Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are the two leading scorers in the Premier League, but joint third-placed Dominic Solanke seems to be an unfamiliar name, but the 1997-born Englishman was the brightest star of the game with a hat-trick in Bournemouth's win at Nottingham Forest. It is worth mentioning that in the 17 Premier League games in the new season, Solanke has scored 11 goals without the blessing of a penalty, in other words, it is not easy for him to play with the superstar in the big club at Bournemouth.
It wasn't Solanke's first starring role this season, as he was named Man of the Match after scoring a brace in the win over Newcastle, and in Bournemouth's first ever away win over Manchester United, Solanke was once again named Man of the Match, and interestingly, Hargreaves suggested two days later that United sign the killer who gave him the first shot, describing him as "a good player who knows how to run and press".
Of course, Arsenal and West Ham United are both potential rivals, and Bournemouth must be glad that their contract with Solanke was extended until 2027 in September, and even if they eventually part ways, the "cherry" who has spent a lot of effort to develop the Englishman will also make a hard profit, you know, in the summer of 2019, Bournemouth spent 21.2 million euros to acquire him, but now they are hoping to go with the 26-year-old Solanke.
After four years at Bournemouth, Solanke has experienced two extremes of relegation and promotion, but he seems to have been a rollercoaster type of striker, he can deliver 46 games in the Championship in the 21-22 season with 29 goals and 7 assists, and in the 22-23 season in the Premier League only contributed 33 games and six goals, this season Solanke set a new personal Premier League goal record and completed the first hat-trick of his career.
With the season still halfway to go, the English, who are the prey of the giants, will definitely do everything they can to help the Cherries gain a foothold in the Premier League, which is the original intention of hugging each other to keep warm, even if they can't complete the contract with the giants, at least they have not lived up to their original enthusiasm - "Looking back now, the choices I made and the path I have taken are the right ones. ”
Of course, from Solanke's resume, this is also an alternative self-consolation, after all, he only made his professional debut where his dream began, and his arrival at Liverpool did not create a so-called surprise, as Solanke only made 27 appearances in 18 months. Everyone's way of interpreting fate is different, some people think that he just lacks a stage to be trusted, and some people think that the fledgling young man is only temporarily squeezed out of the living space.
Frankly speaking, it is expected that the star-studded Chelsea and Liverpool will be deflated, but Solanke, who dares to refuse Chelsea's contract extension, is somewhat confident, and the 16-year-old Solanke represented the U18 team as a skipping student, scoring 20 goals in 25 games at the age of 17, and the most magical scene was in the second leg against Fulham in the FA Youth Cup final, Solanke, who scored twice in the last eight minutes, was the hero of Chelsea's miraculous comeback to win the championship. "My gut tells me that if Baker, Brown and Solanke weren't part of the England squad for a couple of years, I should blame myself for that. "It was Jose Mourinho who said that.
Savage growth is definitely not just a superficial taste of the "first season", Solanke has also brought talent to the national brand. At the 2014 European Under-17 Championships, the youngster who won the Golden Boot helped England lift the trophy, and in 2017, he scored four goals to help England win the title. In 2014/15, Solanke scored 41 goals throughout the season, while scoring 12 goals in nine appearances in the Under-19 Youth League and wearing the Golden Boot to help Chelsea win his first title, many predicted that Solanke would be the next big star.
Let's be honest, moving up the first team, feeling the atmosphere of the Champions League, playing in pre-season, scoring the winning goal, being named to the Three Lions, making his international debut, everything is on track to gild Solanke's career, but the upward path suddenly becomes bumpy. Aside from the identity and status of the two strikers of the first team Diego Costa and Michy Batshuayi, then coach Conte does not seem to be interested in young people, and another academy elite Abraham may feel the same way, there seems to be a conflict between current results and future plans in the competitive world, and Chelsea, which has let go of N youth elites, will definitely not regret the original decision, and Solanke, who has gradually healed himself, has long been relieved.
Solanke, who was zero at Bournemouth, treated the joy of promotion and the pain of relegation with a normal heart, and took advantage of the situation to interpret the plot of a late bloomer, you can hardly even imagine that it took him 31 games to score Bournemouth's first goal, if he was in a big club, he may not be so tolerant, so Solanke, who has only played in the real sense, is not interested in a new round of transfer scandals, and even has a sense of proportion because he was a hurried passerby of Chelsea and Liverpool. But on his way back to his past, the Bournemouth striker went out of his way to introduce himself – tall and technically concise, "and it wouldn't be surprising if he was invited to play for England again." ”
From genius to outcast, from passerby to thigh, the 26-year-old Solanke has gone through too many detours, whether it is a stage of frustration or continuous glow, he has been using his enterprising spirit to expand a new world for himself, otherwise he would have long been out of the ordinary, and now in the football world where the British stars are blooming, Solanke, who has climbed up step by step in Bournemouth, is no longer obsessed with personal halo - "We have been trying to establish ourselves in the Premier League with a new concept. ”