7 Surprising Early Season Contenders for the Much-Coveted European Golden Shoe Award

The European Golden Shoe Award is a step above the Golden Boot Award, as it competes the top scorers from the top division of every European national league against each other. In practice, this tantalising prospect has generally proved to be a rather mundane process, with the same few candidates scooping the award year after year of late. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both won on four occasions, and only one winner has emerged from outside La Liga in the last decade. A big part of...

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