If there’s one signing that everyone expected to work out this summer, it was Erling Haaland at Manchester City.
In desperate need of a proper centre-forward, Pep Guardiola’s side decided to lump on the Norwegian, who had a release clause at Borussia Dortmund, and they are already reaping the benefits.
Haaland has been an unstoppable machine to date, showcasing his goalscoring ability once more in the Champions League against Sevilla for Manchester City.
He and Kylian Mbappé are expected to be the two players set to dominate the headline for the next ten years, much like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi did before them, and Gazzetta dello Sport sat down with a legendary striker, Filippo Inzaghi, to discuss their differences and what the future could hold for them.
When it came to the Manchester City striker, he was asked what he liked the most about the player’s style of play.
He said: “The desire with which he attacks the goal, and if he scores, he attacks even more to score again. I also really like his ability to lose his marker. It’s no coincidence that he has scored so many goals in the six yard box with Manchester City during the start of the season. We would be wrong to call those goals easy: maybe the final executions are simple, but behind there is a great job in training.
So far, the 22-year-old has 12 goals in eight games for Manchester City, which takes his professional tally to 147 goals and 37 assists in 190 games to date.
While he excelled at Red Bull Salzburg, it was his 86 goals and 23 assists in 89 games for Borussia Dortmund that really made him stand out, which is exactly why Pep Guardiola urged his club to go for the Norway star this summer.
