From our football correspondent
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Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Yeremy Pino tops the scoring charts
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 2 appearances for Crystal Palace.
Market1 Sep 2038
The bid was some way short and Liverpool did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Thomas Hill is the month's best young player — 6.28
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.28 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Fulham player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Nobody made more than David Ozoh this month
3 assists, 8.29, and a Crystal Palace 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.
Market1 Sep 2038
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sunderland can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2038
Geovany Quenda wants to know where this is going
“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 Manchester United hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market1 Sep 2038
The name of Kaden Braithwaite has come up in conversations Leeds United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Ethan Nwaneri is the division's best-marked player — 9.52
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. 9.52 across 2 matches for Arsenal.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
3 goals in 2 appearances for Aston Villa leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
2 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Geovany Quenda up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Manchester United — 3 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
3 goals in 2 appearances for Sheffield, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Market1 Aug 2038
Sheffield come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Brentford did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Aug 2038
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Leeds United can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Aug 2038
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Chelsea heard it as anything else.
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Market1 Jul 2038
The offer from Brighton for Bart Verbruggen 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.
Market1 Jul 2038
“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 Nottingham Forest, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jul 2038
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Arsenal heard it as anything else.
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Market1 Jun 2038
“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 Bournemouth, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jun 2038
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Leeds United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Jun 2038
Murillo wants to know where this is going
“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 Fulham hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
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Scoring charts1 May 2038
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 1 appearances for Arsenal.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Joshua Wilson is the month's best young player — 6.38
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.38 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Derby County player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 May 2038
“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 Derby County, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Joshua Wilson leads the division for assists — 6.38
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Derby County player marked 6.38, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 May 2038
“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.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Highest marks in the league belong to a Manchester United man
Amad averaged 9.61 over 2 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.
Market1 May 2038
Only the photograph left for Liam Delap
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Liam Delap will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelsea the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
3 goals in 2 appearances for Manchester City, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Oscar Bobb keeps the pressure on
3 goals in 2 appearances for Manchester United leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Marc Guiu is right behind him
3 goals in 1 appearances for Chelsea, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
3 in 2 for Sheffield. 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.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Bart Verbruggen named among the month's best — 6.97
2 appearances at that mark for Manchester United. The team of the month is chosen against every player in the division who does his job, which makes it a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to dispute.
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Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
The month closes with Ethan Nwaneri out in front — 12 goals in 4 games, and Arsenal have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
Marked 9.90 across it, 13 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Arsenal have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Everton
Samuel Cook was marked 7.61 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Apr 2038
Saer Diop hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Derby County can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
Nobody made more than Bukayo Saka this month
7 assists, 8.97, and a Arsenal 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.
Market1 Apr 2038
“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.
Market1 Apr 2038
Only the photograph left for Henry Shaw
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Henry Shaw will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Manchester United the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
Ethan Nwaneri is the division's best-marked player — 9.90
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. 9.90 across 4 matches for Arsenal.
Market1 Apr 2038
LA Galaxy come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Manchester City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
5 goals in 3 appearances for Chelsea, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
3 in 4 for Manchester 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.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2038
5 goals in 4 appearances for Sheffield leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 8 goals in 4 appearances for Arsenal.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
Marked 9.12 across it, 8 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Arsenal have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Everton
Samuel Cook was marked 7.42 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Mar 2038
Anthony Brown hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
Yeremy Pino leads the division for assists — 8.78
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Crystal Palace player marked 8.78, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Mar 2038
“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.
Market1 Mar 2038
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Mar 2038
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.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
Highest marks in the league belong to a Arsenal man
Ethan Nwaneri averaged 9.12 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.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
5 goals in 4 appearances for Aston Villa, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
4 in 3 for Aston Villa. 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.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2038
5 in 4 for Newcastle United. 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.
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Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
Nobody scored more than Chadi Riad
The month closes with Chadi Riad out in front — 5 goals in 5 games, and Crystal Palace have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
The month belonged to Chadi Riad
Marked 8.17 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Crystal Palace have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Derby County
Joshua Wilson was marked 6.74 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Feb 2038
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
Bukayo Saka leads the division for assists — 8.14
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Arsenal player marked 8.14, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Feb 2038
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Feb 2038
“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.
Market1 Feb 2038
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cardiff City is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
James Wilson is the division's best-marked player — 8.75
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. 8.75 across 3 matches for Tottenham.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
4 goals in 5 appearances for Chelsea leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
5 in 5 for Arsenal. 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.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2038
4 in 5 for Brighton. 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.
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Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Arsenal.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
Kendry Páez is the division's player of the month — 9.36
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 Chelsea man on 9.36 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
Joshua Wilson is the month's best young player — 6.77
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.77 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Derby County player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
Nobody made more than Milan Aleksić this month
6 assists, 7.76, and a Derby County 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.
Market1 Jan 2038
“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.
Market1 Jan 2038
Only the photograph left for Žiga Pečjak
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Žiga Pečjak will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Crystal Palace the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Jan 2038
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
Highest marks in the league belong to a Chelsea man
Kendry Páez averaged 9.36 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
5 goals in 4 appearances for Cardiff City leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
4 goals in 4 appearances for Derby County, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2038
4 goals in 4 appearances for Chelsea leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 4 appearances for Bournemouth.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
Kevin Schade is the division's player of the month — 8.89
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 Brentford man on 8.89 with 8 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Derby County
Joshua Wilson was marked 6.53 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
Kevin Schade leads the division for assists — 8.89
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Brentford player marked 8.89, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Dec 2037
“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.
Market1 Dec 2037
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. George McCormick will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Derby County the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Dec 2037
Samuel Allen hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tottenham can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
Facundo Buonanotte is the division's best-marked player — 9.50
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. 9.50 across 2 matches for Brighton.
Market1 Dec 2037
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jaydee Canvot wants continental football; whether Crystal Palace can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
5 in 4 for Cardiff 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.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
4 goals in 4 appearances for Derby County leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2037
4 goals in 4 appearances for Arsenal leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Nobody scored more than Kendry Páez
The month closes with Kendry Páez out in front — 7 goals in 5 games, and Chelsea have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Marked 8.53 across it, 8 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Chelsea have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Joshua Wilson is the month's best young player — 6.99
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.99 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Derby County player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Bukayo Saka leads the division for assists — 8.64
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Arsenal player marked 8.64, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Nov 2037
Jake Wain puts it in writing
“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 Cardiff City, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Nov 2037
Lamare Bogarde has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Manchester United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Nov 2037
“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.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Highest marks in the league belong to a Nottingham Forest man
Callum Hudson-Odoi averaged 9.09 over 5 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.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Amad keeps the pressure on
5 goals in 5 appearances for Manchester United leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
William Saliba up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Arsenal — 5 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Ethan Nwaneri up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Arsenal — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
5 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
The month closes with Morgan Rogers out in front — 6 goals in 4 games, and Aston Villa have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Marked 9.41 across it, 8 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Aston Villa have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Derby County
Joshua Wilson was marked 8.11 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Oct 2037
“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 Chelsea, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Oct 2037
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Jack Hinshelwood leads the division for assists — 8.11
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Brighton player marked 8.11, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Oct 2037
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Brentford they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Oct 2037
“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.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Highest marks in the league belong to a Aston Villa man
Morgan Rogers averaged 9.41 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.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
5 goals in 4 appearances for Newcastle United leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
2 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
4 in 4 for Manchester United. 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.