Forty nominees have been announced for the 2022 Golden Boy award, with Arsenal new boy Marquinhos among them. The annual award is given to the best young footballer in Europe - born in 2002 or after, on this occasion - over the course of the calendar year.
Arsenal have had a winner of the award before, with a 19-year-old Cesc Fabregas scooping the gong in 2006. However, a Chelsea player has never won the award, and the wait will go on with no Blues squad members in the 40-strong list of nominees.
The likes of Reece James, Mason Mount, Wesley Fofana, Conor Gallagher and Armando Broja are all ineligible for the award due to their age. All nominees for this year's prize must have been born after January 1, 2002 - and all of the aforementioned Chelsea players were born before that date, with Broja the closest to being eligible, but he is four months too old to be considered.
