Erling Haaland is phenomenon and he’s got everything to succeed, postulates Tim Sherwood

Even though Erling Haaland thrived at both Borussia Dortmund and RB Salzburg, many still believed that the forward would struggle in the Premier League especially at Manchester City. However, the Norwegian proved everyone wrong from the get-go by netting a brace on his debut and since then, the 22-year-old has hit the net eight more times in just five games. It puts him level with Micky Quinn for the most goals in their first six Premier League appearances, outpacing Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa by two strikes.

“I don’t think any of us sitting and certainly any of the other pundits that I worked with will question whether he can settle into the Premier League. Because of his physicality, his pace as he has all the attributes to be top draw. We’ve seen other players coming in from Holland possibly and Spain sometimes, they don’t ever settle, you know with great goal-scoring records,” Sherwood told Premier League Productions.

“But he fits into the system for what they’ve been looking for. They want him to stay up the field, they want him to occupy defenders, they want the other guys to come in and occupy pockets of space in tight areas and when the ball goes into wide areas, get yourself in the width of the goal. That is exactly right up Haaland’s street as that is what he wants to do, that is his game,” he added.