Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland is already one of the world's greatest strikers for his age, and he can go on to be one of the best goalscorers of all time.
Haaland got his Manchester City career off to a brilliant start with two goals on his Premier League debut last weekend, a week after the striker came under external pressure for failing to score against Liverpool in the Community Shield.
With those ups and downs, Guardiola says he has seen Haaland remain calm in training and focused on the next game. Asked if he can compare Haaland with any other strikers he's worked with, or in world football, Guardiola went as far as to say the striker can be one of the greatest goalscorers of all time. ALSO READ: Pep Guardiola identifies Erling Haaland tactical improvement for Man City after West Ham goals "He's a top striker, if you put the names of the biggest strikers at that age, how many games he has and goals he scored, he's the greatest," said Guardiola. "You see how many games he played in Salzburg to here.
How many goals? But he’s still at a young age. Tomorrow will be a new challenge and he’s aged 21, 22 with a long career ahead of him and he has desire to be better, he will continue to improve.
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