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Who will win the Golden Boot?

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Messi, Ronaldo, Torres, Rooney, Kaka, Fabiano, Villa - all good bets to finish top of the scoring charts at the 2010 World Cup. Competition for the prestigious Golden Boot will be intense in South Africa and there is no guarantee that any of the illustrious names mentioned above will win it. The World Cup has a habit of making heroes of players few had heard of before the tournament had started, like Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci in 1990 and Oleg Salenko in 1994. However, it would come as no surprise if Messi, Torres or Rooney followed in the footsteps of past winners Eusebio, Mario Kempes, Paolo Rossi, Gerd Muller and Ronaldo. Here, a look at the favourites for 2010: David Villa (Spain): A tally of 38 goals in 58 international matches is a testimony to one of the most lethal strikers around. Despite missing the final and the majority of the semi-final of Euro 2008 because of injury, the 28-year-old was the top scorer with four goals in four games as Spain clinched the t...