It is a few years since we last saw such a close struggle to secure the Golden Shoe – the price that is awarded by European sports magazines to the Top Goalscorer in Europe.
Kylian Mbappé found the goal twice in the victory of this afternoon at Real Sociedad. The French attacker rushed into the last five matches of Madrid – nine goals to bring his personal count for the season to 31 and ended with a golden shoe score of 62.
Salah has fallen with 28 goals, giving him a score of 56. He could still catch up with Mbappé – but should score at least four goals in the last match of Liverpool on Sunday, against Crystal Palace.
In addition to huge surprises – such as Isak six or more goals against Everton, the Egyptian should end the season as the top scorer of the Premier League – it will be the fourth time that he has achieved the performance.
Sporting Clube's Viktor Gyökeres seconds The list of 39 goals and a Golden Shoe Score of 58.5 (Primeira Liga goals have compared a 1.5 coefficient compared to goals scored in LaLiga, the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1).
Harry Kane is out of the race and was fourth in the rankings with 52 points (26 goals for Bayern).
Several players could go up the rankings when the Premier League and Laliga campaigns are closed this weekend. Apart from Salah, Erling Haaland, Alexander Isak, Mateo Retegui, Robert Lewandowski and Ante Budimir will all have a last chance to improve their respective positions.