Marked 8.20 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. West Bromwich Albion have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
7.30 across the month and 1 goal contributions from a Leicester City player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Blackburn Rovers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Burnley player marked 7.78, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
3 in 4 for Queens Park Rangers. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Marked 8.23 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Leicester City have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Leicester City
Cundo was marked 8.23 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Divin Mubama will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Rotherham United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Queens Park Rangers player marked 7.97, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Middlesbrough hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Leicester City man
Cundo averaged 8.23 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ben Nelson wants continental football; whether Preston can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
3 in 4 for Blackburn Rovers. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
4 in 4 for Birmingham. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Burnley man came out on top: 8.07 across the month and 4 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.93 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Preston player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Middlesbrough, and it is not being withdrawn.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leicester City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The deal that would have taken Harry Pickering to Aston Villa has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Blackburn Rovers with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
3 assists across the month from a Blackburn Rovers player marked 7.50. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Middlesbrough man came out on top: 8.52 across the month and 7 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Birmingham waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Wolverhampton is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.08 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Leicester City player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
3 assists, 8.52, and a Middlesbrough player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
3 in 3 for Burnley. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Huddersfield Town waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Wolverhampton is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Wolverhampton, and it is not being withdrawn.
Marked 7.70 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Reading have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Southampton have lost him in all but the paperwork.
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Porto had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Millwall
Mikey Moore was marked 7.92 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Southampton, and it is not being withdrawn.
3 assists, 7.40, and a Coventry City player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Josh Keeley is the division's best-marked player — 8.14
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.14 across 4 matches for Luton Town.
Marked 8.03 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Liverpool have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
7.61 across the month and 3 goal contributions from a Leicester City player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Preston, and it is not being withdrawn.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Wolverhampton is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Reading player marked 7.95, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Middlesbrough heard it as anything else.
Aune Heggebø averaged 8.08 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Marcos Gómez wants continental football; whether Plymouth Argyle can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Ipswich Town man came out on top: 7.88 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.23 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Leicester City player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Coventry City can pretend not to have heard.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Charlie Taylor will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bristol Rovers the goodbyes have quietly begun.
3 assists across the month from a Ipswich Town player marked 7.51. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Stoke City man
Mateo Joseph averaged 8.05 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Estêvão wants continental football; whether Millwall can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Sheffield United heard it as anything else.
3 in 4 for Luton Town. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Millwall man came out on top: 8.54 across the month and 8 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
8.54 across the month and 8 goal contributions from a Millwall player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Blackburn Rovers can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Blackburn Rovers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Southampton have lost him in all but the paperwork.
3 assists, 8.23, and a Sunderland player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
4 in 5 for Sunderland. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
The month closes with Estêvão out in front — 6 goals in 4 games, and Millwall have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Estêvão is the division's player of the month — 8.44
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Millwall man on 8.44 with 6 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.44 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a Millwall player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Southampton can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Coventry City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Barrow AFC waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Stoke City is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Sheffield United player marked 7.62, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
3 in 4 for Bristol City. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Everybody in the division was measured and a Millwall man came out on top: 8.70 across the month and 8 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Coventry City have lost him in all but the paperwork.
8.70 across the month and 8 goal contributions from a Millwall player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Preston, and it is not being withdrawn.
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The offer from Al Ahly for Oli McBurnie was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
4 assists, 7.76, and a Preston player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 9 goals in 4 appearances for Preston.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2029
Rodrigo Muniz is the division's player of the month — 9.20
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Preston man on 9.20 with 10 goal contributions.
7.54 across the month and 5 goal contributions from a Millwall player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Tomoki Iwata had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Watford can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Bristol Rovers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Juventude waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Hull City is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
5 assists, 7.71, and a Hull City player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
9 in 5 for Hull City. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.