We're approaching that time of year when the big, individual awards are handed out. The Ballon d'Or and the Puskas Award dominate headlines coming into October as speculation over who will win reaches fever pitch, but there are other prestigious gongs to give out, and the European Golden Boy is most certainly one of them.
Since 2003, a collection of newspapers from across the continent have sent nominations in for who they perceive to be the five finest under-21 players in football, allocating points to each player ranging from 10 to one. They'll do so again this year and crown a successor to 2016's winner Renato Sanches.