We often take a look at the race for the Golden Boot in the Premier League but rarely look beyond that to see how other strikers are doing in Europe. Once again from French website Euro Top Foot is a table where they are assessed.

There are two Tottenham Hotspur players in the Top 30, Harry Kane and Dele Alli of course, who added to his total this weekend with the penalty against Southampton at White Hart lane on Sunday.

The Top 30

Golden Shoe Ranking

Rank	Scorer	Team	League	Goals	Factor	Points
1	L. Messi	FC Barcelona	ESP	23	2.0	46.0
2	P.E. Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	GER	23	2.0	46.0
3	A. Belotti	Torino	ITA	22	2.0	44.0
4	B. Dost	Sporting CP	POR	22	2.0	44.0
5	R. Lewandowski	Bayern München	GER	21	2.0	42.0
6	E. Cavani	Paris Saint Germain	FRA	27	1.5	40.5
7	E. Dzeko	AS Roma	ITA	20	2.0	40.0
8	L. Suarez	FC Barcelona	ESP	20	2.0	40.0
9	M. Icardi	FC Internazionale	ITA	20	2.0	40.0
10	A. Modeste	1.FC Köln	GER	19	2.0	38.0
11	G. Higuain	FC Juventus	ITA	19	2.0	38.0
12	H. Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	ENG	19	2.0	38.0
13	C. Ronaldo	Real Madrid	ESP	19	2.0	38.0
14	R. Lukaku	Everton	ENG	19	2.0	38.0
15	D. Mertens	SSC Napoli	ITA	19	2.0	38.0
16	C. Immobile	SS Lazio	ITA	17	2.0	34.0
17	Diego Costa	Chelsea FC	ENG	17	2.0	34.0
18	A. Sanchez	Arsenal FC	ENG	17	2.0	34.0
19	A. Lacazette	Olympique Lyonnais	FRA	22	1.5	33.0
20	Z. Ibrahimovic	Manchester Utd	ENG	15	2.0	30.0
21	L. Teodorczyk	RSC Anderlecht	BEL	20	1.5	30.0
22	Andre Silva	FC Porto	POR	15	2.0	30.0
23	M. Derbyshire	Omonia Nicosie	CYP	20	1.5	30.0
24	Soares	FC Porto	POR	15	2.0	30.0
25	C. Gytkjaer	Rosenborg	NOR	19	1.5	28.5
26	J. Defoe	Sunderland	ENG	14	2.0	28.0
27	T. Werner	RB Leipzig	GER	14	2.0	28.0
28	Iago Aspas	Celta Vigo	ESP	14	2.0	28.0
29	N. Jorgensen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	NED	18	1.5	27.0
30	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	ENG	13	2.0	26.0

There are plenty of names we recognise there:
27-year-old Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (23 goals) has been linked but he wants to go to Real Madrid according to German reports.
23-year-old Andrea Belotti at Torino (22 goals) who reportedly is set to reject two Premier League clubs and begin negotiations with Barcelona.
24-year-old Mauro Icardi at Inter Milan (20 goals) who was the subject of many reports last summer but none at prices that made the stories look genuine.
28-year-old Anthony Modeste at Cologne (19 goals)
23-year-old Romelu Lukaku at Everton (now 21 goals after the weekend)
27-year-old Ciro Immobile at Lazio (17 goals)
25-year-old Alexandre Lacazette at Lyon (22 goals) who again has been the subject of many articles linking him with us.
21-year-old Andre Silva at Porto (15 goals)
21-year-old Timo Werner (14 goals) at newly promoted RB Leipzig, the surprise package of the Bundesliga this season who we reportedly tried to sign last summer.

Looking at that list you would rule out Modeste, Immobile and Aubameyang as being too old for our transfer policy which leaves six candidates and if it is true we will no longer deal with Jorge Mendez that rules out Andre Silva, leaving us five names of which Lacazette is the oldest.

You'll note that the rating for scoring a goal in France is lower than the other league, which means it is perceived as being easier.


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