Erling Haaland, Manchester City striker, has stated that he “will do everything” to help the club achieve a historic Treble. The Treble would be made up of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League titles, a feat only accomplished by Manchester United in 1999. Haaland believes he can be the missing piece to secure success in the Champions League, saying “This is why they bought me of course, to get this, we don’t have to hide that.” He added that it would mean everything to him and that he will do whatever he can to make it happen.
Manchester City have already won the Premier League this season and can add to that if they beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Saturday and Inter Milan in the Champions League final on 10 June. Despite their domestic dominance, they are yet to win the Champions League and Haaland hopes he can be the missing piece to secure success in European football’s biggest tournament.
Haaland has had a stunning first season in English football since joining City from Borussia Dortmund last summer. He has broken the Premier League record for most goals in a season with his tally and, overall, has scored 52 goals during the campaign. He has been named the Football Writers’ Association (FWA) men’s footballer of the year and is the first player to win the Premier League player and young player of the year awards in the same season.
Haaland knows Manchester United will be “motivated” as they will not only want to beat their local rivals to add to their Carabao Cup success this season, but also stop City from matching their Treble. He said that they have to focus on themselves and play the game they should play, adding that it will not be an easy game.
Haaland believes he has improved “a lot” this season but that he can get better “from my right foot to my left foot to my heading, from the build-up play – everything”. He is aware of his fame and tries to enjoy every single moment of it, saying “I’m 196cm tall and have got long blonde hair so wherever I go people are going to see me. So that’s how my life is. What can I do? There’s nothing I can do, that’s my life. I just have to try to enjoy it as much as I can.”
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has stated that he will do everything he can to help the club achieve a historic Treble this season. The Treble would be made up of the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League titles, a feat only accomplished by Manchester United in 1999. Despite City’s domestic dominance, they are yet to win the Champions League and Haaland hopes he can be the missing piece to secure success in European football’s biggest tournament. He has had a stunning first season in English football since joining City from Borussia Dortmund last summer and has broken the Premier League record for most goals in a season with his tally. He is aware of his fame and tries to enjoy every single moment of it. Haaland believes he has improved “a lot” this season but that he can get better in all aspects of his game. He knows Manchester United will be “motivated” as they will not only want to beat their local rivals to add to their Carabao Cup success this season, but also stop City from matching their Treble. He said that they have to focus on themselves and play the game they should play, adding that it will not be an easy game. Haaland is determined to do whatever he can to make it happen and help City achieve a historic Treble.