West Ham United marksman Michail Antonio has claimed that Erling Haaland is a complete striker.
In January, Gary Neville stated that in his opinion, the Norwegian international was one of the two best players in the world.
At the start of the year, Pedri also admitted that he would love for Barcelona to sign the 23-year-old as a long-term replacement for Robert Lewandowski.
Michail Antonio says Erling Haaland is the complete striker
The treble-winner is revered amongst fans and pundits alike, with Enzo Fernandez, who went toe-to-toe with him in November also admitting that it is key to place a special focus on the star striker due to him being a “constant threat.”
Michail Antonio has been added to the endless list of voices to have lauded Erling Haaland by explaining why he has all the attributes required to be classed as a complete striker.
“To be a complete centre-forward, you’ve got to have pace, strength, ability to hold up the ball, bring other people in and to be able to finish and that’s everything he’s able to do”, he said on Sky Sports.
“At City, he doesn’t really need to get involved much but he doesn’t need to because he’s got so many quality players around him to find him and give him the opportunities and he’s putting them away.”
In January as well, the Jamaican international had hailed the former Borussia Dortmund hitman as “world-class” alongside other forwards like Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and the Arsenal pairing of Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.
Not many would particularly disagree with Antonio’s latest claim about the Manchester City phenomenon.
Only Erling Haaland can stop himself from going down as an all-time great
Michail Antonio is right in stating that Erling Haaland has all the mental and physical characteristics required to be viewed as a complete number nine.
So far in his career, Haaland has maintained an insatiable hunger to get better and better.
Over time, the Leeds-born striker is only going to improve unless, of course, his focus strays away from football.
As far as talents like Erling Haaland go, it is only their dedication or lack thereof which could stop them from reaching the top. But from what the world knows about Haaland, such being the case as time passes is virtually impossible.
