Arda Guler Named UEFA Champions League Revelation as PSG Defend Title

UEFA framed the new Revelation prize to reward under-21 players who make clear season-on-season progress and highlighted Real Madrid's recent string of youth winners.

Overview

UEFA announced Arda Guler as the Champions League Revelation of the Season and published a Team of the Season that mostly features PSG and Arsenal players with no Real Madrid representatives.
Guler transformed his role this campaign, making 14 appearances with 13 starts and logging 1,030 minutes after previously totaling just 142 minutes the year before.
He finished the tournament with two goals—both in the quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich—four assists and a Player of the Match display in the group stage against Juventus.
Paris Saint-Germain successfully defended the Champions League, beating Arsenal on penalties in the final, and several PSG and Arsenal players dominate UEFA’s technical selection.
The Revelation award replaces the Young Player prize, is limited to those aged 21 or younger at the season start and can be won only once, and Guler’s win marks Real Madrid’s third victory in the last five editions which underlines the club’s youth-production track record and may raise Guler’s role and market visibility.