Rivalries nonetheless burn brightly within the recreation however Erling Haaland has inadvertently united gamers from all Premier League golf equipment.
The Norwegian striker has made a shocking begin to life at Manchester Metropolis, scoring 14 objectives in ten appearances in all competitions.
Haaland has been unplayable up to now this season and Hal Robson-Kanu, who boasts Premier League expertise, revealed that Haaland’s antics will probably be sending gamers from opposing golf equipment into overdrive.
Actually, gamers who are sometimes discovered kicking lumps out of one another on the pitch are evaluating notes on how one can cease the flying 22-year-old.
“This man is a monster, that’s the strategy to describe him,” Robson-Kanu mentioned on Kick Off.
“I do know for a undeniable fact that opposition gamers are calling different groups saying, ‘We’re taking part in Metropolis on the weekend, how will we cease Haaland?’”
And former Wales striker Robson-Kanu believes Haaland will break each single document in soccer if he stays at Man Metropolis lengthy sufficient.
“Bodily he towers above most defenders. By way of the objectives he’s scored this season he’s a menace within the air,” Robson-Kanu added.
“It’s virtually [Cristiano] Ronaldo-esque the place he leaps, generates energy off the bottom and mid-air he’ll simply thrust his head on the ball.
“Lots of gamers will construct careers off bodily attributes… you possibly can have a really, very profitable profession in case you are wonderful from a bodily perspective.
“Lay it on prime of that his velocity, his sharpness and his technical skill with the ball. He’ll come to ft, hyperlink play and spin in behind, it’s insane.
“What he’s doing for Metropolis now makes me assume that if he stays match and performs all of the video games for the following decade at Metropolis then he breaks each single document in soccer.”
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