Lorent Tolaj Scout Report At Plymouth Argyle 2025/2026: The Elite Goalscorer Trapped In A Struggling Team – Player Analysis

After already being relegated in the 2024/2025 season of the EFL Championship, the bleak, early signs are that Plymouth Argyle are in danger of suffering a double relegation.

The Pilgrims have conceded an incredible 28 goals in just 16 games, which is the most in the league by three.

Manager Tom Cleverley has overseen 12 losses since being appointed in July 2025.

There is one shining light in Argyles season so far that is keeping their hopes of staying up alive in the form of Lorent Tolaj.

Tolaj joined Plymouth in the summer, making a €1.4m move from Port Vale after firing them to promotion from EFL League Two last season.

The striker made some headlines back in April for being the only player in England to match the 2025 output of Liverpools Mohamed Salah at that time.

Incredulously, Tolaj is now the joint top scorer in the English third tier with eight despite his teams struggles.

To put into context just how fabulous Tolaj has been, he has scored 42% of Argyles goals the entire season.

The level of confidence at which he is currently operating doesnt have the look or feel of a player with such a huge responsibility of saving a club from a second relegation on the bounce.

Lorent Tolaj Anticipation & Movement

Lorent Tolajs goals paint a picture of a typical number nine in the mould of a Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

Anything in the box, or on the shoulder of the defensive line, and the Swiss footballer will gobble it up.

For Argyles win over Port Vale, Tolaj scored the only goal, and though there were four other defenders he was surrounded by, Tolaj was the one on the end of the cross to finish by sticking his foot out at the last moment.

For the goal, there was a moment of anticipation just before the cross came in as he readied himself to time his movements and meet the cross with a finish.

He brilliantly made the run just as the cross was fired in low and hard.

The fact that he beat out four other defenders to the cross isnt the most impressive thing here; its that he knew the ball was coming in and just had to time his run to measure the cross.

The best goal poachers in the world have this and can sniff out a chance from a cross that comes in, irrespective of who is supposed to be marking them.

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