Man City news: Erling Haaland showing Jack Grealish what a €100m player really looks like

Erling Haaland’s staggering begin to daily life at Manchester City continued on Wednesday as he netted a brilliant goal in a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund.

City might have laboured for the duration of the match, but the Norway worldwide ensured that their struggles were being overlooked with an improbable leaping finish in direction of the conclusion of the come upon.

Signed for just €60 million from BVB in the summer, the 22-12 months-aged is set to be just one of the cut price arrivals of the summer months.

Haaland has brought Metropolis a dimension they previously lacked, with his scoring intuition producing him unquestionably the greatest No.9 in the globe on current type.

Dortmund, of training course, will be kicking them selves that they were not able to extract greater worth from the deal, but they uncovered themselves with their fingers tied due to the agreement that they manufactured with the player when he arrived from RB Salzburg in January 2020.

While City found themselves a discount in the variety of Haaland, a calendar year earlier they considerably overpaid for Jack Grealish.

Grealish is the anti-Haaland

Signed for €118 million from Aston Villa, manager Pep Guardiola would have envisioned Grealish to have experienced the form of impact that Haaland has enjoyed. As a substitute, he has presented virtually practically nothing over the program of his time with the club.

The England global has scored just 6 goals for Metropolis and has presented only four helps in far more than a year at the Etihad.

Grealish has contributed straight to just 10 goals with Manchester City, with his valuation plummeting to just €35m – significantly less than a third of what he was acquired for. By contrast, Haaland has already chipped in with 14 (13 strikes and just one assist) and is one particular of the most important players in the planet.

Equally started off Wednesday’s Champions League match versus Dortmund, and their contrasting effect was notable. Grealish available nothing at all offensively: he did not develop a solitary improve, his three shots were being blocked and he drew only a single foul – an part of the sport he was at the time famously potent at. Haaland may well have been quiet, but he scored an influenced winner.

Grealish is the anti-Haaland. Exactly where the Norwegian is ruthlessly successful, the Englishman offers design but minimal material.

Now of program they perform differing roles, but the truth it has taken Haaland a lot less than six weeks not only to catch Grealish but also comfortably move him displays the difference in the calibre of the two gamers.

Haaland could only have been purchased by Pep Guardiola for all over 50 percent the selling price of Grealish, but he is at the very least two times the player.