Golden Boy 2022: Barcelona's Gavi snatches the next title from FCB super talent Musiala
Created: 2022-10-22 06:26
By: Vincent Fischer
Barcelona's Gavi (right) snatches the next title from Jamal Musiala.
© IMAGO / Jan Huebner
Jamal Musiala is trumping at FC Bayern this year.
Nevertheless, the super talent also goes empty-handed at the Golden Boy Award.
Barcelona's Gavi triumphs.
Munich – Jamal Musiala (19) is in the form of his life.
The youngster has a whopping 16 points (eight goals/eight assists) after 15 games this season.
Most recently, Musiala excelled for FC Bayern in the cup duel at FC Augsburg (2: 5), in which he again played a decisive role.
He was involved in the 3:1, he then scored the 4:2 himself.
Musiala was one of the most conspicuous players and again received the best rating in the
tz
individual review.
FC Bayern: Matthäus compares Musiala with Messi – the Golden Boy Award goes to Gavi anyway
The 19-year-old is considered one of the most promising talents in world football.
"He reminds me a bit of Lionel Messi with the joy he plays football: his dribbling, his forward movements," enthused Lothar Matthäus (61) in August.
The comparison with the superstar shows where Musiala's journey could go.
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Lionel Messi (35) won the Ballon d'Or as the best soccer player of the year seven times.
In 2007, Messi was awarded the Golden Boy award for the best U21 player in Europe.
The title has been awarded by the Italian sports newspaper
Tuttosport
since 2003 .
Past award winners have included Wayne Rooney (2004), Mario Götze (2011) and Kylian Mbappé (2017).
Nagelsmann sees Musiala "a bit ahead" - Davies predicts Ballon d'Or win
In this year's election, Musiala was considered one of the big favorites for the title.
But the Bayern super talent went away empty-handed.
The award went to Gavi (18) from FC Barcelona of all people.
Musiala was only third behind Jude Bellingham (19) from Borussia Dortmund.
Even the Kopa trophy, which is awarded by the French football magazine France Football
to the world's best U21 player of the year as part of the Ballon d'Or
, did not go to Musiala, but also to Gavi.
Golden Boy Award: These are the winners of the last five years
Year | prizewinner |
|---|---|
2022 | Gavi (FC Barcelona) |
2021 | Pedri (FC Barcelona) |
2020 | Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund, now Manchester City) |
2019 | Joao Felix (Benfica, Atletico Madrid) |
2018 | Mattijs de Ligt (Ajax Amsterdam, today FC Bayern) |
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Even after the Ballon d'Or, Bayern criticized Gavis' choice.
"They may have deprived you of your Kopa trophy, but they will not deprive you of your future Ballon d'Or," said Alphonso Davies (21) in an Instagram post directed at Musiala.
Trainer Julian Nagelsmann (35) sees "Jamal
(Musiala, editor's note)
or Jude Bellingham a bit ahead".
You will probably not be satisfied with the result this time either.
(vfi)