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Fabrizio Romano on Twitter “Understand Wout Weghorst deal will not include buy option clause. Manchester United have completed the signing on loan until June from Burnley. 🔴🇳🇱 Weghorst has completed medical tests and documents have been signed.”

Who will win thrilling race for the Golden Boot as the Premier League restarts?

The long wait is almost over. Premier League football makes its comeback on Wednesday after a pause of almost three months amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

It will look and feel very different with empty stadiums, piped-in crowd noise and pre-match fanfare kept to a minimum.

But one thing that won't change will be the fierce competition between the Premier League's leading strikers to claim the Golden Boot for top scorer.

Three players - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal and the Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane - shared the accolade last season after each scoring 22 goals.

And it's shaping up to be another very tight contest this season as the top-flight action resumes.

Here's a reminder of the lethal strikers who'll battle it out for the Golden Boot in the weeks ahead.

JAMIE VARDY

Leicester City, 19 goals, 117 minutes per goal

When Brendan Rodgers was appointed Leicester City manager in February last year, one of the first things he did was emphasise to Jamie Vardy just how important he was.

That vote of confidence has certainly paid off with Vardy producing some of the most prolific form of his career to leave Leicester odds-on to qualify for the Champions League.

Vardy has scored 19 times this season, giving him a two-goal head start in this race as the season gets going again, but there have been both floods of goals and droughts for the ex-England striker.

Between October 19 and December 8, Vardy scored 11 goals across eight consecutive league games, including three in Leicester's remarkable 9-0 win at Southampton.

But after returning from a short injury lay-off over the New Year, he failed to score in six consecutive league games in January and February, as well as two League Cup outings.

That barren run was finally ended with two goals against Aston Villa in what was the last Premier League match before the shutdown on March 9

Man Utd 'ready to unleash Pogba as a No.10' with Bruno behind him in midfield.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has reportedly lined up Paul Pogba to play as his No. 10 in a bid to fit the French World Cup winner in Man Utd's midfielder alongside Bruno Fernandes.

Pogba is back to full fitness from a persistent ankle injury and Solskjaer is hoping he can strike up a formidable partnership with Fernandes when the season returns later this month.

United are relying on their two star players to help fire them to a Champions League spot with Solskjaer's men currently sat fifth, three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

Solskjaer has been working on a system where he can play Pogba and Fernandes together and has settled on deploying the former in a new attacking midfield role, according to The Sun.

Pogba has already been prepped to play in that role, having featured in behind the central striker during last Saturday's intra-squad friendly game at Old Trafford.

The report claims that the 27-year-old, who has not played a competitive game since Boxing Day, is not yet up to match speed but impressed Solskjaer in that position.
Pogba has been used as a No. 10 on several occasions during his United career with many of the opinion he is a better player when given more freedom - but has never consistently operated in that role.
He and Fernandes - a £68million January arrival from Sporting Lisbon who was supposedly signed to replace Pogba - will be the central figures in United's new-look midfield.
Portuguese star Fernandes is an attack-minded midfielder with goalscoring and creative attributes, but Solskjaer has decided to play him behind Pogba as part of a midfield three in a No. 8 playmaker role.
Fernandes has been an instant success at Old Trafford, scoring three goals and registering four assists in the nine games he played before the season was suspended.
Solskjaer admitted last month he was excited about the prospect pairing Fernandes and

Barcelona or Real Madrid: Who will win La Liga this season?

The relegation and Champions League qualification battles will be very interesting in the remainder of the LaLiga Santander season, yet the title race between Real Madrid and Barcelona is expected to steal the limelight.

Two points separate LaLiga Santander leaders Barcelona with Los Blancos, but which team are considered front-runners to win the title?

According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Barcelona have a 64.5 percent probability of lifting the trophy, while Five Thirty Eight give Quique Setien's side 62 percent probability of achieving their target.

Barcelona's remaining games

The Catalan side, who are set to face six of LaLiga Santander's bottom seven teams, and have a two point advantage over Real Madrid who won the last El Clasico.

Their upcoming rivals have accumulated 356 points in total so far this season, which is 18 fewer than Los Blancos' opponents.
Meanwhile, in addition to hosting Atletico Madrid they will have to play a couple of tough away games against Sevilla and Villarreal.

Real Madrid's Laliga Santander calendar

Los Blancos will play six of their last 11 matches on home soil at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano in Valdebebas.
Their toughest games on the road are those against the strong Basque sides Athletic Club and Real Sociedad, while they will host Valencia who have troubled them at home in recent seasons.