With a double against Everton last week, Erling Haaland rose to the top of the Premier League top scorer list with 16 goals. The return of the Manchester City striker makes experts believe that he will win the Golden Boot again, even though he is followed by Mohamed Salah with 14 goals.
The Premier League is looking for a new Golden Boot for the 2023-2024 season after Erling Haaland broke all records. In his Premier League debut, the Manchester City striker became the player to score the most goals in a season with 36 goals, surpassing legends Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who lead the list. All-time goalscorer with 34 goals.
It will be interesting to see who will challenge the Norwegian star, as English football has lost one of its benchmarks under Harry Kane. The striker was the Premier League top scorer three times (2015-16, 2016-17 and 2021-22), and in the most recent season, he fell behind the ‘Haaland phenomenon’ by only scoring 30 goals, although that was the best achievement of his career. This season, Harry Kane left London to go to Munich and try his luck in the Champions League with Bayern.
When Harry Kane left, the Premier League still had many excellent strikers, such as Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) who are always candidates for the Golden Boot. Marcus Rashford is a benchmark at Manchester United, just like Alexander Isak or Callum Wilson are aiming high at Newcastle. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), Ivan Toney (Brentford) or Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) are also excellent figures in England’s top tournament.
However, Erling Haaland surpassed them all with 16 goals scored in 1,491 minutes. While Mohamed Salah scored 14 goals in 1,744 minutes, Dominik Solanke scored 13 goals in 2,051 minutes. It’s hard for Salah to avoid fatigue after AFCON 2023, while Haaland is really fit after recovering from injury. While waiting for Salah to return, Haaland can score more goals to move very far up the rankings in the Golden Shoe race.