#24 Marco Reus
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Recent reports would suggest that Arsenal are eyeing the remarkable Reus as a potential replacement for Sanchez should the Chilean depart. The swashbuckling, World-Cup-winning German exhibits blistering pace, agility and loves to cut inside to wreak havoc, while his brilliant movement in the final third means he regularly draws fouls from defenders and then steps up to lash it away.
The 27-year-old is fast approaching the pomp period for a player in his position but has found game time hard to come by this season, a groin issue sidelining the German for six months, meaning he would miss his nation’s Euro campaign as well as the first few months of the Bundesliga season. Since his return, however, Reus has scored four goals in two Champions League appearances, including a hat-trick in Dortmund’s 8-4 capitulation of Legia Warsaw.
Franz Beckenbauer heralded the on-off partnership of Reus and German counterpart Mario Götze, claiming “…as a classic duo there is nobody better than the prolific Reus and Götze”. He’s absolutely right, in terms of natural ability, Reus is up there as a top five candidate, but his limited success (he even missed the German national team’s 2014 World Cup triumph through injury) coupled with his little game time this year sees him fall a bit lower on the list than he’d like.
