Pelle The New Golden Boy For The Golden Boot
Graziano Pelle is the new Golden boy in the eyes of the bookies after his brace at the weekend with only two players fancied above him as top Premier league scorer.
Only Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa are better bets for the Golden Boot award in the Premier league according to the latest bookmakers odds, they both currently have 9 Premier goals apiece and with Aguera at 5/4 and Costa only slightly behind at 13/10 and they must be looking over their shoulders at Pelle who sits only three goals behind them at present(hopefully maybe 2 if there is justice)
Pelle's odds have come down drastically to 20/1. still a fair way off the top two, but certainly better value for money perhaps for an outside bet.
The Italian s now above such luminaries as Falcao, Rooney, Wellbeck, Van Persie, Lukaku & Sturridge to name but a few and is a great testament to the hard work Pellehas put in after his opening two games which saw some fans mock him in the game against West Brom.
Ironically our two attacking players who left for greener grass on the other side of the fence are so far down the listings it actually makes you feel sorry for them that they left Adam Lallana is 250/1 as is Rickie Lambert, even Jay Rodriguez is seen as a better bet to top the goal scoring charts at most bookies despite the fact that he will miss the first half of the season.
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