


The striker played his part in another record-breaking season at the Etihad Stadium, scoring 21 goals in as many starts across 2018-19. Playing as a false nine, he was imperious in Ajax’s Champions League quest, and his 38 club goals in all competitions last term beat his four-year Southampton haul – by 15. Tadic became just the ninth player in history to receive a 10/10 rating from L’Équipe, for his incredible display in the demolition of Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. The former Liverpool man is a cracking package: set-piece master, workhorse, creator and ever-reliable finisher. In 2018-19 he netted 20 league goals for a woeful side, keeping them in La Liga almost single-handedly. Stellar midfield performances at Real Sociedad earned him La Liga’s Player of the Month gong for September.Īspas isn’t just Celta Vigo’s star player: he is their leader, their talisman, and he completely embodies the club. Odegaard became world-famous when he debuted for Norway aged 15 and joined Real Madrid at 16, but only now, after shining in the Eredivisie, is the 21-year-old getting the chance to show Spanish football his worth. The 29-year-old was vocal about catching Didier Deschamps’ attention for Euro 2020, and that he has done: without his goals, a mediocre Monaco would be in even greater trouble. In that time, he scored in 15 of his 19 appearances for Lazio and Italy.Īfter three increasingly prolific campaigns at Sevilla, which followed six years with Toulouse, Ben Yedder is back in Ligue 1 – and he's flourishing. He is making up for it now, matching last term’s goal tally by November’s end. Given his freakish scoring rate at Lazio (November’s 2-1 win at Milan marked his 100th goal for the club, in 147 games), the second half of 2018-19 was disappointing for Immobile.
