Rodrigo, the surprising Pichichi of the Premier League

neither Halland (3 goals)neither Gabriel Jesus (2)neither sugarcane (2)neither Salah (2)… The current Pichichi of the Premier League, with three matches played, is the Spanish international and current striker for Leeds United, Rodrigo Moreno (31 years old). In 4 goalsthe Rio de Janeiro-born former Valencia striker tops the table of top scorers in the English championship and is one of the great architects of the promising start in the league for the team that has been training since this season, replacing Marcelo Bielsa, the American Jesse Marshallwho is third with 7 points.

Rodrigo He was also the only one to score in the three games played. He scored decisively after a fine individual game in the first day’s victory against wolves (2-1)added a brace at St.Mary’s with two opportunistic actions against Southampton to get a draw (2-2) and signed, with a header in a set piece action, one of the three goals in what was one of the great surprises of the final day of the match, beating against Chelsea (3-0)also gives help, to harrison.

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Without particularly standing out in recent years for his excellent goalscoring records, with the exception of the 2017/18 season (16 goals in LaLiga and 19 in total) and 2018/19 (15 in all competitions ) with Valencia, Rodrigo, who in his time was also very close to signing for Barça, is on course to sign his best numbers in the Premier League since his arrival in 2020 in exchange for 30 million euros. In fact, if he maintains this excellent start to the course, he will do so soon. Last season he scored 6 goals in 31 games played in Premier Y the formerhis first in England, signed another, 7.

Top scorers in the Premier

1. Rodrigo Moreno (Leeds): 4 goals
2. Zaha (Crystal Palace): 3 goals
3. Haaland (City): 3 goals
4. Mitrovic (Fulham): 3 goals

Candidate to return to the national team and play the World Cup

With a good start to the season, Rodrigo Moreno He is also making numbers to return to the Spanish team, where he has not been called up for any of the games this 2022, thus entering the list to play Qatar World Cup. This will be his second World Cup after one of the Russia in 2018 and also his second great continental appointment in ‘red’ because despite being regular in the calls for Luis Enrique, especially in the first years of the Asturian in charge of the national team, did not attend the European Championship last year, despite the fact that he was summoned for training sessions before the tournament, which became part of a ‘bubble ‘ with other players such as Fornals or Carlos Soler, in a preventive measure after Sergio Busquets tested positive for the coronavirus, which could also affect other troops. In sum, accumulate 27 games played with the Spanish team and 8 goals.