Following the announcement of the Golden Ball Award by "French Football", the shortlist for the 2021 Kopa Award was also announced, which is actually to reward the best U21 player of the year, so this award also mostly shows that the players have full potential, and the players are also the attention of major giants. Of course, as an aside, isn't this newcastle starting from youth training as well as starting with the foundation? I am afraid that this list includes Newcastle's future reinforcement list. Well, back to the point, there is a gap between the Kopa Award and the Golden Globe Award, so there are only 10 candidates, so let's take a look at who they are.
Mason Greenwood: 20 years old, from England, currently plays for Manchester United in the Premier League. Bukayo Saka: 20 years old, from England, currently plays for Arsenal in the Premier League. Pedri: 18 years old, from Spain, currently playing for Barca in La Liga. Jeremy Doku: 19 years old, from Belgium, currently playing for Rennes in Ligue 1. Ryan Gravenberg: 19 years old, from the Netherlands, currently playing for Ajax in the Dutch First Division.
Florian Wiltz: 18 years old, from Germany, currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Giovanni · Renner: 18 years old, from the United States, currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Jamal Musharra: 18 years old, from Germany, currently plays for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. Judd Bellingham: 18 years old, from England, currently plays for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Nuno Mendes: 19 years old, from Portugal, currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1.
Among the above 10, in fact, there is not much suspense, after all, Pedri's performance has been crowned, last season's perennial Barca starter, although there is not much honor, but the starting position is already an affirmation of Pedri, but also selected for the Spanish European Cup starting lineup, plus also played the Olympic Games to get medals, it can be said that this Kopa Awards in the end is undoubtedly spent on Pedri. The other players, except Saka, Doku, Wertz, Gravemberg and Greenwood, can not sit in the starting position, and the one who is firmly in the starting position is Saka and Greenwood a little competitive, after all, these two are from England and have also participated in the European Championship with the team, but the overall performance is indeed different from Pedri, so this year's Kopa Award is completely without suspense. Moreover, Pedri is still a member of the best team in the European Cup, and this alone has killed others, so everyone has known that Pedri is the elected person since the announcement of this Kopa Award.