Europe's Top 5 Leagues: 5 Players with the most number of direct goal involvements in 2018 so far

#2 Luis Suarez (FC Barcelona and Uruguay) - 32 goals and 24 assists (49 apps)

El Pistolero is in second place. Surprised? No need to be. He is more than just a regular number 9. The person with the second most assists in Europe in 2018.

Say that again, would you? Yes, you read it right. Luis Suarez is the person involved in the second-most number of goals in 2018. He is the wildcard, isn't he? He is the surprising element for sure.

Luis Suarez might not be the beast of a striker that he once was, who left defenders on the back foot always. He has been missing a lot of chances and could not finish somewhat tough opportunities that he would have converted two years back.

In a time when we all are busy talking about his replacement at Barcelona, he is just being more and more involved in the scoring.

The Uruguayan has scored 32 goals and assisted 24 in 2018. His assist count is astounding for a striker. But his memorable assists could be recounted easily, the lobbed pass to Cavani from the outside of the foot in the World Cup, the lobbed pass to Rafinha against Inter, the Rabona assist in the International Friendly and many more.

He has been scoring in all stages except for Europe. Suarez is second behind Messi in LaLiga top scorers list for 2018/19.

Because of his balanced involvement in the game rather than purely poaching for the goal unlike Kane, Cavani, and Aubameyang, he finds himself way ahead of those in terms of involvement in goal. The only other strikers in the top 10 are Lewandowski (48 G+A) and Cavani (39 G+A).

Barcelona needs him to score in the Champions League as well.