Nico Williams is one of the candidates for the Golden Boy 2022, an award designed to recognize the best player under 21 in European football. This prestigious award granted by the Italian newspaper Tuttosport has been considered for some years now as the Ballon d’Or for young players on the international scene. The Athletic footballer is not the only one from LaLiga who appears in this first selection of applicants.
Pedri, Gavi, Nico, Ansu Fatí and Baldé are the five young players chosen at Barça level. Camavinga, from Real Madrid, Yunus, from Valencia, and Yeremi Pino, from Villarreal, also appear in this list together with the little Williams. Athletic itself recalled yesterday on its website that “since its first edition, in 2003, players like Pedri, Haaland, Joao Felix, De Ligt, Mbappé, Martial, Sterling, Pogba, Isco, Götze, Balotelli, Pato, Anderson , Agüero, Cesc, Messi, Rooney or Van der Vaart have been named Golden Boy”.
The rojiblanco winger, for the moment, enters the list of the 100 most talented players on the European scene. The number of candidates will be reduced from then on each month by a total of 20 units until October 15, at which time the decision to crown the Golden Boy will fall on 40 international sports media who will decide between the 20 young soccer players who still remain on the list.
Inaki Ugalde
