Jude Bellingham won the Golden Boy with an incredible share of the vote – here's how he did it
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Yesterday, Jude Bellingham received the prize for best young player in Europe and took home two trophies, as he also claimed the web award voted by fans online.
He won the main trophy by 97 per cent of the votes of 50 journalists who sit in the panel, a feat Kylian Mbappe also achieved in 2017, although then the jury consisted of 30 journalists. Interestingly, Bellingham is the first Real Madrid player to win the award.
Each first pick of journalists gives a player 10 points, seven for second, five for third, three for fourth and one for fifth. Bellingham accumulated 485 of the possible 500 points in the end, which illustrates his convincing win.
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Jude Bellingham was the star of the evening…
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…Arsenal's Edu was awarded…
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…as was Cesc Fabregas.
There were also some other English-related winners on the night.
Cesc Fabregas received an oeuvre prize for his career, while Brighton duo Tony Bloom and Roberto De Zerbi won the Best President Award and Best European Coach Award respectively.
Arsenal’s sporting director Edu Gaspar won the Best Manager award, while Erling Haaland scooped the Golden Player Man, the prize for best player over 21.
Arthur Renard has been writing for FourFourTwo since 2013, when Ronald Koeman hosted him for a Readers interview in a small room in stadium De Kuip. Two years later Arthur moved to London, where he still lives and from where he covers English football, while he has also been travelling the world to cover events like the World Cup and Copa America.
