Founded in 2003 by the Italian media Torino Sport, the Golden Boy Award is voted for by the leading European media to award the best young player of the year, and is also considered a rite of passage for young talents, and the selection must be made by young players under the age of 21 who play for European clubs.

The first Golden Boy Award was awarded to the Dutch player Van der Vaart, it can be said that the European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative award for young players in European football, and these young talents, representing the future of football, since the establishment of this award, it was quickly supported by the European sports media, and the previous European Golden Boys gradually showed extraordinary talent, and they are slowly moving towards the ranks of superstars.

The first Golden Boy winner, Van der Vaart, had a successful start to his career, growing rapidly at Ajax, being an absolute attacking hub at Hamburg and the Dutchman becoming one of the most talked-about top stars of his time.

And the second Golden Boy Award winner Rooney does not need to say much, after Everton played a price, Rooney who transferred to Manchester United has found the best space to play, and he has also become one of the most lethal strikers in the Premier League, on the stage of the Champions League, Rooney has gradually sublimated himself to a superstar and become England's leading goalscorer.

The winner of the third Golden Boy Award is Messi, Messi has broken a series of Barcelona records when he was in the youth team, and after entering the first team, he has shown a strong growth rate; Messi's ball sense and foot skills are superb, the ball is like sticking to his feet when dribbling, it is difficult for opponents to break the ball from his feet, his most feared weapon is to break through with the ball, outstanding ball sense, speed, explosiveness and balance combine into the most terrifying dribbling machine, he can find the possibility of breakthrough in the tightest space.

On October 23, 2017, Torino Sports officially announced that Paris Saint-Germain's French striker Kylian Mbappe defeated Barcelona's Dembele and Manchester City's Jesus to win the 2017 Golden Boy Award.

In 2017, the 15th edition of the European Golden Boy Awards was held, with an expert jury of 30 journalists from 20 European countries, such as France Football, Teams, The Times, Marca, World Sports, Bild and other authoritative media.

Previous winners are: Van der Vaart, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Aguero, Anderson, Pato, Balotelli, Gotze, Isco, Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Anthony Martial and Renato Sanchez.

The top three finalists in this year's Golden Boy award are Kylian Mbappe in Paris, Ousmane Dembele in Barcelona and Gabriel Jesus in Manchester City.

In the end, Mbappe won the award with his outstanding performance this year, beating Dembele and Jesus, with Dembele in second place and Jesus third.

Born on 20 December 1998, Kylian Mbappe scored 26 goals last season and six goals in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, helping Monaco win the Ligue 1 title and reach the last four of the Champions League.

He has become the target of many giants this summer, Real Madrid, Manchester City and other teams have been rumored to be with him, and finally Mbappe joined Paris Saint-Germain on loan, and his buyout fee is as high as 180 million euros next summer.

The next Golden Boy Award winner will obviously not be too competitive, first of all, Manchester United's youngest Dembele and Rashford, who have gradually grown into the main force of Manchester United with their age-inappropriate stadium performance, and have gradually progressed towards the core of Manchester United.

As for why? Because he is a special talent, it was at the age of 17 years and 289 days that Jones played for the Chelsea first team and became a shining player at the age of 18.

There is always something different about genius, and Jones's difference is his precociousness. In fact, Jones's actual age is not as young as it seems, you can't tell his age from his performance, accurate judgment, calm dribbling shots, he behaves like a battle-hardened general, but the real body under all the gorgeous coats is under 19 years old, Jones's precocious maturity is also reflected in the ability to deal with big scenes, and the word stage fright is inherently related to him.

Jones' performance this season has been indispensable, and it is for this reason that Jones was selected in the England and Russia World Cup squad this year.

At Chelsea this season, Jones' tactical role has become increasingly important; And Chelsea have been able to achieve where they are now, thanks to Jones's role.

Jones's fiery state has been felt by everyone, a dazzling supernova has quickly rushed into everyone's eyes, and next year's Golden Boy Award seems to be won by Jones unexpectedly.

Last year, Jones was not eligible to enter the selection of the Golden Boy Award, very simply, the Golden Boy Award announcement nominations and selection will probably be completed in November, and at this time last year, Jones just went to the Chelsea development team to play, and before Jones almost did not have any dazzling experience, Jones simply could not enter such a list of the Golden Ball Awards that represents the most potential in European football.

But this year, everyone knows that this time the Golden Boy Award is very likely to be won by Jones, who last season helped Chelsea Chelsea in his rookie season to squeeze out Manchester United in the reserve team to win the championship and win the Golden Boot, and this season's excellent form and record, Jones has made an indelible contribution.

As for competing for the Golden Boy award with other players, Jones's only disadvantage seems to be there, that is, Jones has too little experience in the top league, or in the game that is watched by fans, this season is the second season of Jones' career, and Jones seems to have only been known by fans for such a short half of the season.

Of course, in fact, quite a lot of fans and media are more optimistic about Jones, the Golden Boy Award represents the potential and talent of young players, and can be said to be the world footballer among players under the age of 21.

Jones's biggest initiative in the selection is his excellent explosion this season, to be honest, there are still a lot of unknowns, just next year is the World Cup year, if Jones can play well on the World Cup stage, it is really a little unknown, as long as he can continue to maintain this form in the next games, then he is the next football superstar.

As for if Jones will continue to improve at this rate in the next games, then no one can guarantee where Jones' limits are; It seems that it is too early for the superstar to talk about the superstar; After all, Jones' career is still quite short.