We all miss soccer, but let’s cherish what we saw before the 2019-20 season was suspended. Here, theScore celebrates the sport’s standout personalities by handing out alternative awards for Europe’s top five leagues.
Best player
Premier League
Sadio Mane: Mane‘s energy off the ball is a constant headache for defenses and his range of finishing is underrated. The forward’s goals are often important – they’ve earned his side 18 points, which is a higher total than any other Premier League player – and only Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted more for Liverpool in the 2019-20 term. A crucial player.
Bundesliga
Robert Lewandowski: Timo Werner‘s 21-goal haul has belatedly earned him worldwide attention, but Lewandowski‘s record of 25 goals in 23 Bundesliga outings is, quite frankly, outrageous. Bayern Munich have struggled to find a suitable backup striker for the Pole in recent years, but how could anyone hope to supplant the game’s most lethal marksman?
La Liga
Lionel Messi: The most underwhelming Barcelona team for a generation is top of La Liga, and a lot of that is down to the artful Argentine. Messi leads …read more