“Why Standard Liège’s Lack of Prolific Number 9s is Hindering Their Ambitions – Exclusive for Subscribers”

2023-05-04 06:00:00

The Liège club has not released, for its own needs, a young number 9 since Michy Batshuayi. Worse, the Belgian international is the last striker to have crossed the bar of 20 goals in a season in the league, in 2013-2014.

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By Didier Schyns

Published on 4/05/2023 at 08:00
Reading time: 4 mins

Si Philip Zinckernagel stands out, with 9 goals, as the top scorer for Standard, the most prolific number 9, on the banks of the Meuse, is called Noah Ohio, with 5 goals, for 4 for Stipe Perica and 2 for Renaud Emond, long on the sidelines due to tendonitis. It’s little, very little, for a club that claims to have certain ambitions. In Division 1A, only Charleroi (4 goals for Badji) and Eupen (5 for Prevljak) have done worse over the entire classic phase of the championship, which means, absurdly, that the three descendants, Zulte Waregem (12 goals for Gano), Seraing (11 for Marius) and Ostend (8 for Hornby), did better.

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