Who will win the Premier League Golden Boot?

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland erstwhile again took location nan Premier League Golden Boot comfortably successful 2023-24 arsenic became nan back-to-back apical scorer successful nan apical flight.

His 27 goals successful 31 games ensured his broadside vanished supra Arsenal and won yet different title.

Haaland's return was not arsenic beardown arsenic his 36 goals successful 2022-23, however, and location were different players who had stellar campaigns who are apt to frighten him this term.

Could this beryllium nan twelvemonth personification other tops nan scoring charts? Or will nan Golden Boot beryllium Haaland's again? BBC Sport takes a look astatine immoderate imaginable contenders.

Haaland will beryllium nan favourite to locomotion disconnected pinch nan footwear again because of his objective finishing and City's power of games.

His bare statistic show nan story; he has scored a staggering 63 goals successful 66 Premier League matches successful his 2 seasons pinch City.

In each competitions, he netted 38 times successful 45 games for City past term.

A City man is nan favourite for nan title and it is simply a erstwhile City subordinate who could astir intimately situation him.

Cole Palmer has excelled successful London since moving to Chelsea. He has been prolific successful beforehand of extremity and came adjacent to winning nan Golden Boot past season.

The 22-year-old scored 22 goals and assisted a further 11 times successful nan convention successful 2023-24 - and was 2nd successful some categories.

Injury kept Alexander Isak connected nan sidelines for a ample portion of his first play astatine Newcastle, but he returned to fittingness successful bully shape successful 2023-24.

The 24-year-old still managed 10 goals successful 22 games successful 2022-23 - which was peculiarly notable fixed he spent immoderate clip connected nan wing.

More minutes and a cardinal position saw him people 21 times successful 30 convention games and 25 times successful 40 games successful each competitions past season.

Isak is simply a terrific finisher and if he stays fit, he will beryllium prolific.

Watkins was 1 of England’s heroes astatine Euro 2024 acknowledgment to his melodramatic winning extremity against nan Netherlands successful nan semi-final.

Last season, nan Aston Villa striker scored 19 times and managed 13 assists - nan astir of immoderate player.

Watkins’ goals helped Aston Villa to a fourth-placed decorativeness that secured Champions League football. Can he repetition his stellar season?

Given Mohamed Salah missed a chunk of nan play because of an wounded picked up astatine nan Africa Cup of Nations, it was awesome he managed truthful galore goals.

The Egypt guardant - nan Premier League's apical scorer successful 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2021-22 - scored 18 times successful 32 games.

He is now 32 but has looked crisp successful pre-season. The large chartless is really he and Liverpool usability nether caller head Arne Slot.

Tottenham guardant Son is entering his ninth play successful England's apical formation and has ever been a threat successful beforehand of goal.

Last season, pinch an expanding number of his appearances coming successful nan centre of nan onslaught alternatively than connected nan wing, he was a accordant scorer.

He netted 17 times successful 35 convention games and registered 10 assists. He is now 32, but does not look to beryllium waning successful effectiveness.

Arsenal took past season's Premier League title title down to nan ligament - and Bukayo Saka was a cardinal portion of that.

The 22-year-old winger scored 16 times and assisted a further 9 goals.

He was portion of England's squad astatine Euro 2024, scoring nan equaliser and past a punishment successful nan shootout against Switzerland successful nan quarter-finals.

Dominic Solanke will fancy himself to beryllium successful nan moving having deed 19 goals past play for Bournemouth and now spearheading an attack-minded Tottenham side.

Darwin Nunez is nan league's enigma, astatine times looking unplayable and astatine others looking retired of his depth. Can Slot coax much consistency from Liverpool's Uruguay striker?

He is not a striker, but City midfielder Phil Foden was successful nan operation past word pinch an awesome tally of 19 goals arsenic good arsenic 8 assists.

Joshua Zirkzee moved to Manchester United from Bologna aft being portion of nan Netherlands’ Euro 2024 squad. He only scored 13 times successful 53 appearances for Bologna but if United's shape improves, could he deed nan crushed running?

What astir Christopher Nkunku astatine Chelsea? He had a superb grounds astatine RB Leipzig and if he avoids nan injuries that plagued him past season, he could beryllium a threat to Haaland.

Brentford guardant Ivan Toney missed overmuch of past play done suspension and could not find his champion successful beforehand of extremity aft his return, notching 4 goals successful 17 convention matches.

Toney will dream to return to his champion shape this play while Crystal Palace fans will dream Jean-Philippe Mateta tin proceed his prolific extremity to nan past campaign.