Appreciating the nine players to win the Golden Boot and PL title in the same season
Goals win games and the presence of a prolific forward can often make the difference when it comes to a team’s chances of winning…
Ruud van Nistelrooy
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Appreciating the 4 players to finish top scorer in the UCL and PL in the same season
Just four players have ever ended a season as the leading scorer in both the Premier League and Champions League, an exclusive group of…
Ranking the eight players with the most goals in their debut season in the Premier League
Erling Haaland’s first season in the Premier League has appeared a one-man quest to break every goalscoring record in the book. Haaland has produced…
Five big name players shown the exit door after clashing with their manager
Relationships between managers and their squads can be a difficult balancing act, as coaches look to keep a happy balance among a group of…
Ranking the fastest players to 20 Premier League goals
Erling Haaland’s extraordinary debut season at Manchester City continued with a brace in the club’s 3-1 win at Leeds this week. Haaland picked up…
Five strikers who ripped up the Premier League in their debut season
Erling Haaland has ripped up the script so far this season. Even given the excitement that greeted the forward’s arrival at Manchester City during…
Ranking the players with the most Champions League goals for English clubs
Mohamed Salah has set another goalscoring record after netting a Champions League hat-trick for Liverpool against Rangers. Salah’s treble off the bench was the…
Ranking the five fastest players to score three Premier League hat-tricks
It’s far from exaggeration to say that Erling Haaland has taken the Premier League by storm. Never before has a footballer had such an…
Five of the best Eredivisie to Premier League transfers
Manchester United are on the verge of completing a deal to sign Antony from Ajax, with the Red Devils having confirmed an agreement has…
Rating every Dutch player to have played for Manchester United in the Premier League era
The Dutch, famously liberal and a nation that certainly produces some footballing talent. Several of the country’s best talents have crossed the channel to…
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s best goals for PSV Eindhoven
Ruud van Nistelrooy was one of the most devastating finishers the Premier League has seen, enjoying a prolific period during a memorable time at…
Five of the best players to play for Man United and Real Madrid
Manchester United and Real Madrid are two of world football’s biggest clubs and only a select few stars are fortunate enough to adorn the…
Appreciating every player to score a hat-trick for Man United in the PL era
Bruno Fernandes began the new Premier League season in dream fashion this weekend, scoring a hat-trick as Manchester United thrashed Leeds 5-1 at Old…
Euro Classics: The Czechs and Holland serve up an epic attacking encounter in 2004
The Netherlands and Czech Republic meet in the knockout stages of Euro 2020 this evening, with both sides hoping to replicate memorable performances from…
Aguero, RVN, Shearer – Five of the best one-on-one finishers in Premier League history
Premier League centre-forwards pride themselves on being able to convert all manner of chances, but the one-on-one is arguably their bread and butter and…
Prolific: Ranking the players to reach 25 Premier League goals for Man Utd the fastest
Manchester United’s win over Aston Villa at the weekend Sunday not only secured their place in this season’s top-four, it also saw star man…
Five top players who narrowly missed out on the Premier League ‘100 club’
Reaching a century of Premier League goals immortalises would-be greats into the division’s folklore, their achievements replayed with countless re-runs celebrating their inclusion in…
Elite: Ranking the five strikers with the most 20+ goal Premier League seasons
Harry Kane reached 20 league goals for the season with a brace in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Everton on Friday evening, the goalscoring benchmark…