If Erling Haaland keeps scoring goals at his current rate, Kevin De Bruyne thinks he might complete his career rubbing shoulders with the best players the game has ever seen.
Haaland, who joined City after a £51m transfer from Borussia Dortmund, has scored 24 goals for the club and has 224 goals overall at the age of just 23.
Erling Haaland is out-performing his non-penalty Expected Goals by a greater amount than any other player in the Premier League:
◎ 8.7 non-penalty xG
◉ 15 non-penalty goalsA genuine freak of a finisher. pic.twitter.com/uIiy0Qdooo
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What De Bruyne Said About Haaland
De Bruyne sees no reason why he cannot finish his career with as many as 800 career goals which would put him up amongst the GOATS Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best ever.
“It is very hard to compare different strikers because they are all totally different,” said De Bruyne.
“They play in the same position, but some are physical players, some are speed demons and they can all score goals for fun.
“Erling hasn’t because of his age, but they have all scored 300 or 400 goals. Erling is so obsessed with goals he can maybe go beyond that. He already has about 200 goals.
“So he can probably go to 600, 700 or 800 if he stays fit and does the things that he does.
“For the rest [I have played with], I don’t really compare them because that is not the way I look at football. Erling is a top-level striker. I don’t think it is fair to compare or rank them because some are at the start of their career and some are at the end or the middle of their careers, so I don’t like to rank them.
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“Erling is a normal football player like everybody else and he doesn’t take himself too seriously. But when you talk about professional footballers or professional athletes, I think everybody has that little edge.
“I don’t think you can become a professional player if you don’t have that little something to become the best version you can be.
“He is still a young boy enjoying his life and he takes his football very seriously. He loves scoring goals, so I think that is the most unique thing he has.”
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