World Soccer - UK (2020-03)

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Habib DIALLO Fabio SILVA


Shon WEISSMAN


Alexander SORLOTH


Jordan LARSSON


Victor OSIMHEN


Kemal ADEMI


Andrea PINAMONTI


(Metz, Fra,
& Sen)
Said to be a €20m
target for Chelsea
in January, the
23-year-old has
been on a scoring
mission for the last
18 months, netting
26 times as Metz
claimed the Ligue
2 title last season
and has already
racked up a dozen
more this term. He
is a graduate of
the Generation
Foot academy
in Dakar.


(Porto & Por)
The 17-year-old became the youngest
scorer in Porto’s history in October
with a goal in the 5-0 domestic cup
victory over SC Coimbroes. His father,
Jorge, won caps for Portugal as a
defensive midfielder and his elder
brother, Jorge junior, is a centre-
back at Lazio.

(Wolfsberger, Aut & Isr)
In his first season in Austria
following a free transfer from
Maccabi Haifa, the muscular Israeli
averaged a goal a game in the first half
of the campaign and was top of the
domestic scoring charts, with even Red
Bull Salzburg’s Erling Haaland – now at
Borussia Dortmund – unable to keep up.
Notably got four goals in 36 minutes in a
5-0 win over Mattersburg and has been
linked with a move to La Liga, although
says he prefers the German Bundesliga.

(Trabzonspor, Tur, & Nor)
Managed just one goal in 20 games
for Crystal Palace but has not stopped
scoring since moving to Turkey on a
two-season loan deal. Capped 22
times, the 24-year-old had found the
back of the net 16 times in Super Lig
by early February and local fans now
call him the “King of the North”.

(Spartak Moscow, Rus, & Swe)
The son of Henrik Larsson, the
22-year-old is no slouch himself
when it comes to goals. Regularly
on target for Norrkoping in the 2019
Swedish top flight, he made a sluggish
start in Russia after moving in August,
but emphatically broke the log-jam
with a supersub brace in a 3-0 victory
at cross-town foes Lokomotiv. It was a
five-star performance from a player who
is lively, clever in his link-up play and
devastating in his finishing.

(Lille, Fra, & Nga)
The 21-year-old signed from Belgian
side Charleroi in August has been an
all-action revelation this term, not
only scoring on demand in Ligue 1
but also on target in the Champions
League against Chelsea and Valencia.
He has had to scrap to get on in life,
selling bottles of water as a youngster
on the streets of his hometown Lagos.

(Basle, Swi,
& Ger)
German-born
centre-forward of
Kosovan extraction
who has been on
fire since moving
from Neuchatel
Xamax to Basle
last summer.
Works the
channels well and
has a nice touch
for a big man. At
the start of the
season he was
third-choice for
FCB; now he
is the undisputed
number one. Once
on the books
of Hoffenheim.

(Genoa & Ita)
Italy’s under-20
skipper amply
demonstrated his
ability to put the
ball in the net at
last year’s world
championships
with four goals.
Nicknamed “The
Archer” due to
his bowman goal
celebration, he
made his debut
at 17 in the
Europa League
for Internazionale
but now on loan at
Genoa, who have
an option to buy.


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