BORUSSIA DORTMUND star Erling Haaland has won the 2020 Golden Boy award.
Jadon Sancho, Mason Greenwood, Bukayo Saka, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Phil Foden were among the names on the 20-man shortlist.
Erling Haaland has continued to impress for Dortmund this season Credit: Getty Images – Getty
The Golden Boy award is given to the best young player under the age of 21 across the European Leagues.
Tuttosport run the award and a panel of experts are used as part of the voting process.
Haaland has been crowned as this year’s winner following his incredible 2019-20 season.
The Norwegian striker scored an impressive 44 goals in all competitions last term.
He scored 28 times for RB Salzburg before he joined the German giants for £17.1million.
Barcelona’s Ansu Fati came second in the voting while Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies finished in third.
Jadon Sancho – who is Manchester United’s top transfer target – came in fourth.
Rennes star and fellow United target Eduardo Camavinga rounded off the top five.
Erling Haaland pipped Borussia Dortmund team-mate Jadon Sancho to the awardCredit: AFP or licensors
Haaland has continued to impress this season with 11 goals in 11 matches in all competitions.
Unsurprisingly, the former Molde man has attracted interest from the likes of Real Madrid and United.
His father, Alf-Inge Haaland, has addressed the speculation surrounding the 20-year-old.
He told SPORT1: “When you play well, it’s only logical that big clubs knock on your door, but we’re talking about speculation here.
“At the moment it’s not in Erling’s or my head that another club will be vying for him.
“We signed a long term contract with Dortmund and they have a fantastic team for Erling right now.
“We don’t want to look any further ahead.”
But he refused to rule out a move away from Dortmund for the skilful striker.
Golden Boy 2020: Final 20-man shortlist
Mason Greenwood (Man Utd)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)
Phil Foden (Man City)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
Ferran Torres (Man City)
Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)
Fabio Silva (Wolves)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona)
Rodrygo (Real Madrid)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
Sergino Dest (Barcelona)
Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus)
Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes)
Mitchel Bakker (PSG)
Jonathan David (Lille)
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)
Dominik Szoboszlai (Red Bull Salzburg)
Sandro Tonali (AC Milan)
He continued: “You never know what will happen. We haven’t talked about such a step yet.
“I think he would like to win some trophies with Dortmund. That is his goal.
“Erling can still achieve a lot in Germany and make great progress. Moving abroad is not a priority for us.
“I sometimes thin he wants to and can assert himself in any league.
“At the moment, he is happy in the Bundesliga and focused on Dortmund.
“He just wants to a better player and doesn’t look too far ahead.”
But it is reported that a verbal agreement is in place for Haaland to leave Dortmund in 2022.
Golden Boy award: Winners
2003 – Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax)
2004 – Wayne Rooney (Everton / Man Utd)
2005 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2006 – Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
2007 – Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
2008 – Anderson (Man Utd)
2009 – Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)
2010 – Mario Balotelli (Inter Milan / Man City)
2011 – Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund)
2012 – Isco (Malaga)
2013 – Paul Pogba (Juventus)
2014 – Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
2015 – Anthony Martial (Monaco / Man Utd)
2016 – Renato Sanches (Benfica / Bayern Munich)
2017 – Kylian Mbappe (Monaco / PSG)
2018 – Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax)
2019 – Joao Felix (Benfica / Atletico Madrid)
2020 – Erling Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg / Borrusia Dortmund)
Man Utd transfer target Haaland has ‘verbal agreement’ to leave Dortmund
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
