THE World Cup is well into the knockout stages and the race for the Golden Boot is taking shape.
Brazil, France, Argentina, Spain, England and others are vying to win the sport’s biggest prize in Qatar.
Getty – ContributorHarry Kane won the World Cup 2018 Golden Boot[/caption]
GettyKylian Mbappe is the front-runner for top scorer at the 2022 World Cup[/caption]
However, stars such as Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will want a certain individual award.
The World Cup Golden Boot is one of the tournament’s most coveted prizes, with some of football’s legends having won it in the past.
Brazilian Ronaldo, Gary Lineker, Gerd Muller and Eusebio have all picked up the award before.
England’s Kane won it in 2018, and he’ll be hoping to do it all over again in Qatar.
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France’s Karim Benzema, who won the Ballon d’Or earlier this year, WON’T be involved, however, as he has been ruled out of the tournament through injury.
But Brazil superstars Neymar and Vinicius Jr will be eager to bring the award back to the South American country.
In 2006 and 2010, Germany stars Miroslav Klose and Thomas Muller bagged the Golden Boot.
Colombia superstar James Rodriguez won it in 2014 but he won’t be involved in this tournament as his country failed to qualify.
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World Cup Golden Boot standings
Kylian Mbappe – France – 5Lionel Messi – Argentina – 4Marcus Rashford – England – 3Enner Valencia – Ecuador – 3Cody Gakpo – Netherlands – 3Alvaro Morata – Spain – 3Bukayo Saka – England – 3Olivier Giroud – France – 3Richarlison – Brazil – 3Goncalo Ramos – Portugal – 3Robert Lewandowski – Poland – 2Mehdi Taremi – Iran – 2Julian Alvarez – Argentina – 2Andrej Kramaric – Croatia – 2Breel Embolo – Switzerland – 2Kai Havertz – Germany – 2Aleksandar Mitrovic – Serbia – 2Ferran Torres – Spain – 2Mohammed Kudus – Ghana – 2Bruno Fernandes – Portugal – 2 Read More