BREAKING: 2019 Golden Boy award winner revealed

The Atletico Madrid forward enjoyed a spectacular breakthrough season with Benfica before a mega-money switch to the Wanda Metropolitano in the summer.

Joao Felix has been awarded the 2019 Golden Boy award pipping England star Jadon Sancho in second.

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The Portuguese forward shot to prominence after a breakthrough season with Benfica saw him score 18 times, before earning a £113 million move to Atletico Madrid in the summer.

Dortmund winger Sancho was runner-up for the prize, followed by Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz.

Felix said: “Thanks to Tuttosport for the Golden Boy Award 2019, I am very proud.

“It is the second time that a player from Atletico Madrid has won this award and I am happy.