“Extraterrestrial Haaland”, the English media pulled out to describe the Norwegian light bulb’s debut season in the world’s toughest league after his transfer to Manchester City. The striker didn’t give up until he was the sender of 27 Premier League goals. After two and a half seasons, the 25-year-old has a wild 99 goals in 108 league games. Pep Guardiola has run out of superlatives to describe the achievements of his super striker, this must be the Premier League striker of all time! The league’s 5th highest scoring striker of all time, Andy Cole, believes it would be wrong to place Haaland at the top of the throne.
The United legend hammered in 187 Premier League goals and is mightily impressed by the Norwegian international.
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-He is incredible! What he does, he is phenomenal in what he does. As a finisher in that area, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone better at doing what he does, clean finishing,” Cole told Sky Sports.
But when asked if Haaland is the best ever in the Premier League, Cole hesitates.
-I’m not sure about that. The goals and what he does, yes, he has to be up there, but when you talk about the best Premier League striker, there are Premier League strikers who haven’t played the way he plays and have scored goals, so you have to turn it on its head. If a team was built around this striker and played this way, how many goals would he have scored so that he is up there. I’m not going to sit here and say that he (Haaland) is the best striker the Premier League has seen. I can’t sit here and say that, because I have so much respect for the guys who have gone before him, who have scored goals in a different era,” the United legend said.
Scored goals in a different era.
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