Erling Haaland is a hero in the eyes of Manchester City fans.
Since arriving at the Etihad Stadium from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, the Norwegian striker has been a huge success and has delivered on the potential everyone saw in the striker ahead of him making the step up to the highest level of the sport at City.
Haaland has produced 120 goals and 20 assists across 138 games throughout his time with the Manchester club and despite experiencing his toughest campaign in England throughout the 2024/25 season, Jamie Carragher still believes the Man City forward has been Pep Guardiola’s best player.
Wayne Rooney has admitted that Haaland needs to work on his heading to become an all-around striker, however, the Man United legend still sees the 24-year-old as the best in the world, a view shared by a midfielder set to join Man City soon.
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Cavan Sullivan labels Erling Haaland as the world’s best striker
This season has highlighted just how good Haaland is as the striker has been out of form and playing in a Man City team that has struggled throughout the 2024/25 campaign, yet the Norwegian still has 30 goals to his name.
Haaland is currently out injured and when he returns, he will hope to add to that total, which City fans hope to be this weekend against Southampton
Speaking about strikers, one of Man City’s newest recruits, Cavan Sullivan, has given Haaland high praise ahead of the pair becoming teammates in the future, as the 15-year-old named the Norway international as the best number nine in the world.
The Philadelphia Union star told GOAL USA’s TikTok account that he believes Haaland is the best striker in the world at present, while Brazilian legend Ronaldo is the greatest to ever play in the role.
Haaland will be delighted with this praise from the youngster, especially with all the talk comparing the Man City star to Harry Kane this week, and the 24-year-old will be hoping that the American talent will be assisting him plenty of times in the future.
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Pep Guardiola’s Cavan Sullivan plan
Man City signed Cavan Sullivan during the summer of 2024, who would then go on to become the youngest Major Soccer League player in history just weeks later.
As part of the 15-year-old’s development plan, the youngster has remained with the Philadelphia Union until he turns 18 in 2027, and will then move to the Premier League ahead of the 27/28 campaign.
It remains to be seen if Guardiola will remain at Man City for that long, however, the Spanish coach will have Sullivan training with the Manchester club this summer, which is currently a work in progress with Philadelphia Union.
This will allow Guardiola and City to have a look at Sullivan ahead of his 2027 move as the midfielder has only featured in three MLS games this season.
Man City fans will be excited to get a glimpse of the American throughout the summer as there is a lot of hype around the youngster being the next big thing in football.
