The winner designate for 2023 Golden Boy award has been leaked, MySportDab reports.
The Golden Boy Award is another category of Ballon d’Or award meant for crowning fast-rising young players in the game.
It is part of the grandiose and prestigious Ballon d’Or award ceremony always going with the pomp and elegance.
The 2023 Ballon d’Or award will be staged today in France with the Golden Boy award expected to go to the best youngster.
Before the ceremony, multiple media reports have revealed Jude Bellingham has been slated to win the award as he has bagged 95% of the votes to overtake his rival nominees for the award.
Bellingham has been mercurial since he switched grounds from Signal Iduna Park in Germany to Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid.
He has took the football world by storm and has left no one in doubt of his unparalleled footballing abilities.
Bellingham has racked up 10 LaLiga goals in 10 appearances for Real Madrid to top the Laliga topscorers board.
He has taken his tally to 13 goals in all competitions.
The highpoint of his sensational campaign with Real Madrid was when he came up clutch in his first El Clasico debut, scoring a winning fire brace at the biggest stage in Spanish to power Real Madrid to a comeback win over Barcelona.
The performance against Real Madrid’s arch rivals is said to have further boosted his chances of clinching the Golden Boy Award and he is now far ahead of other nominees for the award.
With the award few hours away, Jude Bellingham will become the third English footballer to win the coveted individual award after Wayne Rooney and Raheem Sterling.