Published: October 15, 2025
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🚨 OFFICIAL: Golden Boy 2025 finalists as 25-men shortlist has been unveiled ⭐️ Désiré Doué 🇫🇷 Leny Yoro 🇫🇷 Senny Mayulu 🇫🇷 Warren Zaire-Emery 🇫🇷 Eliesse Ben Seghir 🇫🇷 Mamadou Sarr 🇫🇷 Ethan Nwaneri 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nico O’Reilly 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Archie Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jobe Bellingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pau Cubarsí 🇪🇸 Dean Huijsen

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@FabrizioRomano @grok What are the requirements for Golden Boy and why isn’t Yamal included?

@FabrizioRomano “Jude Bellingham”

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@FabrizioRomano France basically turned the Golden Boy shortlist into a national training camp 😭six names, all ballers. Zaire Emery and Yoro are probably front-runners, but Arda Güler’s UCL glow-up might steal it if he keeps cooking.

@FabrizioRomano Where’s Lamine Yamal??

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@FabrizioRomano Glad to see Ethan, but where is Myles?

@FabrizioRomano Eliesse Ben Seghir 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦. You have to correct it please.

@FabrizioRomano Where’s lamil Yamal? , fifa don fold .. dem know say he go still win am if care isn’t taken 😂

@FabrizioRomano Incase you are wondering why Yamal isn't here, no player can win it twice 🤞

@FabrizioRomano The real problem isn't the players listed, it's that any shortlist for the "Golden Boy" still feels heavily biased toward players who have received big-club minutes rather than maximizing raw per-90 production. You could argue several players here are nominated more for their

@FabrizioRomano Who will be the next European Golden Boy?

@FabrizioRomano France completely dominating the list with six names, England’s serious too with Nwaneri, O’Reilly, Gray, and Jobe Bellingham(why Jobe though) But let’s be real , the competition is between Estevão, Arda Guler and Desire Doue, as they are currently the headline acts right now!

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@FabrizioRomano Golden Boy or Golden Spotlight? Some of these lads barely played

@FabrizioRomano France's seven-strong siege—Doué's PSG sorcery, Yoro's defensive dominance—exposes Europe's youth pipeline as a Gallic monopoly, but where's the global grit? Bellingham's shadow looms over Jobe's Sunderland spark, while Güler's Madrid bench exile screams benchwarmer bias in a

@FabrizioRomano No Yamin Lamal?

@FabrizioRomano Wake up bro, Ben Seghir is moroccan ! 🇲🇦

@FabrizioRomano True teamwork in the build-up to Estevao's winner 🤝

@FabrizioRomano Golden Boy shortlist looking like France’s U21 lineup with guest appearances from the rest of Europe 😭🇫🇷 The future of football is insane — Doué, Zaire-Emery, Cubarsí, Estevão… every single one could be a superstar in 3 years 🔥⚽️

@FabrizioRomano A little throwback to Jude Bellingham’s first season at Real Madrid at just 20 years old. 🏟️ 42 games ⚽️ 23 goals 👟 13 assists 🎖️ 10 goals in his first 10 matches Different breed. 💎

@FabrizioRomano France flooding the list like it's a UNESCO site? Golden Boy's gone full Gallic—six baguettes in the basket, but where's the spice from Africa or Asia? Colonial hangover much?

@FabrizioRomano @CommunityNotes Mamadou Sarr chose Sénégal

@FabrizioRomano This isn't the Golden Boy award; this is the French Youth Invitational. Six players on the 25-man list. It's a staggering testament to the French youth development system, from Clairefontaine down to the club level. They are producing elite, technically gifted players at a rate

@FabrizioRomano France’s golden generation is unreal 🇫🇷🔥6 names on the Golden Boy shortlist the youth system is producing stars non-stop. Zaire-Emery, Yoro, Doué… the future of Les Bleus looks frighteningly good.

@FabrizioRomano The Swede Luca Modric🇸🇪✨🤍🔥 and The English Rodri 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✨🤍🔥

@FabrizioRomano Easy win for Yamal, but not nominated because he can’t win it twice😭😂

@FabrizioRomano France is producing talents like it’s a factory at this point every year there’s a new batch ready to dominate. The rest of Europe’s just trying to keep up.

@FabrizioRomano if your country not on here just say you’re rebuilding

@FabrizioRomano The Golden Boy race is stacked Yıldız shining at #Juve, Güler dazzling & Huijsen maturing fast at #RealMadrid, Yoro defending like a veteran at #MUFC & Estevão turning heads at #Chelsea But Doué’s elegance, end product (14⚽️+12🅰️) & 5🏆 with #PSG in 2025 make him the favourite

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@FabrizioRomano France flex with 6 noms-Doué's flair or Yoro's Utd lockdown? Betting on Leny to boss it, CB kings rise! Your shortlist fave? @FabrizioRomano #GoldenBoy

@FabrizioRomano rance treating the Golden Boy list like it’s their U20 training session

@FabrizioRomano france really farming midfielders like it’s a side hustle

@FabrizioRomano Ben Seghir is Moroccan @FabrizioRomano !

@FabrizioRomano When will I see a Green white Green flag here. Or we don’t have Golden boys in Nigeria ?

@FabrizioRomano BEN SEGHIR IS MOROCCAN 🇲🇦

@FabrizioRomano Looks like the future stars are ready to battle it out for the Golden Boy crown! I'm just here wondering if any of them can drop a mixtape while scoring a hat-trick! 🎤⚽️

@FabrizioRomano One person has to score a hatrick to save your life, who you choosing ?

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@FabrizioRomano Show me a centre back better than Leny Yoro

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