Gianluca Scamacca

Key strength: Link-up play

Target man

In a season where Atalanta BC find themselves marooned in 10th place—their familiar Champions League haunts now a distant memory—one man has emerged as La Dea's solitary silver lining. Gianluca Scamacca, the 27-year-old Italian centre-forward, has been the lone beacon of consistency amid Gian Piero Gasperini's turbulent campaign. With 12 goals and 3 assists across 35 appearances, Scamacca is delivering a goal every 151 minutes with surgical precision. His €25 million valuation feels increasingly justified as he's evolved far beyond the muscular target-man who departed West Ham. Now wearing the No. 9 with authority, Scamacca blends his natural physicality with refined link-up play and intelligent dribbling that dovetails beautifully with Atalanta's intricate attacking philosophy. Remarkably disciplined with just two yellow cards all season, he's fought off fierce competition from fellow forwards to become Gasperini's most bankable asset. As Atalanta scramble to salvage European qualification from their DLWDL rut, Scamacca's ruthless 70-rated finishing remains the sharpest weapon in an otherwise blunted Bergamo arsenal.