Golden Boy 2024 Finalists: Lamine Yamal Favourite to Win the Golden Boy Award

The Golden Boy Award ceremony is back, with fans and pundits wondering how young players throughout the last year will carve up and be awarded in the coming ceremony. The award to be shared is the prestigious Golden Boy for a young player who has made his mark in winning titles for both club and country. With the final shortlist announced, Lamine Yamal stood out far, impressing everyone to be the year Golden Boy Award winner for outstanding performance for the club and winning the Euros for his country.

Barcelona is known explicitly for its epic stats in building young players into professional gems, majorly from its Academy, ‘La Masia.’ With Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernández, and Andrés Iniesta graduating from the academy, another gem has been shaped. Barcelona hopes to develop Lamine Yamal into a world-class talent like Lionel Messi and win the Champions League with him.

Listen, imagine how much can be worth Lamine Yamal now if I rejected €250m six months ago…. He’s European champion with Spain, and he’s the most attractive, interesting talent in the world right now.

The Club President Joan Laporta on Yamal’s worth:

This season, Lamine Yamal has shown much better characteristics than last. Still, a player of his age and skill will face numerous backlash from fans, part of which some fans are not convinced he is that great a footballer, which made predictions about his current season be included in the debates by pundits.

• Bet: Lamine Yamal to have over 12.5 goals this season at 2.3 Odds (1xBet)
• Bet: Lamine Yamal to have over 3.5 in yellow cards this season at 1.7 Odds (1xBet)

Also, Spain have landed themselves another gem, just like they did a decade ago with Xavi and Iniesta when they won their first-ever World Cup. Lamine Yamal has recently won the Euros for his country and is already playing in the Nations League, with nothing to stop him from doing what he does: scoring and assisting. Lamine Yamal will surely lead Spain to the Nations League 2024/2025 finals and the coming 2026 World Cup.

Lamine Yamal has been an outstanding player for club and country, winning the Euros with Spain through an incredible performance and scoring in the Final against France. Lamine Yamal for Barça has secured his position in the starting 11, a feat of generational talent has been called by fans. Lamine Yamal has been in incredible form this season, scoring and assisting, with his stats as a professional player shooting through the roof.

The Golden Boy Award is said to be only deserving of the Spanish winger for his master-class performance across all competitions for the past year. With the Award Ceremony on December 17th, 2024, in Turin, fans and pundits are sure that Yamal will be the winner.

• Youngest player to debut in Laliga at 16 years and 38 days;
• Youngest player to provide an assist in Laliga;
• Youngest goal-scorer in Barcelona and Laliga;
• Youngest starter at the Champions League;
• Youngest goal scorer for Spain;
• Youngest player to score in the Euros.