Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has sent a hilarious message to Erling Haaland after the Manchester City striker scored a brace on his Premier League debut. Big things are expected of the 22-year-old, who is playing senior football in England for the first time.
Shearer, who has scored the most goals in Premier League history with 260, has challenged the Norwegian striker to break his impressive record. Shearer tweeted: "@ErlingHaaland, 258 to go!!!!"
Haaland scored a brace in City's 2-0 win at West Ham, converting a first-half penalty before coolly slotting a shot past Alphonse Areola to double the lead. It would take some effort for Haaland to break Shearer's long-standing record.
If he scored 30 goals in every campaign for nine seasons - that would take him to 270 Premier League goals. Another record that Haaland will be keen to break is another which was set by a Newcastle player.
