Erling Haaland feels like he belongs to the Premier League as much as he does Manchester City, believes Jamie Carragher.
The Norway international continued his stunning start to life in the English top flight with another hat-trick in Sunday’s 6-3 derby demolition job against Manchester United.
It was the Leeds-born attacker’s third consecutive three-goal haul in a home league game – a competition first – and furthers his tally for the season to 14 in eight games.
Now, former Liverpool defender Carragher, speaking as a Sky Sports pundit, feels the 22-year-old’s talents are something to be savoured by fans up and down the country rather than just at one club.
“He’s not just City’s, he’s the Premier League’s [player],” Carragher said on Monday Night Football.
“That’s what it feels like to me. It felt like that when he joined, it was something to be enjoyed by the whole Premier League.”
5 – With three goals and two assists against Manchester United, Erling Haaland recorded the 25th instance of a player being directly involved in five goals in a Premier League game, with the Norwegian the youngest player to achieve this feat (22 years, 73 days). Phenom. pic.twitter.com/oQedq0stjJ
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Carragher’s fellow pundit Gary Neville echoed his sentiments, adding: “I can’t think of another time where the Premier League has signed a player in the last 30 years where you’ve thought [they are] a world star.
“[Cristiano] Ronaldo, [Thierry] Henry, [Virgil] van Dijk, [Kevin] De Bruyne, [Mohamed] Salah – all these players have gone to be some of the best in the world. They weren’t that when they signed into the Premier League.
“But what we’ve signed here is somebody that everybody knew was going to be one of the best in the world.”
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