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Predicting Next Seasons Top Scorers
Despite the disastrous opening half to the Premier League campaign, where Liverpool managed to completely write themselves out of the title race following a string of woeful performances, defensive capitulations, and a severe lack of team cohesion, they managed to reverse the trend in the final few months of the season and nearly scrape their way back into Champions League contention.
At the beginning of the season, nobody predicted it would be a two-horse race between Manchester City and Arsenal to win the Premier League. You'd have been hard-pressed to find any fan or expert who believed the title decider would involve any other team except Liverpool or Manchester City.
With the likes of Arsenal and Newcastle breaking into the top four and Manchester United experiencing a resurgence, Jurgen Klopp has much to do to get Liverpool back to the top of the league next season. You will find value in the bookies now if you believe the Reds can be in contention for the title and it most likely depends on what players they bring in over the summer. Most modern bookies will take odds on bets like this and will offer various promotions to punters.
Mo also picked up the Golden Boot at the end of the 21/22 season and was the Reds' top scorer in this campaign. However, he still finished far behind the top two scorers, Harry Kane and Haaland. The disjointed Liverpool FC that stalled out of the gates and failed to get going this season until after Christmas is also to blame for Mo's low tally. Individually, he is an LFC legend, lifting the league and European Cup and surpassing Dalglish, Fowler, and Gerrard in the all-time goalscorers list.
It's difficult for a player to single-handedly score 25+ goals a season with barely any support. The only exception to that rule is Harry Kane, who consistently reaches this figure despite the chaos around him at Spurs. Unless Liverpool spends huge money and brings in a big-name attacker this year, Mo will likely finish top of their scoring chart once again.
Even with all of the chaos unfolding at Liverpool at the beginning of the season, and the team looking collectively lost, Nunez still managed to score 15 goals in all competitions for Liverpool last season. This number is nowhere near as bad as some people would lead you to believe, especially the armchair football experts who sit on Twitter all day.
The truth is, when we discuss Man City blowing colossal money on players, the elephant in the room for the Reds is Darwin Nunez, who joined for an eye-watering £85 million last summer. Still, youth is on his side and if Liverpool can pick up their form from where they left off at the end of last year, they should be able to provide the Uruguayan with plenty more opportunities to get his name on the scoresheet.
Cody Gakpo is also looking to challenge for a regular first-team place and also found the back of the net against Leeds alongside Jota and Nunez when the team were all singing off the same hymn sheet and started to look like the team that pushed Manchester City all of the way last year. While Salah is clearly the best contender for top scorer next year, if Nunez, Gakpo, and Jota can all chime in, this could help the Reds smash back into title contention, but it's a big if.
At the beginning of the season, nobody predicted it would be a two-horse race between Manchester City and Arsenal to win the Premier League. You'd have been hard-pressed to find any fan or expert who believed the title decider would involve any other team except Liverpool or Manchester City.
With the likes of Arsenal and Newcastle breaking into the top four and Manchester United experiencing a resurgence, Jurgen Klopp has much to do to get Liverpool back to the top of the league next season. You will find value in the bookies now if you believe the Reds can be in contention for the title and it most likely depends on what players they bring in over the summer. Most modern bookies will take odds on bets like this and will offer various promotions to punters.
The Egyptian King
If we're going to predict the top scorer for Liverpool next season, we can't look past Salah. Since 2018, he has finished as the top goal scorer in the division on three occasions. In 2018, he broke a variety of Premier League goalscoring records, which have since been equalled or bettered by Erling Haaland. He shared the Golden Boot the following year with teammate Sadio Made and Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.Mo also picked up the Golden Boot at the end of the 21/22 season and was the Reds' top scorer in this campaign. However, he still finished far behind the top two scorers, Harry Kane and Haaland. The disjointed Liverpool FC that stalled out of the gates and failed to get going this season until after Christmas is also to blame for Mo's low tally. Individually, he is an LFC legend, lifting the league and European Cup and surpassing Dalglish, Fowler, and Gerrard in the all-time goalscorers list.
It's difficult for a player to single-handedly score 25+ goals a season with barely any support. The only exception to that rule is Harry Kane, who consistently reaches this figure despite the chaos around him at Spurs. Unless Liverpool spends huge money and brings in a big-name attacker this year, Mo will likely finish top of their scoring chart once again.
The Uruguayan Enigma
Speaking of enormous money on bolstering the attack, Darwin Nunez is the obvious candidate who springs to mind. Despite blowing hot and cold throughout the season, he is still a young striker, finding his feet in a new league and country and learning a new language.Even with all of the chaos unfolding at Liverpool at the beginning of the season, and the team looking collectively lost, Nunez still managed to score 15 goals in all competitions for Liverpool last season. This number is nowhere near as bad as some people would lead you to believe, especially the armchair football experts who sit on Twitter all day.
The truth is, when we discuss Man City blowing colossal money on players, the elephant in the room for the Reds is Darwin Nunez, who joined for an eye-watering £85 million last summer. Still, youth is on his side and if Liverpool can pick up their form from where they left off at the end of last year, they should be able to provide the Uruguayan with plenty more opportunities to get his name on the scoresheet.
Other Possible Contenders
Diogo Jota is always a reliable candidate and might have his eyes on a potential breakthrough season. Despite missing several months of the last campaign, he seemed to pick up where he had left off, scoring a brace in a big win against Leeds United and a breath-taking last-minute winner against Spurs in one of the season's most exciting games. If Jota can keep himself out of the treatment room and stay consistent, he could easily reach 20 goals.Cody Gakpo is also looking to challenge for a regular first-team place and also found the back of the net against Leeds alongside Jota and Nunez when the team were all singing off the same hymn sheet and started to look like the team that pushed Manchester City all of the way last year. While Salah is clearly the best contender for top scorer next year, if Nunez, Gakpo, and Jota can all chime in, this could help the Reds smash back into title contention, but it's a big if.
Written by Alan Spencer
