GOLDEN BOY 2017: KYLIAN MBAPPÉ BEATS DEMBÉLÉ AND RASHFORD TO AWARD
GOLDEN BOY 2017: KYLIAN MBAPPÉ BEATS
DEMBÉLÉ AND RASHFORD TO AWARD
Kylian Mbappé celebrates after scoring for PSG against
Celtic in the Champions League. Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP
Monday 23 October 2017 11.29 BSTLast
modified on Monday 23 October 2017 12.14 BST
The France forward Kylian Mbappé has
won the Golden Boy award for the best young player in Europe, fending off
competition from Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé and Manchester United’s Marcus
Rashford.
The 18-year-old came to prominence
last season, scoring six Champions League goals to propel Monaco to the
semi-finals while playing a huge part in the club’s title-winning Ligue 1
season, scoring 15 goals from an often wide berth. Mbappé is on loan at PSG,
where he has scored four goals and made four assists in 11 games. He will make
the move permanent in a £166m transfer next summer.
Mbappé won by an overwhelming 291
votes, with Dembélé coming second on 149. Manchester United’s Rashford was
third and Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus fourth.
The award, run by Tuttosport, is in
its 15th year and winners have included Wayne Rooney, Mario Balotelli, Raheem
Sterling and Anthony Martial.
1 Kylian Mbappé (PSG, on loan from
Monaco)
2 Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona)
3 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
4 Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)
5 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan)
6 Christian Pulisic (Borussia
Dortmund)
7 Kasper Dolberg (Ajax)
8 Emre Mor (Celta Vigo)
9 Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina)
10 Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus)
