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Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard has been named on the 40-man shortlist for the 2018 Golden Boy award.
The award is handed to the best U21 player in Europe and Edouard has made the initial 40-man shortlist. That will soon be whittled down to 20, before the winner is announced in December.
Kylian Mbappe is the favourite to win the award after his amazing World Cup performances, but Edouard will fancy his chances of making the final cut.
The full 40-man shortlist:
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
Kelvin Amian (Toulouse)
Houssem Aouar (Lyon)
Musa Barrow (Atalanta)
Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord)
Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg)
Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan)
Dani Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb)
Tom Davies (Everton)
Matthijs De Ligt (Ajax)
Moussa Diaby (PSG)
Diogo Dalot (Manchester United)
Moussa Djenepo(Standard Liege)
Ritsu Doan (Groningen)
Eder Militao (Porto)
Odsonne Edouard (Celtic)
Evander (Midtjylland)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund)
Amadou Haidara (Red Bull Salzburg)
Joao Felix (Benfica)
Jota (Benfica)
Jovane Cabral (Sporting Lisbon)
Dejan Joveljic (Red Star Belgrade)
Boubacar Kamara (Marseille)
Moise Kean (Juventus)
Jules Keita (Dijon)
Justin Kluivert (Roma)
Alban Lafont (Fiorentina)
Manu Garcia (Toulouse)
Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Pietro Pellegri (Monaco)
Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund)
Marcelo Saracchi (RB Leipzig)
Ismaila Sarr (Rennes)
Dayot Upamecano (RB Leipzig)
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
Moussa Wague (Barcelona)
Timothy Weah (PSG)
Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma)
