Sammie Szmodics has enjoyed a breakout season for Blackburn Rovers in which he has scored 23 league goals and is the EFL Championship top scorer.
He has scored more goals than the likes of Patson Daka, Joël Piroe, Georginio Rutter, Kelechi Iheanacho, and more.
After just missing out on play-off football by goal difference last term under Jon Dahl Tomasson, Rovers have slumped to 16th place and are just four points above the drop zone this season.
The Danish manager left by mutual consent in February after a frustrating winter transfer window to be replaced by former Birmingham City manager John Eustace.
What makes Szmodics’ season all the more impressive is the talent that has left the Ewood Park dressing room since last season.
Ben Brereton Díaz, Bradley Dack, Ashley Phillips, and Thomas Kaminski all departed in the summer transfer window, and they were followed out the door in February by highly regarded young midfielder Adam Wharton.
