Turin-based daily Tuttosport have named this year's shortlist for their Golden Boy trophy.
The trophy is awarded to the outstanding young player in Europe for the year and has been growing in prestige since it's introduction in 2003.
Similar to France Football's Ballon d'Or, Tuttosport brings together a panel of high calibre journalists from Europe's biggest sports and newspapers to consider the 40-man shortlist and elect their winner.
PAST WINNERS
2003 Rafael Van der Vaart (Hol) Ajax
2004 Wayne Rooney (Eng) Manchester U
2005 Lionel Messi (Arg) Barcelona 2005
2006 Francesc Fábregas (Spa) Arsenal
2007 Sergio Agüero (Arg) Atletico Madrid
2008 Luís Anderson (Bra) Manchester U
2009 Alexandre Pato (Bra) AC Milan
 
NOMINEES FOR THE 2010 GOLDEN BOY
Ribeiro da Souza Andrè Felipe - Dinamo Kiev - Attacker
Mario Barwuah Balotelli - Manchester City - Attacker
Tiago Manuel Dias Correia Bebé - Manchester United - Attacker
Yacine Brahimi - Rennes - Midfielder
Sergio Madrazo Canales - Real Madrid - Midfielder
Diego Armando Contento - Bayern Munich - Defender
Philippe Correia Coutinho - Inter - Attacker
David Quintana De Gea - Atletico Madrid - Goalkeeper
Luuk De Jong - Twente - Attacker
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso - Aston Villa - Attacker
Mattia Destro - Genoa - Attacker
De Souza Douglas Costa
Alan Elizbarovic Dzagoev - CSKA Moscow - Midfielder
Christian Dannemann Eriksen - Ajax - Midfielder
Mario Gotze - Borussia Dortmund - Midfielder
Eden Hazard - Lille - Midfielder
Abel Mathias Platero Hernandez - Palermo - Attacker
Gael Kakuta - Chelsea - Attacker
Bojan Perez Krkic - Barcelona - Attacker
Toni Kroos - Bayern Munich - Midfielder
Adem Ljajic - Fiorentina - Attacker
Romelu Lukaku - Anderlecht - Attacker
Federico Macheda - Manchester United - Attacker
Joel Job Matip - Schalke 04 - Defender
Francisco Perez Merida - Atletico Madrid - Midfielder
Ezequiel Matìas Munoz - Palermo - Defender
Mateo Pablo Musacchio - Villarreal - Defender
Yann M'Vila - Rennes - Midfielder
Sotiris Ninis - Panathinaikos - Attacker
Daniel Lobato Pacheco - Liverpool - Attacker
Marcus Pedersen - Vitesse Arhem - Attacker
Miralem Pjanic - Olympique Lione - Midfielder
Pereira da Silva Rafael - Manchester United - Defender
Gaston Pereyra Ramirez - Bologna - Midfielder
Emmanuel Riviere - Saint Etienne - Attacker
James David Rodriguez - Porto - Attacker
Mamadou Sakho - Paris Saint Germain - Defender
Eduardo Antonio Salvio - Benfica - Attacker
André Schurrle - Mainz - Attacker
Jack Andrew G. Wilshere - Arsenal - Midfielder