It might be hard to see how a striker who has already scored 129 goals in just 173 games can actually get any better, but you shouldn't put it past Pep Guardiola.
After coping remarkably well without signing a replacement for Sergio Aguero in the summer following their failed attempts to land Harry Kane, it looks to have been an incredible stroke of luck for Manchester City as they are now the front runners in the race to sign Erling Haaland. The Manchester Evening News understands that, though the club remaining cautious on the deal after being stung in the past, they are now in pole position to sign the Borussia Dortmund sensation.
Haaland's future was set to be the saga of the summer as all of Europe's elite were interested. But the race looks over before the starting pistol even got loaded, let alone fired into the air.
