool trio are included on an initial shortlist of 100 contenders for the prestigious prize, which was established in 2003 by Italian newspaper Tuttosport to honour Europe's best young footballer over the course of a calendar year.
Previous winners of this award include big names like Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Raheem Sterling, though it occasionally gets it a little wrong, with known Manchester United flop Anderson picking up the prize in 2008, and fellow Brazilian Alexandre Pato the year after that.
Mbappe won it in 2017 and must surely be the big favourite to do so again, though some starlets at Premier League clubs are theoretically in with a chance after making the rather long shortlist.
Nominees must be under the age of 21 and the recipient is decided by 30 journalists from media outlets across the continent.
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