

Ladies & Gents, Your 08/09 Golden Boot Winner: Diego Forlan.
By: chris | June 1st, 2009Everybody began the Atletico year talking about Kun Aguero. We did. And rightfully so. But nose into a discussion about Madrid’s second team and you’ll hear them gushing on one name – and it ain’t Kun. It’s Diego Forlan, the 2008/09 ESM Golden Boot winner for the second time in five years and perhaps the best striker no one talks about.
Our site is, of course, English languaged (well…we try) and many probably remember Diego Forlan for his not quite successful stint at Manchester United. A stint which is remembered largely by one goal and one goal celebration.
Well he’s grown up a bit since then. Upon moving to Villarreal on that direct transfer from Manchester he rewarded the Submarine suits for their investment with a Golden Boot – 25 goals worth – which he shared with an in-his-prime Titi Henry. And this makes him only the third to win the award twice since the introduction of the weighted points system in 1996, along with the aforementioned Titi and the entirely inexplicable goal machine once known as Mario Jardel. A pretty nice accomplishment to say the least.
But this year he hauled the entire team on his shoulders and brought Atletico back to football’s promised land, the Champions League. And that’s not just a laudatory way of saying he was Atletico’s best player – Diego truly spearheaded their run with 12 goals in the final eight games of the season, when that fourth spot was well up for grabs.
And for his contributions he’s been rewarded with a couple months of cruel rumors sending him back to Manchester – this time the blue side. (Though if recent rumblings prove true, Barca may be looking for someone worthy of silver platter service.) Unfortunately, those rumors will likely comprosie the bulk of talk surrounding him this summer. Not all that bad given that the interest must be born from some quality, but still not enough.
Time to talk Forlan in amongst the great strikers of the day. After all, in this game trophies speak loudest and his hands are now full.
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