Erling Haaland

The bidding war this summer is going to be epic, biblical of apocalyptic proportions.

The last time I wanted a player to sign for Madrid this much was with Kroos in 2014. Then Modric before him. Then Kommander in 2009.

It's time for the Viking longships to land on the shores of Spain and march to the capital to put their king on his rightful throne as Madrid's new number 9.

All hail king Haaland! The descendant of Men Who Would not Be Ruled...

Already firing, love his elite mental attitude. Cant wait till he scores vs Man U

Question remains the same, City have won everything and consistently each year domestically, is he the last piece of the puzzle to win the CL? Sure he will score 30+ goals each season but with someone upfront they do have more teams breaking on counters easily against them so I do not think anything changes until he changes the one thing City needs to change.

Take a shot every time I say change in this post.

Should have won the BdO without question

son's been stale since May 1st
Messi has had more memorable moments at Inter Miami since then

El Gunner wrote:son's been stale since May 1st
Messi has had more memorable moments at Inter Miami since then

Messi didnt go AFK when it mattered most. And back at PSG he had more g/a than Mbappe and Haaland. CR fanboys are cute.

wat are you talking about.  Mbappe had 41 goals and 10 assists all comps last season for PSG.  Messi had 21 goals and 20 assists.  The big issue with it was that 70% of that was by the end of November for Messi.  He literally disappeared just before and completely after the world cup.

And I'm one of the few people who is defending that Messi was quite good overall with PSG and his fall of fafter the world cup was understandable.

HOWEVER, Haaland had 52 goals and 9 assists while winning the treble with City.  That treble is just as impressive as winning a world cup.  So just looking at individual performance since team success is the same...  Haaland deserved it more 100%.

I remember Messi getting world cup player of the tournament in 2014 for no reason.  Also won a BdO a couple of times (including this one) just because the media has a bias.   I think it's BS.

all this crying for nothing

On normal terms Haaland should win this year. I enjoyed Messi's run in MLS but that league cannot be seriously considered as top tier football.

It's absurd to give the ballon d'or 2023 in october, with 2 good months of football left in europe and MLS offseason incoming. World Cup 2022 should count for the ballon d'or 2022 because it's the year in which it occured lol

@Warrior it's for the 22/23 season... anything 23/24 related doesn't factor in

I developed a player on FIFA that sent Haaland to the bench

Of course, the guy scored 142 goals in the EPL in one season.

Haaland can’t be named the best footballer in the world no matter how many goals he scores, because he ain’t the best footballer in the world. It’s simple.

Ok... but that quote is so wrong? Since CR has like 5 Ballon D'ors without having ever been the player in the world XD

With Mbappe staying in tier 2 futbol, Haaland is going to dominate the Balon d’or for next decade.

Even if Mbappe stays at PSG all his career There will be yrs when others compete I believe. As good as Haaland is hes no Messi or CR level yet still, n importantly Norway wont win anything so every two yrs he has stiff opponents alone for the NTs.

Somhow I get a feeling that Haaland will join Madrid soon, in next 2 years. I dont think Madrid will sign any CF meanwhile.

Haaland must leave City. The way he's used is beyond criminal now.

sportsczy wrote:Haaland must leave City. The way he's used is beyond criminal now.

My thoughts exactly. It’s disgraceful. He is the best player on that team besides de bruyne and the only player with a serious physical presence in the attack.

You can even see in the highlights how he’s being used as a runner to drag defenders away as a work horse.. I mean seriously pep? This is how you use a bulldozer and the best goal scorer in the world?

sportsczy wrote:Haaland must leave City.  The way he's used is beyond criminal now.

and go where? who else can afford him besides psg? don't think he wants to go there

Pep sure does love to use a Ferrari like a Fiat. We've seen it.

One of the reasons I love this forum is that everyone everywhere is shitting on Haaland, live, internet, television, you name it.

But this forum knows better.