{"id":1331,"date":"2025-08-07T14:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/07\/kopa-trophy-2025-barcelonas-yamal-among-top-contenders-in-star-studded-nominee-list\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:25:24","slug":"kopa-trophy-2025-barcelonas-yamal-among-top-contenders-in-star-studded-nominee-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/08\/07\/kopa-trophy-2025-barcelonas-yamal-among-top-contenders-in-star-studded-nominee-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Kopa Trophy 2025: Barcelona\u2019s Yamal Among Top Contenders in Star-Studded Nominee List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The nominees for the 2025 Kopa Trophy have been announced, with Barcelona&#8217;s Lamine Yamal aiming to defend his title. Last year\u2019s winner, Yamal, 18, continues to impress after leading ahead of Real Madrid\u2019s Arda G\u00fcler and Manchester United\u2019s Kobbie Mainoo. Barcelona boasts two nominees this year, with center back Pau Cubars\u00ed recognized for his pivotal role in Hansi Flick\u2019s championship-winning defense.<\/p>\n<p>Competition is fierce, with Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Jo\u00e3o Neves and D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9, both instrumental in securing the Champions League trophy, also in contention. Dean Huijsen, newly signed by Real Madrid after a standout season at Bournemouth, has earned his spot alongside rising talents from Arsenal and Chelsea, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Est\u00eav\u00e3o respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Additional nominees include Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, Porto forward Rodrigo Mora, and Juventus star Kenan Y\u0131ld\u0131z, rounding out a diverse list of promising young players.<\/p>\n<p>The Kopa Trophy, inaugurated in 2018 with winner Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, has since been lifted by prestigious talents such as Matthijs de Ligt, Pedri, Gavi, and Jude Bellingham. This year\u2019s lineup promises another captivating contest among football&#8217;s emerging elite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona\u2019s Lamine Yamal leads a strong nominee list for the 2025 Kopa Trophy, facing tough competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trophy","tag-player-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1341,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}