The list of candidates to win the prize is already known. Kopa Trophy on October 24th during the gala of Golden Ball which will be held in the Châtelet TheatreAmong the ten nominees, three are players from our League and two are Spanish. Arda Güler, Lamine Yamal And Paul Cubarsi choose to win the award for best player under 21, which he won Jude Bellingham last year.
This Wednesday, the UEFA And France Footballpartners for the first time in football’s highest individual award, have announced the ten nominees to win the Kopa Trophy before revealing the list of nominations for the Ballon d’Or.
Here are our nominees for the 2024 Kopa Trophy! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/4bkfIV7iaD
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All three have done more than enough to win this award, but the truth is that Lamine Yamal is in pole position. The end of the Barcelona and the Spanish team left everyone speechless with their spectacular performance in the European Cupbeing the key to Spain and at many times their best player to end up being champion in Germany.
But the confrontation is with Güler, a young man whose last part of the season with the real Madrid This earned him the trust of Carlo Ancelotti and the Italian refused to allow him to leave on loan. At just 19, the former Fenerbahce became the idol of Türkiyeleaving unforgettable performances during the Euro Cup with his team, which he guided to the quarter-finals.
And in terms of Spanish representation, it must be said that Cubarsí has established itself as the center of the Barca in just six months. To this day, no one can get him out of the eleven Hansi Film and reached the pinnacle of his short career by defending the Spanish Olympic team’s defense en route to gold in the Paris 2024 Games.
Güler, Lamine, Cubarsí and the rest of the nominees
- Pau Cubarsí, Alejandro Garnacho, Arda Güler, Karim Konaté, Kobbie Mainoo, Joao Neves, Savinho, Mathys Tel, Lamine Yamal and Warren Zaire-Emery.