Stoke City boast two nominees for this year's Golden Boy award.

Ramadan Sobhi and Thibaud Verlinden have made the list for the award that celebrates the best player aged under 21 in Europe over the last 12 months, reports The Sentinel.

The prestigious award has been running since 2003, when it was launched by Italian paper Tuttosport, and previous winners include Rafael van der Vaart, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero.

Ramadan, who turned 20 in January, joined Stoke from Al Ahly for £5m last summer and has gradually proved to be a key part of Mark Hughes's squad.

Verlinden, aged 17, was emerging on the fringes of Hughes's squad in the run up to Christmas and has starred for Belgium's youth sides.