Conte-target Vlahovic outscoring Ronaldo, Messi & Salah
Carlo Garganese
- 2 Nov 2021 09:29 CDT
- 3 min read
Dusan Vlahovic is Antonio Conte’s first Spurs target for the January transfer window.
Conte was appointed as Tottenham’s new manager on Tuesday, succeeding the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo.
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It has been widely reported that the Italian will have £150 million to spend on new players in the winter market and the first target is expected to be Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic.
PROFILE: Who is Dusan Vlahovic?
Vlahovic is available for transfer after he refused to extend his contract that expires at the end of next season.
Hat-trick hero 🔥 Dusan Vlahovic can not be stopped 🟣 pic.twitter.com/nSpHHk41V5
— LiveScore (@livescore) October 31, 2021
And the 21-year-old should prove to be a huge coup for Spurs should they manage to beat off competition from the likes of Juventus for the striker.
How many goals has Vlahovic scored in 2021?
Indeed, in 2021, only two forwards in Europe’s big five championships have scored more league goals than Vlahovic.
Vlahovic’s 25 strikes for Fiorentina have only been bettered by Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Erling Haaland (26) and the unstoppable Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski (36).
That means that Vlahovic is outscoring superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah among others.
The Serbia international, who has six goals in 12 games for his country, has been breaking record after record this year.
Vlahovic has surpassed Fiorentina legend Gabriel Batistuta and Luca Toni already for most goals in a calendar year for the Viola. He needs only three more to surpass Fiorentina’s all-time record holder for goals in a year, Kurt Hamrin.
Still time to get on the Dusan Vlahovic hype train.
Not enough room in a tweet to fit all his post-match @OptaPaolo data/facts in one tweet 🔥 #FiorentinaSpezia @vlahovicdusan9 pic.twitter.com/Lerrhw8Tet— Sacha Pisani (@Sachk0) October 31, 2021
He is one of only two players born after 2000 - along with Haaland - to score two hat-tricks and only Lewandowski has more hat-tricks this year.
He is also one of only three players to have a 100 per cent record from penalties, having dispatched all 11 of his.
Vlahovic currently has eight Serie A goals this season, with only Lazio’s Ciro Immobile finding the net on more occasions in 2021-22.
