Who knows the top scorer of Bayern Munich everyone knows.
It is easy.
But who is Robert Lewandowski's deputy German champion?
This is not about the cooking king Thomas Muller, nor about Serge Gnabry who has already closed a fourth season in a row with more than ten league goals, nor about Kingsley Koeman, Eric Maxim, Chopo Muting or Jamal Musiala.
The answer, then, is Leroy Sana.
With seven league goals, a goal in the Cup and five more in the Champions League, the Super Writer has already scored 13 goals in all competitions - more than anyone other than Lewandowski.
Alongside the goals, the German added a number of assists, in what appears to be one of the best seasons of his career.
For sure, Sana's current season is much better than the previous one.
He arrived in Bavaria in the summer of 2020 after recovering from a serious knee injury, which was the finishing chord of four seasons full of ups and downs in Manchester City.
Bayern paid him about 60 million euros, hoping to get into one of the shoes left by Arian Ruben and Frank Ribery, and the start was promising.
Sana scored and cooked twice in 0: 8 over the ex-girlfriend Schalke, but later in the season had a hard time maintaining stability.
He finished the season with 10 goals and 6 assists, swinging between the lineup and the bench.
The ATHLETIC website reported a cool relationship between him and then-coach Hennessy Flick, so much so that it was alleged that the coach did not want to sign the 26-year-old extreme at all.
Flick denied, but his departure to the team - and especially the arrival of Julian Naglesman - went well with Sana.
"I'm not a magician or a magician," the young coach declared when he arrived in the summer from Leipzig, "but I will try to show Sanaa the areas and places he should be, and I am sure we will see an improvement in him."
At first it really did not look like that.
In the second round against FC Cologne Sana lost 11 balls, was substituted in the half and received contempt from the fans.
Naglesman saw and heard, and demanded that the fans continue to cheer.
Chairman Carl Heinz Rummenigge added that "the coach must find a way to get him involved," and it finally happened.
Naglesman moved Sana from right to left, demanding he get more into the center and thus be more involved in the game.
Offensive contribution has swelled significantly, and so far the extreme has been involved in 26 goals, more than in any of last season.
"Julian kept saying he supported me," Sana said, "and that's what I needed."
Naglesman and Sana.
Unconditional support, Photo: AFP
In the last few weeks something has happened.
Sana has not started in the last two games, and although he came on as a substitute against Frankfurt and scored a winning goal, he started again on the bench against Leverkusen on Saturday.
In Germany it is claimed that he is having a hard time recovering from the corona virus he contracted, but Naglesman clarifies that the reason is purely tactical: "I have nothing against Leroy, I was just looking for an array that would deal with Leverkusen's speed."
It is estimated that the Bayern coach has only kept his star ahead of tonight's important game against Salzburg in the Champions League rematch.
Bayern need to score to win and advance to the quarter-finals, and after Lewandowski no one is doing it better this season than Sanae.
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