Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus has been named in the final three for the 2017 European Golden Boy award.

Brazilian star Jesus joins Ousmane Dembele of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe on the 3-man shortlist.

A 24-strong shortlist had earlier been released before it was trimmed to the final three.

Italian newspaper Tuttosport are the organisers of the 2017 award, which honours the best player aged under 21 in European football based on their performances throughout the year.

Young Portuguese midfielder Renato Sanches, who is on loan at Welsh club Swansea City from German champions Bayern Munich, is the recipient of the 2016 award.

GOLDEN BOY’S ORIGINAL 24-MAN LIST

Aaron Martin (Espanyol)

Jean-Kevin Augustin (RB Leipzig)

Rodrigo Bergwijn (Juventus)

Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton)

Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina)

Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona)

Amadou Diawara (Napoli)

Kasper Dolberg (Ajax)

Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan)

Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)

Joe Gomez (Liverpool)

Benjamin Henrichs (Bayer Leverkusen)

Borja Mayoral (Real Madrid)

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)

Emre Mor (Celta Vigo)

Reece Oxford (B. Monchengladbach)

Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund)

Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)

Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice)

Dominic Solanke (Liverpool)

Theo Hernandez (Real Madrid)

Youri Tielemans (Monaco)

Enes Unal (Villarreal)

Kyle Walker-Peters (Tottenham)