'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
1.) Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund and Armenia)
The man brought in to replace Gotze at the Signal Iduna Park is an extremely talented player with his best years ahead of him. Replacing the heartbeat of any side is never easy and that he is the third player to take up the mantle of playmaker-in-chief for Dortmund in the last two years following the departures of Shinji Kagawa and Mario Gotze mean he will be compared to not just one, but two of his predecessors.
Trending
Given the status of a club such as Dortmund, there will sadly be no bedding-in time for the Armenia midfielder, who was in the midst of a transfer wrangle between English Premier League outfit Liverpool and his previous club Shakhtar Donestk. He will be expected to slot into Dortmund’s precise, passing game quickly, and despite German football being a significant step up from the leagues in Ukraine, the three-time Armenian Footballer of the Year certainly has the talent to succeed those who have left Dortmund in the past.
He scored 25 goals for the Donbass side last season, setting a new record for the most number of goals scored in the Ukrainian Premier League and should he stay for the long haul in Dortmund, could write his name into the history books at the Signal Iduna Park.
