Former Manchester United defender and Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has warned Leeds United that Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is like 'four players in one' ahead of the Whites' visit to the Etihad next weekend.
The Whites will be no stranger to the Norwegian - his father Alfie having previously played for the club and the 22-year-old growing up as a self-confessed Leeds fan.
Despite that, Neville highlighted the star's 'imperfections' that have ironically made Man City a better team, and one that he actually prefers watching.
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"I like Manchester City's style of play now in this team more than I have done for the last four or five years under Pep Guardiola because of Erling Haaland," he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.
"He's that powerhouse, the imperfection of some of his touches, some of his play. I know that sounds really sort of derogatory in some ways but it does bounce off him sometimes.
"He's a bit imperfect, he does take risks. It's not as subtle and as precise as the rest of the player in the team who have all got this perfect technical ability but he's a battering ram of a centre-forward.
"He's got a brilliant finish, and is something really special. If you're watching him play, you are watching something unique. You are. Same with [Kevin] De Bruyne, he's special but Haaland is truly unique."
Haaland has scored two of his 34 current goals this season, and might score his 35th and record-breaking one as Leeds travel to the Etihad Stadium this weekend.
Neville admitted that the Norwegian reminds him of the likes of Harry Kane and former teammate Wayne Rooney as well as 'R9' Ronaldo - some of the best strikers to have graced football in the last 20 years.
"He's a player that rarely graces this league - usually they're at Barcelona or Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain or we have players who emerge into that after signing. But he's been like it since he arrived.
"At this moment in time, City have got the treble in their hands, they've got some difficult games against Real Madrid and a cup final against Manchester United but on the form that they're in, they're very, very dangerous.
"Erling Haaland is... he's got the finishing of [Harry] Kane, the power of [Wayne] Rooney, he's unbelievable. He's unbelievable, even the Brazilian Ronaldo, the power he used to have when he ran, the explosion off the mark.
"He's almost like four players in one. It looks like now that harmony is coming at the perfect time in the season, where everything he delivers contributes so much more to City than when they had the perfection before."
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