ANTHONY MARTIAL WINS GOLDEN BOY AWARD
Manchester United striker Anthony Martial has won the 2015 Golden Boy award for Europe's best young player.
Established by Italian publication Tuttosport in 2003, the accolade is reserved for players under the age of 21 and is voted for by journalists from 30 major newspapers across the
continent, including L'Équipe(France), Marca (Spain) and The Times (England).
France international Martial, 20, scooped the prize ahead of Bayern Munich's Kingsley Coman and Arsenal's Hector Bellerin. His Reds team-mates Luke Shaw and Adnan Januzaj were also on the 40-strong shortlist.
Martial's exciting rise in the calendar year of 2015 included a successful end to the season with Monaco (who finished third in Ligue 1), a first senior cap for France in September and a highly promising start to his Reds career, with six goals in his first 19 appearances.
The quicksilver forward is the third United player to receive the award, after Wayne Rooney (2004) and Anderson (2008) - no other club has had more than one winner. Martial succeeds Raheem Sterling, while other previous recipients include Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Aguero and Paul Pogba.
Everyone at Manchester United would like to congratulate Anthony on this great achievement.
The Anthony Martial fairytale doesn’t look like ending any time soon after the 20 year old
won the prestigious ‘Golden Boy’ award.
Named as one of the revelations of 2015 by Marca earlier in the week, Martial now joins
a list that boasts the likes of team mate Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Paul
Pogba and Man City’s Raheem Sterling.
The win will come as a shock to some who feel that Martial doesn’t deserve the award on the
basis of his United career, but after a big money move and being written off by the press
Martial has silenced his doubters with his undoubted talent, and whilst he looks good now is
definitely one for the future.
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