4. Max Kruse (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Games played: 22
Successful take-ons: 91
Success rate: 72%
Max Kruse has been a remarkably astute signing for Borussia Monchengladbach this season, scoring eight times and providing seven assists in his 22 Bundesliga games.
He cost just €2.5 million (approximately £2m), with his impressive form prompting German journalist Raphael Honigstein to state, “Every club that didn’t seriously try to sign him should fire their German scouts.”
Kruse is also a fine player with the ball at his feet, regularly beating players with ease.