Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves have agreed that Erling Haaland could finally be the player to push Manchester City onto Champions League glory as he extended his scintillating start to life at the Etihad Stadium.
The Norwegian forward has been in irresistible form since making a summer switch from German giants Borussia Dortmund. He added to his eye-catching record as Man City opened up their latest Champions League campaign with a 4-0 cruise against Spanish giants Sevilla on Tuesday evening.
Haaland was twice on the score sheet, meaning that he has now plundered 12 goals in just his opening seven appearances for the club. In evaluating the Norwegian’s form thus far, Ferdinand has suggested that he is a huge upgrade on Gabriel Jesus - the Brazilian of course having completed a summer move to Arsenal.
