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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Alex Brotherton

Man City told Erling Haaland will make people 'forget about Messi and Ronaldo'

In Erling Haaland, Manchester City have a goalscorer that will break plenty of records and help earn them a reputation once earned by Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Haaland has made a superb start to life at the Etihad Stadium since his £51m summer move from Borussia Dortmund, scoring 12 goals in seven matches in all competitions, 10 in six in the Premier League. He has already broken the record for the most goals scored by a player in their first five Premier League appearances (nine), but surely it won't be long before more records start to fall.

That's the view of former Chelsea and Tottenham midfielder Gus Poyet, who believes that Haaland will earn City a sense of inevitability that Barcelona had with Lionel Messi and Real Madrid had with Cristiano Ronaldo.

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