Anfield star Raheem Sterling joined illustrious company by winning prestigious award.
Liverpool youngster Raheem Sterling joined an elite group by winning TuttoSport’s Golden Boy award for 2014, following the likes of Wayne Rooney, Mario Gotze, Lionel Messi and Mario Balotelli.
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Ten Premier League players made the 40 man short-list, and we’ve placed them in order of quality.
10. John Stones (Everton)
Injuries have perhaps checked the England man’s progress but his Toffees future is certainly bright.
9. Eric Dier (Tottenham)
English international made his name in Portugal, started the season brightly.
8. Lazar Markovic (Liverpool)
Serbian has had an up and down time of it in his debut season at Anfield.
7. Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham)
Tough tackler broke through under Tim Sherwood and is beginning to prove himself under Mauricio Pochettino.
6. Divock Origi (Liverpool)
Brendan Rodgers would do well to recall the Belgian from his loan spell at Lille in January.
5. Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
A hugely impressive talent and a likely long term replacement for John Terry.
4. Luke Shaw (Man United)
Cost a massive sum but injuries since moving to Man United have held his progress up a tad.
3. Adnan Januzaj (Man United)
Hugely talented winger is certainly one for the future though may have to leave Old Trafford to fulfill his potential.
2. Calum Chambers (Arsenal)
Former Southampton man has taken advantage of a number of injuries to make himself a regular at the Emirates Stadium.
1. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
Already into his fourth season in Liverpool’s first team set-up and is rightly considered the best in his age group, the 20 year old has already topped 100 club appearances and has 13 national team caps to boot.