Authoritative Italian Football website, <i>Tuttosport</i> has announced the nominees of its eagerly anticipated 2012 Edition of the European Golden Boy, an award for the most talented footballer aged below 21 years.<br /><br />The winner of the award will be revealed in December at a ceremony in Turin. 30 respected journalists from Marca, The Times, Bild, L'Equipe, Tuttosport and&nbsp; De Telegraaf will chose the most worthy player to succeed&nbsp; Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze.<br /><br />Nigeria international and CSKA Moscow winger Ahmed Musa has been nominated for the second year in a role. Also making the shortlist is David Alaba (Bayern Munich) who has Nigeria heritage.<br /><br /><u><b>Nominees</b></u><br /><b>David Alaba - Bayern Munich</b><br />Jano Ananidze - Spartak Moscow<br />Christian Atsu - FC Porto<br />Jean-Christophe Bahebeck - Troyes<br />Joel Campbell - Real Betis<br />Luc Castaignos - FC Twente<br />Thibaut Courtois - Atletico Madrid<br />Philippe Coutinho - Inter<br />Gerard Deulofeu - Barcelona<br />Julian Draxler - Schalke<br />Dudu - Dynamo Kyiv<br />Stephan El Shaarawy - AC Milan<br />Christian Eriksen - Ajax<br />Mario Gotze - Borussia Dortmund<br />John Guidetti - Manchester City<br />Isco - Malaga<br />Jese - Real Madrid<br />Ola John - Benfica<br />Vaclav Kadlec - Sparta Prague<br />Koke - Atletico Madrid<br />Mateo Kovacic - Dinamo Zagreb<br />Milan Lalkovic - Vitoria Guimaraes<br />Erik Lamela - Roma<br />Jurgen Locadia - PSV Eindhoven<br />Samuele Longo - Espanyol<br />Lazar Markovic - Partizan Belgrade<br />Bruno Martins Indi - Feyenoord<br />Iker Muniain - Athletic Bilbao<br /><font color="#00FF00"><b>Ahmed Musa - CSKA Moscow</b></font><br />Pedro Obiang - Sampdoria<br />Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - Arsenal<br />Magomed Ozdoev - Lokomotiv Moscow<br />Paul Pogba - Juventus<br />Mohamed Salah - Basel<br />Jonjo Shelvey - Liverpool<br />Raheem Sterling - Liverpool<br />Raphael Varane - Real Madrid<br />Marco Verratti - Paris Saint-Germain<br />Granit Xhaka - Borussia Monchengladbach<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />