The newspaper Tuttosport and the Massimo Frankiehis ‘father’ Golden Boy Awarddevote large reportage to Christos Mouzakitisrevealing that the 18 -year -old of Olympic preceded in the vote of Golden Boy Web with 30.1%surpassing favorites such as Kenan Yildiz (24.5%) and Arda Guler (21.8%)!
The vote is conducted on the Tuttosport website and concerns the top players under 21, as fans choose them worldwide. The Golden Boy Web Award is parallel to history Golden Boy “Absolute Best”awarded by a journalistic committee and this year reaches its 23rd edition.
The report in the Italian newspaper states: “Mouzakitis, born on December 25, 2006 in Athens, started from the academies of Heraklion and then moved to AEK before reaching Olympiacos at the age of 10. In less than 8 years, he has won titles with K17 and K19 teams, and last year he scored in the Youth League final against Milan, leading the “reds” to the top of Europe.
Basque technician Mendilibar raised him in the first team last summer and Mouzakitis returned with mature appearances, reaching his first participation in the Men’s National in November, under Ivan Jovanovic. To date he counts 4 appearances with Greece, while with Olympiacos he won a double (championship and cup).
Its value is already estimated at 30 million euroswith teams such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Milan and Napoli watching him closely. Olympiacos Athletic Director Darko Kovasevic hopes to remain for at least another season, but it all depends on the strong man of the club, Vangelis Marinakis, who also has Nottingham Forest.
Mouzakitis, left -footed, started as a goalkeeper, but an accident led him to change position. Today, with an idol by Luca Montrich, he is considered one of the greatest talents in Greek football history”
Source: Sport Fm
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