Like every year, the “Golden Boy” is awarded to the best U21 football player of the year in Europe. Bayern’s top talent Jamal Musiala probably won’t get it.
Jamal Musiala is currently probably the biggest talent in German football. The 20-year-old is already a regular at FC Bayern. The numbers also speak for the midfielder. In his young career, Musiala has already played 92 Bundesliga games and has already scored 23 goals and provided 19 more.
Also because of this incredible rate, the German international was considered a hot candidate for the “Golden Boy”, an award that the Italian newspaper “Tuttosport” gives every year to the best U21 footballer in Europe. Due to his age, Musiala only has a chance of winning the prize this time. But that probably won’t happen.
Ex-BVB star suddenly in front of Musiala
Golden Boy inventor Massimo Franchi announced this in an interview with “tz”: “When we published the list in June, according to the algorithm, Jamal Musiala was in first place and Jude Bellingham was second. The same result in July,” explained he. “In August Musiala was caught by Bellingham.”
That means: The former Dortmund Bellingham is likely to win the award. Given his achievements, that doesn’t seem surprising. The Englishman got off to a flying start after his million-dollar move from BVB to Real Madrid and has already scored five goals in six league games. He also scored in the Champions League. In the 1-0 win against Union Berlin, he scored the golden goal in added time.
Musiala and Bellingham like Messi and Ronaldo
According to Franchi, Musiala “actually deserved a small statue” after he fantastically shot FC Bayern to the championship title on the last matchday of last season. But he also added: “In the first part of the current season he wasn’t able to show off his genius like that, he wasn’t such a strong shining sun that can blind you with its light.”
Bellingham is currently doing “magical things” at Real. However, Franchi is sorry that Bellingham and Musiala are competitors for the title. “Similar to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have each won the Ballon D’Or several times,” said the award founder.
If Musiala actually doesn’t win, that wouldn’t be a bad thing, said Franchi: “It’s not a drama. Think of Cristiano Ronaldo. He never won the Golden Boy. Look where he is now, what a gigantic career he has had.”
2023-09-29 06:30:07
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