Lyle Foster celebrates his first-ever Premier League goal. Photo: @KamoMotecwane via Twitter.
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Bafana Bafana have had some stellar representatives in the Premier League down the years. Can you name our nine goal-scorers in that competition?
Lyle Foster celebrates his first-ever Premier League goal. Photo: @KamoMotecwane via Twitter.
Lyle Foster is a Premier League regular for Burnley and is currently their top-scorer. He’s the ninth Bafana Bafana star to score in the world’s most popular domestic division. Can you name the others?
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Foster follows in the footsteps of greats like Phil Masinga, Shaun Bartlett, Eric Tinkler, Quinton Fortune, Mark Fish, Benni McCarthy, Steven Pienaar and Mbulelo Mabizela.
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Bafana Bafana star is arguably Burnley’s best player
Lancashire Burnley club paid a fee rising to €11m to sign Foster and there’s no reason why a host of other Premier League clubs wouldn’t jump at the chance of signing the hard-working South African for around double that at least. Foster has scored four goals and provided three assists in 12 top-flight appearances. It’s no exaggeration to say he’s been arguably their best player, and to produce those numbers in a side struggling at the basement is a superb achievement. For the football stats nerds, Foster’s xG + xA (expected goals + expected assists) figure is 2.6, so he’s outperforming that in a big way. He’s already South Africa’s most expensive player ever and he could realistically shatter his record by August. Burnley fans hope they stick around and can keep hold of their star man. Only time will tell.
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