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Raine, a seam-bowling allrounder, started his career at Durham but left in search of greater opportunity in 2013

George Dobell03-Sep-2018Ben Raine is to leave Leicestershire for Durham at the end of the season.Raine, a seam-bowling allrounder who had been the subject of interest from Warwickshire among other clubs, started his career at Durham but left in search of greater opportunity in 2013. He has subsequently developed into a fine bowler – he is Leicestershire’s top wicket-taker in the 2018 Championship season with 45 at 22.75 apiece – and a more than useful lower-order batsman who recently thrashed a maiden T20 century.While Raine was not out of contract until the end of 2019 – he had also been offered a contract extension that would have secured his future at Leicestershire until the end of 2020 – there was an understanding with the club that he could leave in some circumstances.It is understood that, in recent weeks, Raine has explained to the club he would like to return to his native north-east for personal reasons and Leicestershire have agreed to release him. He is expected to remain available for selection for the rest of the season as the club pursue their outside promotion hopes.”We are hugely disappointed to lose Rainey as his commitment and performances over the years have been immense,” Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon said. “The club gave Ben his county cap earlier this season because he embodies exactly what it means to be a Fox.”We made Ben a very good offer to stay, because he has been a key member of the squad and we dearly wanted him to continue his career with us. But the club understands that due to his personal circumstances changing, he wants to return and be closer to his family at his home near Durham.”We know that he remains committed to supporting our push for promotion over the next four matches. Everyone at the club wishes Ben well with his new start at Durham.”Raine’s return provides quite a boost to Durham’s attempts to rebuild after a couple of challenging years and might reflect their improving financial position. Born in Sunderland, he fits the bill as the club try to build a culture of locally-developed players while aged 26, he should still have the best years of his career ahead of him. He retains England ambitions though he may, from a county perspective, turn out to be that almost ideal acquisition: a talented, ambitions all-rounder who might not quite be good enough to sustain a long-term place in the international game.”The decision to move away from Grace Road was a tough one,” Raine said. “But the opportunity to move back north, to be around family and friends and to play for the club I grew up supporting, was too good to miss.”The last six years at Leicester have been incredible. They took a gamble on me, invested time and effort into my game and life, and I will always be grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given by the club.”Leicestershire are also fighting to keep Zak Chappell, the fast bowling allrounder who has attracted interest from several of the biggest clubs, while their dispute with former captain Michael Carberry drags on. Carberry walked out in the club after he was sacked as captain a few weeks into the season. It seems more likely Chappell has a future at the club than Carberry.

Newcastle United have been handed a boost in their attempts to sign a primary transfer target in January, according to a new update regarding their search to replace Sandro Tonali.

Sandro Tonali ban

Things were going so well for the Magpies in recent weeks, having recovered from a below-par start to the season, and while results are still largely good, they have suffered a major setback. Tonali has been banned from playing competitive football around the world for 10 months, meaning his 2023/24 campaign has effectively come to an end, and Eddie Howe will be without the services of his new signing for the foreseeable future.

That means bringing in a replacement in the January transfer window becomes a huge priority for Newcastle, who could struggle to shine across four different competitions if they don't bring in cover for the Italian. Unsurprisingly, there have been plenty of Magpies transfer reports emerging in recent days and weeks, with a host of midfielders linked with coming in and filling the Tonali-shaped void.

The individuals in question as Newcastle transfer targets include Kalvin Phillips, Ruben Neves and N'Golo Kante, with the former not playing regularly at Manchester City currently, and the latter pair now plying their trade in the Saudi Pro League.

Kalvin Phillips to Newcastle

According to a new update from Football Insider, Newcastle could sign Kalvin Phillips in January, with the Magpies seeing a loan move as a "perfect solution" without Tonali around:

"Man City midfielder Kalvin Phillips could join Newcastle United on loan in the January transfer window, sources have told Football Insider. Football Insider revealed on Saturday (28 October) that the Magpies will replace banned star Sandro Tonali with a loan signing due to transfer budget restrictions.

"And it is believed City will not stand in Phillips’ way – with the England international not key to Pep Guardiola’s plans going forward. A well-placed source has told Football Insider that a temporary switch could be the “perfect solution” for both the player and Newcastle. City are willing to let Phillips depart on loan as they bid to protect their asset."

It does increasingly feel as though Phillips is Newcastle's primary midfield transfer target in January, with plenty pointing towards him trading the Etihad for St James' Park.

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As the report alludes to, Pep Guardiola is clearly happy for the 27-year-old to move on at that point, not seeing him as an important figure between now and the end of the season, and he could plug the gap left by Tonali nicely, at a time when he needs regular playing time to boost his England chances at Euro 2024.

Phillips has been described as a "monster" by former Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie in the past, and he could add a combination of bite and technical quality in the middle of the park. While his time at City has been disappointing, he will still have learned so much from Guardiola, which could stand Newcastle in good stead.

Bukayo Saka revealed he regrets leaving Arsenal's Premier League clash against Chelsea in 2018 early.

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Saka regrets leaving Arsenal vs ChelseaLeft before full timeBellerin scored late equaliser in 2018WHAT HAPPENED?

Arsenal and England star Saka claimed that he once left a Premier League game between Arsenal and Chelsea early back in 2018 and missed his club's late equaliser. He revealed he regrets not watching the game until the full-time whistle.

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During a Q&A session with Snickers Global, the attacker was asked to rate a situation where a fan leaves the action early to get a hot dog and miss a goal. The Gunners star replied, "That's an 11 actually. I've done that before. It's a bad feeling. I remember leaving Arsenal vs Chelsea early, Hector Bellerin scored a late, late equaliser and I heard it from leaving outside. Some of you gotta think about that one."

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The game that Saka recollected was during the 2017/18 season when the player was still an academy player at Arsenal. Jack Wilshere had handed the hosts the lead in the 63rd minute before the visitors restored parity through Eden Hazard's penalty and then they took the lead courtesy of Marcos Alonso's strike. Bellerin then netted a last-gasp equaliser to secure a point. Later in the same year, Saka made his professional debut for the club during the 2018/19 season.

The boyfriend of CBS presenter Kate Abdo, Malik Scott, has fired a warning to Jamie Carragher after his on-air comments hinting she wasn't "loyal".

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Carragher aims cringe-worthy joke on-airSuggested Abdo isn't loyal to boyfriend ScottScott fires warning at Liverpool legendWHAT HAPPENED?

Dressed in an Arsenal shirt over his on-screen attire after the end of another Champions League night on , Carragher left even Micah Richards silent with a cringe-worthy joke aimed in Abdo's direction. The Liverpool legend questioned the pundit's "loyalty" to boyfriend Scott in a completely unprompted deviation from her football team allegiances. Abdo and Carragher have since addressed it on air and have apparently moved on, but it seems Scott is eager to have his say.

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Speaking to , Scott, who is also the trainer of ex-WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, said in response to the clips: "It's not that she's one of the best sports broadcasters, she's one of the best human beings I've come across in this life. I'm very much in love with her and I plan on marrying her, so the thing that happened with Jamie, it's a part of the job, but it's not the first time he's said something out the way like that, but it's the first time he said something in reference to possibly disturbing a household or disturbing a couples chemistry.

“It was a very minute thing, but her being irritated by it a little bit is what really got to me. Him just saying it and being that guy who always makes those picking at you jokes wasn't really a big deal to me at all. It's only a big deal if Kate is upset. If Kate gets upset then it's a really big deal to me and I'll give him a call and if he doesn't pick up my call, then I’ll show up in a physical manner so we can talk like men, so that's not something you should continue to do. But I think Jamie apologised, not just to Kate but to the team, and one thing you can't do is knock a man who admits he was wrong. In that regard I have high respect for him.”

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are now famed for their football coverage and have earned many admirers for their informal style. And while most things are generally fair game on the show, with all four members capable of being the brunt of the joke, Scott feels there's always one that goes too far. "Jamie Carragher’s – what's the word – obnoxiousness and his lack of knowing how to read the room works sometimes, that time it just didn't work," he said.

"But sometimes it works and it plays off into a good joke, then someone else on the panel will play off that and it rolls off good on camera. But that wasn't a good one Jamie, so you have to watch it really from now on because once Kate gets irritated, I get irritated and it makes me want to show up. Kate is surrounded by good men in her job, when it comes to banter they go back and forth a lot and the show does incredible numbers. But when that chemistry is disturbed by someone taking a shot at a woman and her relationship in a joking manner, it can come across as a bit rude, it can come across as a bit obnoxious, it can definitely come across as a bit disrespectful to that lady and her partner."

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While Carragher is clearly not in his good books, Scott revealed a closeness with ex-Manchester City and Aston Villa star Richards, adding: "Me and Micah we have spoken on facetime, on the phone, on Instagram, he's probably my favourite on the show actually. What energy that guy has. Jamie is not bad to me at all, besides the incident that happened, and Thierry is a legend. I'm always learning and what I admire about Thierry is his ability to break down plays and it reminds me of the film study I do in boxing."

The India vice-captain feels his side has not done much wrong in this Test series, but the hosts have just been better

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England played better cricket in crucial sessions – Rahane

Patience, focus, consistency, winning minor duels in a session and then winning multiple sessions – these are the things India have not been able to master and England have. And that is reason England have won the Pataudi Trophy 3-1 against the No. 1 Test team. This is how India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane sums up events in the series thus far. India have done “nothing wrong”, he feels, but England have just been “better”.Rahane, whose resolute second-innings half-century was one of the few highlights of the Indian batting in the Southampton defeat, said India just have to persevere in the final match of the series, which also happens to be his 50th Test. “In Test cricket you have to win each and every session,” Rahane said. “You look to win each and every session. I don’t think we did anything wrong, but England played better cricket. They were consistent in their bowling, they bowled with patience.”Rahane admitted that the Indian batsmen, despite being an experienced unit, “fell short”, failing to back up the hard work of the fast bowlers who dominated England virtually all through the first four Tests. In the high-pressure passages, he said, England consistently came out on top. “When you travel abroad, every session you have to give 100%. Many times there are tough moments. In those tough moments, how you capitalise and how you capture them is very important. In my opinion England did that very nicely. When they were in a tough situation, the way their Nos. 7, 8, 9 batted, their contributions were very important. Even their bowling, even though we were batting well, they showed patience in their bowling. That is the only reason they are 3-1.”Rahane has been one of India’s best overseas batsmen, but on this tour he has failed to convert starts despite watchful beginnings. He has only two half-centuries in eight innings and is the third-best Indian batsman in terms of runs scored (220) behind Kohli (544) and Cheteshwar Pujara (241). Kohli has scored more than twice the runs of any other batsman across both teams.Rahane said Kohli entered the series with everyone talking about his nightmarish tour of England in 2014, when he struggled to put bat on ball and was exposed by James Anderson. Rahane said the reason Kohli has succeeded was because he kept his focus on the ball and nothing else, something he and the other India batsmen can only learn from. “As far as Virat’s batting is concerned, the way he conducted himself, the way he showed the consistency… There were a lot of people talking about him, whether he would perform in England or not, but in my opinion his focus was solely on playing cricket and he did not pay attention to anything else.”We all should learn from him, about how your focus should be on what you need to pay attention to. As a team-mate and as our captain, we have a lot to learn from him and we have learned a lot from him.”

Manchester United have endured a poor start to the 2023/24 campaign and one of their key men has now been slammed by pundit Gabby Agbonlahor for his performances.

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Injury problems have dogged the Red Devils this campaign and Erik ten Hag has undoubtedly been restricted in his ability to field a full-strength lineup at times this campaign, which has come to the detriment of his side's form both domestically and in the Champions League.

Manchester United's list of injuries has provided a reality check with regards to their squad depth, as Amad Diallo, Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka missed out on derby day against Manchester City, where the Red Devils tumbled to defeat against a far superior opponent.

Raphael Varane could only make the bench for the tie, while Brazil international Casemiro lost his battle with fitness for the tie and subsequently didn't feature due to an ankle injury picked up on international duty with his native country.

At the time, Brazil boss Diniz didn't seem to be too fazed by the severity of Casemiro's injury, which has since ruled him out for several of Manchester United's fixtures, as he said: "As there was a stop (in play), I decided to make the three substitutions. We had a lot of control when they came on. Casemiro asked to come off due to a blow to his ankle."

Nevertheless, Casemiro hasn't enjoyed the best of times in a Manchester United jersey this term, recording an average match rating of just 6.79/10 for his performances in the Premier League, as per WhoScored. Now, Casemiro has been made to feel the wrath of pundit Agbonlahor, who has delivered a brutally honest verdict on his recent run of form.

Gabby Agbonlahor slams Casemiro

Speaking in an interview with Football Insider, Agbonlahor indicated that Casemiro should've never been brought to Old Trafford in the first place. The 37-year-old stated:

"I don’t think his bad form is a blip. The Premier League can catch up on players very quickly. It’s just like Fabinho. He can’t run any more, and he got found out. Clubs will target you. If you’ve got legs, you’re going to have a field day against Casemiro. He’s getting targeted. His legs have gone, he’s giving the ball away, he can’t get back, he’s getting spun."

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"Real Madrid don’t sell players they want. It’s not his fault. It’s the fault of whoever paid big money to bring him in on a four-year contract. They couldn’t believe it when the bid came in. He’s had an amazing career, but the Premier League catches up with you."

Regardless of criticism towards Casemiro and other under-fire Manchester United players, Red Devils boss Ten Hag will be desperate to welcome the Brazilian back into the fold before too long as he aims to turn around his side's fortunes, especially following the 3-0 defeat to rivals Manchester City on Sunday.

India’s youngest debut Test centurion dedicated the innings to his father

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Prithvi Shaw: Among the youngest and fastest debut Test centurions

On day one of the Rajkot Test against West Indies, Prithvi Shaw became the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut. Here are his thoughts on the innings, shared during an interview with at the end of the day’s play.A hundred on debut, tell us how you feel an about the innings.I’m feeling really good after the hundred. At first I was a bit nervous, but when I got in I was quite comfortable and I was just trying to play my natural game, what I do in first-class cricket and India A. I just kept on going. I didn’t think about this being my first game, I was just thinking it’s another game for me, and it just happened.It’s easy to tell yourself that it is just another game, but this is Test match cricket and you would have felt somewhere that you had to bat differently. But when we saw you bat out there, it was seamless going from first-class cricket to Test cricket.It was on my mind that it’s my first time in Test cricket so how am I supposed to bat. But on the other hand, I was like ‘I’ll play my game’. I was confident after playing 10-15 overs. I was just playing the ball on merit and I just kept on going.The celebration after you got that hundred – who or what were you thinking of?I was thinking of my dad, because he has sacrificed a lot of things for me. The first hundred is all for him. Whenever I score, I score for him. Obviously for India, it was a big thing for me because each and every cricketer dreams of playing in the Indian side and I got the chance. I didn’t want to lose this opportunity. It was a good challenge for me to play against these guys and I think I did well.You’re only 18 but watching you bat, you look like a very season batsman, someone who is 25 years old and has played a lot of cricket. That would be true right? You have played a lot of cricket and batted a number of hours, even if you’re just 18.Yes. I mean from a small age we used to play a lot of school cricket, 30-35 games in a year in school cricket, then Under-16 games. When I came to Under-19 I played a lot of cricket and got a lot of experience. Then India A as well, and Ranji Trophy, it just keeps going on. The matches don’t stop in India, and I think because of all those games I gained experience, and from all the experience I got earlier I brought [into play] over here and just played my game.When the innings came to an end, we saw how disappointed you were. It felt like you wanted more. People are generally happy just getting their first hundred, but you seemed really disappointed.Yes I mean, I don’t think it was enough scoring that hundred. The wicket was good and I should have kept batting. I was really disappointed about [how] only 10 minutes were left for the tea break, and that was in my mind. That ‘it’s only ten minutes, you have to be just a bit careful.’ Just that odd ball came, it bounced and gripped a bit (the ball that got him out).

Manchester United are looking to sign Nice's Melvin Bard this summer as a solution to their left-back problem.

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United looking to sign left-backBard has impressed this seasonCould benefit both INEOS clubsWHAT HAPPENED?

According to the , Bard is being discussed as one of United's transfer targets this summer as they look for an attacking left-back. The 23-year-old has impressed for Nice this season and could now make the switch to Old Trafford.

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Left-back has been a major issue for United this season with Luke Shaw absent for most of it and Tyrell Malacia unavailable since last summer. Bard would possibly represent an easy deal to do, given Nice are already owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS.

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While he is yet to play at senior level for his country, Bard has represented France from the Under-17s to Under-21s, as well as at the Tokyo Olympics. He will be hoping to find his way into Didier Deschamps' squad for EURO 2024.

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Both clubs face an uphill task to qualify for next season's Champions League with Nice six points off third in Ligue 1 and United sixth in the Premier League and running out of games. Bard might have to settle for Europa League football wherever he is come August.

Liverpool haven't been short of attacking quality in their lineups over the past couple of years, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane feared components of a Reds forward line over a number of seasons – both players routinely slotting in alongside Mohammed Salah to terrorise Premier League defences week in week out.

Jurgen Klopp's choice of fresh blood in attack ever since Firmino and Mane uprooted to Saudi Arabia have performed adequately in the absence of their two former star men, with Cody Gakpo relocating from the Netherlands to play under the German head coach at Anfield last December whilst Luis Diaz has now entered into his third straight season with the Reds this campaign after departing FC Porto in 2022.

Both players have shown glimpses of quality this season to date – with Diaz scoring at the death versus Luton Town last time out to steal a share of the points for his team – but eyes are shifting towards young Liverpool attacker Mateusz Musialowski now who is currently outscoring both the Dutchman and the Colombian at youth level.

Diaz and Gakpo will hope they can improve their numbers, looking over their respective shoulders apprehensively at Musialowski who is edging closer to a first-team berth if he continues his current rich vein of form.

Liverpool's attacking numbers this season

Gakpo has been utilised mainly as a substitute option by Klopp this campaign so far, only scoring two goals in top-flight action as a direct consequence with the 24-year-old last finding the back of net in a 2-1 away defeat to Tottenham back in September.

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The Dutch attacker's recent cameos off the bench have left much to be desired, only garnering a 6.1 overall Sofascore rating from his 24 minutes on the pitch against Luton – losing possession three times on the Kenilworth Road turf, alongside hitting one of this two efforts wide.

Gakpo's poor individual display on top of Liverpool's overall underwhelming performance was fortunately bailed out by Diaz's late goal on the night, the Colombian forward netting his first Reds goal since the second matchday of the season as a result to help his team draw 1-1.

Musialowski will hope that both players continue to blow hot and cold for Klopp's men, with the German manager unafraid in the past to call upon certain youngsters to make an impact in his starting eleven – Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones springing to mind who have slotted into the first team after breaking through at youth level.

Musialowski's numbers this season

Described as "supremely talented" by Liverpool social media channel TheRedmenTV, the Polish attacker is excelling in his current age bracket for the Reds.

Linked with a move away from Liverpool this summer per reports, Musialowski has stayed focused on his game away from rumours and is playing out of his skin for the U21s as a result.

The Polish winger has bagged six goals in all competitions for the youthful Reds side after eight matches, assisting a further two goals to provide for his teammates. The latest of those goals came on Tuesday evening as the club fell to a 2-1 defeat against Barrow in the EFL Trophy.

Musialowski's effort versus Morecambe in the EFL Trophy recently saw Liverpool's number 92 remain persistent, hitting a deflected effort in eventually after the ball returned to his feet off the back of a slaloming run into the area.

Dubbed the "Polish Messi" for his tricky feet at youth level, the 20-year-old will hope his continued goalscoring exploits at U21 level means he's given the chance to impress in Klopp's first team sooner rather than later.

This could come at the expense of Gakpo and Diaz, with competition heating up in the attacking spots at Anfield.

With five promotions and five relegations under their belt since the turn of the millennium, West Bromwich Albion are notorious for being a yo-yo club.

The Baggies – like Norwich and several other clubs – are normally too good for the Championship but struggle to stay up in the Premier League.

Under the stewardship of current manager, Carlos Corberan, their aim is to earn promotion back to the top flight and remain there, although that is proving to be a tricky task.

Given the strength of teams coming down from the Premier League, as demonstrated by quality littered throughout the squads of Leicester City, Southampton and Leeds United, it looks as though Corberan's men will have to settle for a play-off push.

West Brom are currently level on points with sixth-place Sunderland, however, if they do return to the big time, they'll have to use the loan market to their advantage, having done so previously with the captures of Romelu Lukaku in 2012 and Serge Gnabry in 2015.

Although Lukaku was a resounding success, scoring 17 goals in 35 appearances, Gnabry's spell at the Hawthorns spiralled into a nightmare.

Serge Gnabry's statistics at West Brom

During his time at Arsenal as a youngster, Gnabry battled back from a serious knee injury and was sent out on loan to West Brom in 2015 for the benefit of his development.

Whilst that was the plan, it wasn't executed how the Gunners would have envisaged and he was recalled by the north London giants in January after playing just 12 minutes of Premier League football.

When asked about why Gnabry had struggled, West Brom's manager at the time, Tony Pulis said in October 2015: "Serge has come here to play games but he just hasn’t been for me, at the moment, at that level to play the games."

The talented youngster left Arsenal to join Werder Bremen for £8m in 2016 after making 18 appearances and scoring once, however, he would soon leave his former employers in a state of shock about his transformation since arriving in the Bundesliga.

What Serge Gnabry has done since leaving West Brom

From showcasing the early signs of his potential at Werder and Hoffenheim to becoming a superstar at Bayern Munich, Pulis has since been left flummoxed about how special he's become since that disastrous spell under his management.

Speaking to Sky Sports in 2019, after Gnabry scored four goals in Bayern Munich’s 7-2 victory over Tottenham in the Champions League, he said: "Well, I’m amazed.

"We had him at West Brom, we took him on loan and we could never get him fit. I think he even got taken off in an Under-21 game.

"He went back to Arsenal, they sold him on."

Since arriving at Bayern in 2017, the 28-year-old has reached the ceiling of his potential, becoming a crucial cog in their glittering spell at the top of European football, winning five Bundesliga titles, a Champions League in 2020 and four German Super Cups.

Dubbed "world-class" by Rio Ferdinand as a result of his sensational displays in their 2020 Champions League triumph having amassed an eye-watering nine goals in ten matches, Gnabry's consistent hot streak in front of goal throughout his career has propelled him to the summit of European football.

2023/24 (11 appearances)

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17 goals / 12 assists

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17 goals / 9 assists

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11 goals / 7 assists

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23 goals / 14 assists

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13 goals / 9 assists

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If you disregard his current season, which has seen him struggle in front of goal, the German international has reached double figures in every single campaign for the club and only dropped below the 17-goal mark on two occasions.

A supremely relentless finisher, who also boasts an impressive 22 goals in 44 appearances for Germany, the fleet-footed forward has used his shortcomings in England as fuel to unearth his exceptional talents elsewhere and is now worth €55m (£48m), as per Transfermarkt.

If only Pulis realised his potential at West Brom instead of throwing him into the abyss…