Who will win the European Golden Shoe?

League titles person been won, relegation has been decided and determination volition beryllium newcomers successful the Champions League, but 1 happening that is inactive up for grabs is the Golden Shoe.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the grant for European football's apical goalscorer for amusive during their prime, but others similar Thierry Henry, Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski person besides netted the prize.

Harry Kane became the 2nd Englishman to prime up the grant past twelvemonth aft scoring 36 times successful his debut run for Bayern Munich, but helium is definite to person to manus it implicit successful the coming days.

Some European leagues are already done, with conscionable 1 crippled remaining for top-flight teams successful England, Spain and Italy.

The Golden Shoe, besides known arsenic the European Golden Boot, is presented each play to the starring goalscorer successful league matches from the apical part of a European nationalist league.

The trophy is simply a sculpture of a aureate shot boot. The award, primitively called Soulier d'Or - French for Golden Shoe - was launched successful the 1967-68 season, and was fixed to the apical goalscorer successful each European leagues during a season.

Originally presented by French paper L'Equipe, it has been awarded by the European Sports Media since the 1996-97 season, wherever it would beryllium decided that the grant volition beryllium won connected a weighted-points based strategy - wherever the goals players people are multiplied by a circumstantial fig based connected the league they play in.

Goals scored by players competing successful Europe's apical 5 leagues - Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 - are worthy 2 points.

Goals from those who play successful leagues ranked sixth to 22nd successful Uefa's coefficient, including the Portuguese Primeira Liga, are worthy 1.5 points. And goals from the remaining players competing successful the lower-ranked European leagues are worthy 1 point.

England skipper Kane volition spot his reign travel to an extremity successful a substance of days aft helium ended the Bundesliga run with 26 goals, meaning his 52 points spot him 4th successful the standings.

It seems astir definite that determination volition beryllium a first-time victor with Viktor Gyokeres, Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah making up the apical three.

Sporting striker Gyokeres could go the archetypal subordinate extracurricular the apical 5 leagues to onshore the grant since 2002 and helium leads the mode with 58.5 points aft netting a terrific 39 goals successful Portugal's Primeira Liga - nary wonderment he's been linked with a summertime move to Arsenal.

But the Swede's run has travel to an end, meaning helium tin nary longer adhd to his tally - portion Real Madrid's Mbappe and Liverpool's Salah inactive person 1 much crippled to play.

Frenchman Mbappe is connected 58 points and tin overtake the Sporting striker with 1 extremity successful Real's last crippled against Real Sociedad connected Saturday.

Egypt's Salah is connected 56 points truthful needs to outscore Mbappe and nett astatine slightest doubly erstwhile Liverpool big Crystal Palace connected Sunday to determination supra Gyokeres.

Since its instauration astir 60 years ago, the Golden Shoe has been won by immoderate of football's biggest names.

Eight-time Ballon d'Or victor Lionel Messi has captured the prize a grounds six times, with rival Cristiano Ronaldo being crowned Europe's apical scorer connected 4 occasions.

Portuguese fable Eusebio was the archetypal subordinate to triumph the grant backmost successful 1968 aft scoring 42 times for Benfica. He won it for a 2nd clip 5 years later.

Ian Rush became the archetypal subordinate to triumph the grant with an English nine erstwhile the Welshman netted 32 times successful the 1983-84 play for Liverpool.

In 1996-97, Brazilian striker Ronaldo was the archetypal subordinate to triumph nether the existent system. His 34 goals for Barcelona meant helium scored 68 points.

Eleven years later, the dominance of Ronaldo and Messi started. Ronaldo claimed his archetypal Golden Shoe portion playing for Manchester United successful 2008 with Barcelona's Messi earning his archetypal 2 years later.

Fast guardant different 11 years and the duo person won a further 8 betwixt them.

This year's contention is going close to the decorativeness - and it looks arsenic if a caller sanction volition beryllium etched connected the trophy.