Erling Haaland: Im here to do a thing the club has never done before
The Telegraph Erling Haaland is in a rather playful mood and poor Jack Grealish is about to cop for it. The man who was brought to Manchester City to help get them over the line in the Champions League has struck up quite the friendship with Englands first 100 million footballer and, together, they have had plenty of fun at the expense of team-mates this season. But Haaland has spotted an opportunity to tease Grealish and he is not about to pass it up.
The conversation has shifted to the Community Shield back in July, when City lost 3-1 to Liverpool and Haaland was upstaged on his debut by the Merseysiders own new striker, Darwin Nez. It was not the best of starts for the Norwegian, and criticism followed. But, tongue firmly in cheek and a smile developing, he says he can just about forgive himself one bad game when it took others he knows a full season to get to grips with life at City.
I told Jack that sometimes players need maybe a year or something to come into a new league and new team and everything and sometimes players come directly in and perform, Haaland says, desperately trying to suppress his laughter. I told him this
