Player Analysis: Samson Akinyoola

Goals garner attention; this is nothing new within the footballing ecosystem. Good goals get clicks, whilst good goalscorers get famous; with this in mind, it is no surprise that they are the most lauded and sought after commodity in football.

Increasingly teams are willing to risk financial failure on forwards who play at a level or two below what they could, yet have the "scoring touch" and the numbers to back it up. Evidence for this strategy's success can be seen clearly in Alfredo Morelos, Moussa Dembele and Terem Moffi.

There are a plethora of forwards who have and continue to play at a level below they should.  Some in this camp play in the peripheries of European football like Rauno Sappinen and Dembo Darboe, whilst some are ready to break the glass ceiling into the elite's inner circle like Porto's Luis Diaz, Genk's Paul Onachu, and FCK's Jonas Wind.

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