SK's top 25 footballers for the month of August

5. Sergio Aguero

While his league form has been emphatic, the Argentine has been equally mouth-watering in continental competition. After scoring the first goal in Pep Guardiola’s league campaign at City, the 28-year-old put three past Steaua Bucuresti three days later in a Champions League play-off tie.

As if that wasn’t enough, the man who sealed the league title for the Citizens in 2012 scored another two and earned a deserved ‘Man of the Match’ award away to Stoke City.

Having witnessed years-gone-by be marred by injury, this term could finally be the one where Aguero can put down a marker has one of the greatest Premier League forwards of all time and he’s started excellently. He’s always active in the final third, having had 5 shots on goal per game this season, along with a pass completion rate of 79% - sound for a striker.

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4. Alexandre Lacazette

Consistently linked with Arsenal in a move which never materialised, Alexandre Lacazette has comfortably shaken off the stories which surrounded him this summer to get to work in Ligue 1 and what a start he has made. In Lyon’s three league matches against Nancy, Caen and Dijon respectively, Lacazette has scored 6 goals, three of which came in his team’s league opener against the former of the three.

Rightfully so, he has earned two ‘Man of the Match’ awards in his first and most recent appearance of the season and his average match rating sits at an admirable 8.52. With Ibra gone and many believing that Cavani is flagging, the golden boots could already have Alex’s name of it, providing he mirrors his form of last month across the entirety of the campaign.