Those eight or nine people who backed Michu to finish his first season with Swansea as the Premier League’s top scorer must be feeling PRETTY smug right about now. The Spaniard has literally taken England’s top flight apart since his low-key arrival at Swansea in the summer, for a whopping £2 million – or the price of Fernando Torres’ right ear.
Swansea boss Michael Laudrup saw up close what Michu was capable of during his time in Spain, where the Dane – in charge of Malaga at the time – witnessed …

Some of the English Premier League’s leading stars, like Manchester United’s Nani, Manchester City’s Samir Nasri, and this seasons’ Premier League top goalscorer Robin Van Persie, are set to gain even more control of the ball thanks to the new adidas Predator LZ football boot, the 12th version of the famous predator boot.
The Predator LZ is lightweight, weighing just 225 grammes, and is made from a newly engineered Hybridtouch upper which combines the benefits of leather and synthetic, giving comfort, stability, reduced water uptake and the highest quality feel in …

With Premiership striker Demba Ba returning from his fruitless trip with his new team mate Papiss Cissé in the African Cup of Nations, It was key that the partnership took off well for the Magpies in their match against Aston Villa. With just over 30 minutes on the clock the prolific striker grabbed himself his 16th Premiership goal of the season and to top it off his new team mate Cissé scored a stunner to grab the 3 points and move them up to 5th in the league.
When Demba first arrived in the …

In twenty days time in Monaco, the winner of a new award initiated by Michel Platini, the ‘UEFA Best Player in Europe Award’, will be crowned during the Champion’s league group draw. Using the votes of journalists from each of the 53 UEFA member countries, the nominees have been culled to leave just three players remaining – Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and, of course, Lionel Messi. The smart money will undoubtedly be on Barcelona’s Argentinean goal scorer to add to his incredible list of achievements at both personal and club level.
Yet, …

53 Goal Season: An amazing feat but would it have been possible in any other League or if he was playing for any other team?

 
During Real Madrid‘s 8-1 domination of Almeria on Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record set for most goals in a Primera Division season set by Madrid player Hugo Sanchez in the 1989/90 season, and Athletic Bilbao legend Temlo Zarra in the 1959/60 season of 39 goals. His 40th La Liga goal of the season was a typical driving run through the midfield before slotting the ball …

In usual circumstances it would be both encouraging and exciting for Germany’s national coach Joachim Löw to see two German strikers in Stefan Kießling and Kevin Kuranyi lead the way in this year’s race to finish top of the Bundesliga goal scoring charts.  Conversely, the fact Löw has historically been unimpressed with both individuals could leave the national coach with a conundrum come the summer.
The issue will certainly be one to consider carefully with the lack of form amongst his other striking options a concern.  The solitary other German striker …

After the departure of last season’s Golden Boot winner Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona, the commencing of the new campaign saw a chance for somebody to step up. Antonio Di Natale is currently the player who has answered the call of duty, epitomizing a season in which the usual suspects have been absent from the top scorers list.

Rank
Player
Team
Goals

1
Antonio Di Natale
Udinese
19

2
Alberto Diego Milito
Internazionale
15

3
Giampaolo Pazzini
Sampdoria
13

4
Pato
AC Milan
12

5
Alberto Gilardino
Fiorentina
11

 
Paulo Vito Barreto
Bari
11

 
Alessandro Matri
Cagliari
11

8
Francesco Totti
AS Roma
10

 
Fabrizio Miccoli
Palermo
10

 
Massimo Maccarone
Siena
10

 
Antonio Di Natale
As I have said, the Udinese striker currently leads the race, with an impressive 19 goals from 24 …

WHEN Newcastle United were relegated from the Premier League last season, almost every football fan in the country expected them to sweep all before them in the Coca-Cola Championship this term.
And, for the most part, they haven’t disappointed. With just twelve games of the season left, they are eight points clear of Nottingham Forest in third place, and are the league’s second highest scorers behind West Bromwich Albion.
Perhaps surprisingly, however, is that Newcastle’s highest scorer is midfielder Kevin Nolan with 12, and the fact that strikers Peter Lovenkrands , Andrew …

The Turkish super league – commonly seen as a two horse race between fierce rivals Galatasary and Fenerbahce; however this season the tide has turned, with several teams seperated by only eight points and all in the running to take the title. The current campaign has also seen the emergence of fresh goalscoring talent, but it seems one man familiar to Bolton fans looks poised to claim the Golden Boot – arise Ariza Makakula.  
With 17 goals already to his name, loan ranger Ariza Makakula is making a name for himself at his current club Kayserispor. The Portuguese hitman currently leads …

The race for the Golden Boot in the Dutch Eredivisie is as good as over with two months of the season still to play. Ajax striker Luis Alberto Suarez has hit 26 league goals in only 25 appearances this season making him one of the hottest properties in European football.
The 23 year old Uruguayan International started his career as a winger with Nacional in his homeland before moving to Holland to join FC Groningen in 2006.  He scored 14 times in 35 appearances with them before switching to Ajax in …