THEWORLD THIS MONTH
STEVEN BERGHUIS
(Feyenoord)
The Feyenoord skipper has made an
unstoppable start to the season, with
six goals inside his first four matches.FRANCESCO CAPUTO
(Sassuolo)
The in-form striker made history by
becoming the oldest player to score
on his Italy debut at the age of 33.MARVIN PARK
(Real Madrid)
Eight years after leaving Tranmere
Rovers’ academy, the 20-year-old
midfielder was making his debut for
Real Madrid in their La Liga opener.“Jose [Mourinho] wasn’t happy but there was nothing
I could do about it, nature was calling!”
Giovanni
REYNA
(Borussia Dortmund)
Dortmund is already home to some
of the verybestyoung playersin
Europe, and Reyna is very much
following in the footsteps ofJadon
Sancho and Erling Haaland.
After making his debut inJanuary- breaking Christian Pulisic’s record
as the Bundesliga’s youngest American - Reyna has this season made the step
up from promising teenager to first-
team match-winner. In his first three
league matches, Reyna was directly
involved in four goals, including three
assists in one game.
Born in Sunderland to former Black
Cats midfielder Claudio, Reyna has been
targeted for an England call-up by the
FA. The USA are determined to hold
on to him though, particularly if he
can repeat his father’s success: Reyna
senior went to four World Cups and
was captain in 2006.
OLIVIER GIROUD
(Chelsea)
In spite of slipping down the Chelsea
pecking order, Giroud has overtaken
Michel Platini as France’s second-top
scorer of all time with 42 goals.YUNUS MUSAH
(Valencia)
The first Englishman to play for Valencia
after making his debut in September.JAMAL MUSIALA
(Bayern Munich)
In Bayern’s 8-0 opening-day win over
Schalke, the17-year-old ex-Chelsea
academy starlet came on to become
the Germans’ youngest-ever goalscorer.Eric Dier, after taking a toilet break during Tottenham v Chelsea