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Top 5 candidates to win 2018-19 Capocannoniere

By John Vaccaro

MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: Mauro Emanuel Icardi of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates his goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Chievo Verona at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on December 3, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images)
MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: Mauro Emanuel Icardi of FC Internazionale Milano celebrates his goal during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Chievo Verona at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on December 3, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Emilio Andreoli/Getty Images) /
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FLORENCE, ITALY – MAY 13: Giovanni Simeone of ACF Fiorentina in action during the serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Artemio Franchi on May 13, 2018 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)
FLORENCE, ITALY – MAY 13: Giovanni Simeone of ACF Fiorentina in action during the serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Artemio Franchi on May 13, 2018 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images) /

5. Giovanni Simeone

The first new entrant into the Capocannoniere race will be Giovanni Simeone. The son of Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, had the best season of his career last year. He managed to find the back of the net 14 times despite playing for a Fiorentina team that tied for last in scoring among the top 10 teams in the league table.

Fiorentina has added creative options on the wing and in the midfield by bringing in Marko Pjaca, Kevin Mirallas, and Gerson this summer. They can also reasonably expect some improvement from many of the players from last year’s squad.

8 of their 9 returning players who play up front or in the midfield are 26 or younger and many of them saw their first significant action in Serie A last season. The progression of these players, including Simeone, along with the additions made this summer should lead to an increase in scoring from Fiorentina this year and with it, the first 20 goal season of Simeone’s career.

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