Sterling exhibitions by Nigerian adolescents, Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi has earned them nominations for the 2016 European Golden Boy award.

Kelechi Iheanacho of Manchester City, Alex Iwobi of Arsenal, Marcus Rashford of Manchester United, and Dele Alli of Tottenham Hotspur are among the 40 candidates for the 2016 Golden Boy grant, keep running by the Italian daily paper, Tuttosport and granted to Europe's most great footballer less than 21 years old.

The award, established in 2003, identifies with exhibitions over a specific schedule year, with the victor chose by a board of 30 columnists.

Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Paul Pogba, and Raheem Sterling are past champs, while Manchester United's Anthony Martial asserted the prize a year ago.

Iheanacho's Manchester City are as of now flying high this season, and are yet to lose a diversion with the 19-year-old effectively contributing objectives for the Citizens both in the Premier League and in the Champions League.

Iwobi's Arsenal have likewise had awesome shows lately, having begun the season with a home misfortune to Liverpool. The Nigerian worldwide came back from harm to recover his spot as a first group general for the Gunners.

The rundown in full:-

Dele Alli (Tottenham), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Leon Bailey (Genk), Riechedly Bazoer (Ajax), Gabriel Boschilia (Monaco), Julian B.randt (Bayer Leverkusen), Carlos Fernandez (Sevilla), Andreas Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ante Coric (Dinamo Zagreb), Amadou Diawara (Napoli), Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Danilo Barbosa (Benfica), Moussa Dembélé (Celtic), Ousmane Dembélé (Dortmund), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Breel Embolo (Schalke), Gabriel Barbosa (Internazionale), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Goncalo Guedes (Benfica), Demarai Gray (Leicester), Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Alen Halilovic (Hamburg), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Lucas Hernández (Atlético Madrid), Emanuel Mammana (Lyon), Nathan (Vitesse), Olivier Ntcham (Genoa), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich), Jairo Riedewald (Ajax), Rúben Neves (Porto), Tonny Sanabria (Real Betis), Leroy Sané (Manchester City), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht), Almamy Touré (Monaco).

Source-http://www.urbangists.com/2016/09/sterling-exhibitions-by-nigerian-bags-nomination.html

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Dem no fit smell the award not with the names am seeing

Make them forget am lol.. Coman, Dembele, Dele Alli, Renato Sanchez, Sane dey.. but it's good they were nominated though

Well deserved