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Over 30 facts about Erling Haaland

written by footieguy71

Erling Braut Haaland is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team.

One of the best players in the world, he is known for his athleticism, speed and prolific finishing

28.10.2020. Германия, Дортмунд, «Сигнал Идуна Парк». Лига Чемпионов УЕФА 2020/21, группа F, «Боруссия» — «Зенит».

Facts

Haaland was born on 21 July 2000 in Leeds, England
His dad is Alfie Haaland who played for Leeds United
His mum is former women’s heptathlon athlete Gry Marita Brau
He is 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) tall

His cousin Jonatan Braut Brunes is also a professional footballer
In 2004, at the age of three, he moved to Bryne, his parents’ hometown in Norway.
At Bryne, Haaland was offered a trial by German club 1899 Hoffenheim
Haaland made sixteen total senior appearances for Bryne

On 1 February 2017, Molde signed 16-year-old Haaland
He was managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Molde.
In the 2018 Eliteserien, Haaland received the Eliteserien Breakthrough of the Year award
He scored in the first five matches of a Champions League group stage

He became the first teenager to score in five consecutive Champions League matches
He scored 29 goals in 27 games for Red Bull Salzburg
Borussia Dortmund signed Haaland for a fee reported to be in the region of €20 million
Haaland scored a hat-trick within 23 minutes in a 5–3 win on his debut against Augsburg

Haaland became the first Bundesliga player to score five goals in his opening two matches
Haaland concluded his 2019–20 campaign with 44 goals in 40 club appearances for both Salzburg and Dortmund
In 2020-21 he ended the season with 41 goals in all competitions
He scored an astonishning 86 goals in 89 games for Dortmund

He became the youngest player to score 50 league goals in the Bundesliga
Manchester City signed Haaland after activating his €60 million release clause
Haaland scored nine goals in Norway under-20s 12–0 win against Honduras at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
He has scored 14 goals in 10 games for Man City

Haaland has stated he enjoys meditation
Leeds United tried to sign him when he was at Molde but failed
In ana interview Haaland stated that “The dream is to win the Premier League with Leeds.”
He made his senior national team debut for Norway on 5 September 2019 against Malta

On 4 September 2020, Haaland scored his first senior international goal for Norway in a 1–2 loss against Austria
He was scored 2 hat-tricks for Norway
He has scored 20 goals in 21 games for Norway
The music video “Kygo Jo” was uploaded to YouTube by Flow Kingz, a group consisting of Haaland and his Norway U-18 teammates Erik Botheim and Erik Tobias Sandber
He has won the Austrian Bundesliga title twice
He has won the DFB-Pokal in 2020–21

20 September 2022 0 comment

Nunez v Haaland : the hype starts

written by footieguy71

OK, the Community Shield has just taken place and if you are a follower of football you will have noticed that the hype and social media nonsense has already started.

Liverpool won 3-1, Nunez had a good game but Haaland not so much so, missing a very good chance. So what does that prove, in a glorified pre-season friendly Haaland had an off day. Not sure what else to take from it to be honest

Not forgetting that in 2 previous friendlies for Liverpool, Nunez scored 4 in the first one and then had a nightmare in the next one – what did that prove, nothing. He can take a chance but like all strikers has an off day.

Darwin Núñez was purchase from Benfica £64m with a variety of add-ons. Erling Haaland was purchased from Borrusia Dortmund for 52.2m

So financially, looks like Man City got a slightly better deal as that is actuallya bit of a steal when you look at otehr players values.

Now lets look at the players and the leagues where the players played

Darwin Núñez

Núñez played in the Portugues Primeira Liga, he had a slow first season only scoring 6 goals in 29 games but then hit 26 goals in 28 games last season.

Other than a season in the Sugunda division for Almeria where he scored 16 in 30 games that is pretty much it.

Darwin Nunez (FC Liverpool, 27) nach dem Tor zum 0:5 Endstand; Tor, goal, Torerfolg, Aktion; Jubel, celebration

He has netted twice for Uruguay in 11 games

So there will be a hope that he was not a one season wonder at Benfica, playing for Liverpool he should get a hatful of chances to be honest. I’d expect he should score between 15 and 20 goals.

Erling Haaland

This is a staggering goal scoring record and yes you count Red Bull Salzburg as well

Red Bull Salzburg – 16 games scoring 17 goals
Borussia Dortmund – 67 games scoring 62 goals

His debut season for Dortmund was 41 games and 41 goals – those numbers are pretty amazing.

28.10.2020. Германия, Дортмунд, «Сигнал Идуна Парк». Лига Чемпионов УЕФА 2020/21, группа F, «Боруссия» — «Зенит».

Now factor in 20 goals for Norway in 21 games

If he stays fit with the chances hat Man City can supply for a forward, he can easily score 30 goals.

It has to be said that Haaland played in a higher standard of league, Bundesliga versus Primeira Liga is not a contest really.

Summary

Here is the takeaway, they are both young, very good players.

As Jamie Carragher tweeted – people that can’t play football and never will are having a go but to be honest its just the usual social media trolling with fans of the ‘big’ Premier league teams having a go at each other. Who cares really.

Good luck to both of them – think Haaland will score more goals myself

31 July 2022 0 comment

Leeds United Manchester City

Kalvin Phillips – a good deal for Man City or Leeds ?

written by footieguy71

In this article we look at the transfer of Kalvin Phillips from Leeds United to Manchester City and assess whether we think it is a good deal for any party

First of all we should pull up his stats for Leeds and see what Man City are buying

Stats

Lets look at the stats for Kalvin Phillips

First things to factor in are that the Championship is a 46 game season and the Premier League is a 38 game season. This is obviously doesn’t break these down in starts or sub appearances but as you can see from 2017-2018 when he was a starter

Goal wise is not something that Man City will probably get, saying that they create more chances than Leeds but 49 EPL games and 1 goal, which was a free kick at the end of 20-21 season against already relegated West Brom at home

You can also that games missed has been 11, 9 and 18 in the last 3 seasons, so a player that does suffer many injuries.

Also apart from one season his goal tally is 1 or 2 per season, is that his role – n oit is not but goals you are not getting here.

Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2014–15	Championship	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
2015–16	Championship	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
2016–17	Championship	33	1	2	0	5	0	40	1
2017–18	Championship	41	7	1	0	1	0	43	7
2018–19	Championship	42	1	0	0	2	0	46	1
2019–20	Championship	37	2	1	0	2	0	40	2
2020–21	Premier League	29	1	1	0	0	0	30	1
2021–22	Premier League	20	0	0	0	3	1	23	1
Total		214	13	5	0	13	1	234	14

Lets look at some individual stats

Team Play

Assists – 3

Passes – 2,352

Passes per match – 48.00

Big Chances Created – 6

Crosses – 93

Cross accuracy – 35%

Through balls – 3

Accurate long balls – 205

Defensive

Tackles – 128

Tackle success – 49%

Blocked shots – 5

Interceptions – 69

Duels won – 252

Duels lost – 260

Offensive

Goals – 1

Goals per match – 0.02

Shots – 30

Shots on target 8

Shooting accuracy – 27%

Man City

From a Man City point of view its a fairly modest outlay at 45 million for a 26 year old player who adds to the quota of English based players and is also an internationalist for England as well.

He will more than likely be a backup player or a rotation option, maybe playing in the domestic cups and if Man City qualify from the Champions league group stages quickly he will feature in some of the ‘easier’ games.

Will he start in front of Man City’s midfielders I don’t think so – certainly not in front of Rodri who plays in a similar position.

Phillips was converted into a defensive midfielder by Marcelo Bielsa before the start of the 2018–19 season. He is known for his range of short sharp passing, long ball distribution and ability to start attacks whilst covering his defensive duties.

Leeds

Well, Leeds lose one of their big assets and the fee seems pretty good, maybe could have squeezed another 5-10 million but that would be pushing it with the injury record in the last few years

Yes he was a Leeds born lad and a talisman for the fans but is he irreplaceable, no way. A CDM is a position I think that Leeds can pick up a perfectly capable player for who has the same level of talent and ability and more importantly fits in with the new coaches system.

I think a player could be acquired for around 20 – 25 million allowing Leeds to but another 1 or 2 to fill out a really poor, threadbare squad that were luck to stay in the EPL last season.

That is just with this transfer alone.

The Player

From the players point of view this will be a win-win

He will undoubtedly be on way more money at Man City than at leeds and he will also now have a very good chance of winning trophies which in all likelihood are a few years away at Leeds even if they do try and rebuild.

If he doesn’t regularly start at Man City does he start for England, does he picked – that would be a gamble but with the current England manager who knows.

25 June 2022 0 comment