Man City news: Erling Haaland has described manager Pep Guardiola as a “football fanatic” like himself.
Haaland joined Man City in the summer transfer window in one of the biggest transfers of the year.
The Norwegian left Borussia Dortmund after two and a half seasons at the German club. During his time at Dortmund, Haaland further cemented his position as one of Europe’s most exciting talents.
Haaland averaged an impressive goal scoring rate while at Dortmund. He made 89 appearances for Dortmund during his time with the Bundesliga team and scored 86 goals.
Haaland has described Guardiola as a “football fanatic” and “crazy” about the beautiful game. The 22-year-old also said that Guardiola always thinks about how to improve, adding that this is an attribute he likes about his Man City manager.
“He’s a soccer fan like me,” Haaland told Telemundo Deportes. “We both love football. He was a player and now he is a coach, and he is crazy about football”.
“That is something that I like a lot because he thinks about everything and how we can improve. That’s something I like about him.”
Haaland, meanwhile, was instantly up and running at Man City following his arrival at the Premier League side. He made his competitive debut for City in their 3–1 loss to Liverpool in the FA Community Shield final.
Haaland made his Premier League debut next and marked it with a brace in their 2–0 victory over West Ham.
Haaland has so far scored 10 goals in six appearances for Man City in the Premier League. That includes two successive hat-tricks he scored against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest.
He also marked his Champions League debut for Man City by two goals as Guardiola’s side cruised to a 4–0 victory over Sevilla.
Meanwhile, Man City have made a strong start to the season and sit second in the Premier League points table. Man City have 14 points from their opening six games and are just one point behind league leaders Arsenal.
The defending champions are unbeaten in the Premier League, having won four games and drawn the other two they have played so far.
Man City and Haaland face their former team Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League group stage in their next game.
