Former winger Pat Nevin says Michy Batshuayi was more clinical than Premier League golden boot winner Harry Kane last season
With Diego Costa being heavily linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge before the end of the transfer window, Nevin said that 23-year-old Batshuayi was the ideal man to spearhead Chelsea’s title defence.
“Look at the numbers and you see what he (Batshuayi) is all about. His goals per minutes played ratio even last season was easily the best at the club and among the best in the league,” he said on the club’s website.
“Actually, at a goal for every 79 minutes he was on the field, he was well ahead of even Harry Kane last season! His current run is even more impressive and suggests very good things lie ahead.”
Keep in mind however, Nevin’s calculations are solely based on Michy scoring nine goals in 702 minutes across all competitions.
While Tottenham Hotspur and England International Harry Kane scored 35 in 3,154 minutes played in 2016-17, an average of 90 minutes per goal.
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