The former Crystal Palace striker about to join Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez after an impressive season

By premiernews On May 21, 2024

Watch out for Erling Haaland, there is another Norwegian who leads the scoring charts in one of the five main leagues in Europe.

VillarrealAlexander Sorloth's player seems ready to collect LaLiga's Pichichi trophy, the award given by the Spanish sports media Marca to the league's top scorer.

Norwegian international Sorloth has reached incredible form this seasonCredit: Getty

Crystal Palace may have Jean-Philippe Mateta firing on all cylinders, but fans may feel they should have kept the Sorloth goal machine.

The 28-year-old has scored 23 goals in the Spanish top flight this season, helping his team move into eighth place heading into the final weekend of the campaign.

On Sunday, he scored an incredible four goals in 17 minutes in both halves to help Villarreal come back from 4-1 down against the champions. real Madrid to achieve a 4-4 draw.

Sorloth has surpassed Girona's Artem Dovbyk at the top of the scoring table, who has scored 21 goals so far.

Meanwhile, the England and Real Madrid midfielder Judas Bellingham in third place with 19 strikes.

But if Sorloth maintains his lead as the season comes to a close this weekend, he will join a host of big names who have previously been crowned LaLiga's top scorer.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis SuarezKarim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski have collected the Pichichi trophy, the award named after Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael 'Pichichi' Moreno, in the last decade.

Just four years ago, Sorloth was playing in the Premier League for crystal Palace.

Sorloth's stay at the Palace seems like a long time agoCredit: Getty

The striker has scored four more goals than Jude Bellingham in the League this seasonCredit: Getty

After signing from Midtjylland for £9m in 2018, the striker made 20 appearances for the Eagles, between loan spells at Gent and Trabzonspor.

He failed to score in the Premier League for the south London side, with his only goal coming in a 1-0 League Cup win over Swansea.

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Sorloth later joined RB Leipzig for £20m in 2020, before spending two years on loan to Real society.

Last year he sealed his move to Villarreal, signing a five-year contract.

The £8.5m paid for him now appears to have been an absolute bargain.

And it could lead to the centre-forward once again securing a big-money summer move.

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