Erling Haaland's signing is a fantastic piece of business by Manchester City.
And not since Didier Drogba arrived at Chelsea from Marseille in 2004 has there been a more exciting signing of a classic centre-forward by a Premier League team. Haaland reminds me of the Ivorian in many ways — he is big, strong, powerful, single-minded and scores goals.
And if he comes out of English football with a similar trophy count to Drogba and has the same impact on his team, he will be more than happy with everything he has achieved. I can’t lavish any higher praise on Haaland and I’m excited to see where the move to the Etihad — 22 years after his dad, Alfie, joined City (which makes it 25-odd years since I chinned him in training at Nottingham Forest, more of which later) — takes him.
