Italian media "Milan Sports News" pointed out that Malen has scored 13 goals since joining in the winter window, tied with Kane for the most in the same period in the top five leagues.
The 13 goals scored by the Roma forward since his arrival are not only the best start in Italian football since the establishment of the winter window (2001/02 season), but also the best record in Europe in the second half of the season. Perhaps only one player can reach his level - Kane, an English center forward who is by no means mediocre... However, compared to Kane, Malen penetrates the opponent's penalty area more frequently and has more shots.
Like Malen, only Kane has scored the same number of goals since mid-January - 13. Behind them are the two stars of La Liga, each with 11 goals: Croatian Budimir (Osasuna) and Kosovar forward Muriqi (Mallorca), both of whom are familiar faces in Serie A. Rennes' Le Bhor has also scored 11 goals. But compared to Kane, Malen has more shots and puts more pressure on the opponent's penalty area. The Dutchman has taken as many as 65 shots in the same period (only Stuttgart's Undav can match him, but Malen has 28 shots on target, while the German has only 24), and has touched the ball 119 times in the penalty area: only Vinicius (Real Madrid, 133 times) and Yamal (Barcelona, 131 times) are above him. This fully demonstrates Malen's lethality, although you only need to look at his performance in the red and yellow jersey to understand everything.
The area where Malen's ranking has declined is the goal conversion rate. The Dutchman ranks eighth with a conversion rate of 20%, behind Kane (Bayern, 26%), Budimir (Osasuna, 25.6%), Le Bhor (Rennes, 25%), Joao Pedro (Chelsea, 22.5%), Vinicius (Real Madrid, 22.2%), Schick (Leipzig, also 22.2%) and Balogun (Monaco, 20.5%). But this decline is also related to his role Roma's attacking finisher, with the team relying on him to score goals at all times. A large number of shots will naturally "pollute" certain data. However, the Dutchman's devastating impact is still there, and he has completely changed the attacking face of Roma.
Although it is extremely difficult to catch up with Lautaro's 17 goals and win the Serie A top scorer list, Malen's current goal is to score at least two more goals and tie Ruud Gullit's 15 goals for Sampdoria in the 1993/94 season. Among all the "Orange Army" players who have landed in Italian football, only Gullit and "Utrecht Swan" Van Basten have done better than him - the latter scored 25 league goals in a single season for Milan. However, Malen has already surpassed two Dutch compatriots who previously left their mark in Serie A: Koopmeiners has scored 12 goals for Atlanta, while Zirkzee stopped at 11 goals for Bologna.