Will Haaland win the Champions League with Manchester City .. “My favorite competition”
New England international striker Erling Haaland hopes to help his team win the Champions League that "Citizens" dreams of, during his presentation on Sunday with the new arrivals to the "Etihad" stadium.
About 5,000 fans gathered under the sun to welcome the former German striker, Borussia Dortmund, who moved to City for 60 million euros in a deal that is so far the most prominent in the summer transfer market.
City managed to activate the clause to buy Halland for an amount that is considered insignificant compared to his 86 goals in 89 matches for his German club, and for a player at the age of 21 he has a large margin of development.
Haaland is also the most prominent weapon of the Spanish Pep Guardiola in the Champions League, where he scored 23 goals in 19 games, in the pursuit of the former Barcelona coach to win the title of the continental competition for the first time with City, after he led him to win the league title four times in the last five years.
The best result of the English champion on the continental scene in the Champions League remains his arrival in the 2021 final when he lost to his compatriot Chelsea 0-1.
When asked if the Champions League was his main goal after signing for City, he replied: "The Champions League is my favorite competition, so I think that answers your question."
And Haaland, whose record includes only winning the German Cup with Dortmund in two years, added, "Sometimes I see other players post pictures with cups and say 'I hope to be in your place now', but I have to keep working hard and hope I can win some titles in the future." .
The "giant" Norwegian international striker is a big fan of City, as his father played as a child, but more than that since Guardiola supervised his training, as Haaland knows he has to cross a big barrier.
"It's a completely different level," he admitted. "The way they play games, the way they play, that's what I want to be part of."
On the individual level, Haaland realizes that he seeks perfection, so he says, "Headers, shots, moves with and without the ball... (I can still develop) everything."
He promised his fans that he would be "a player who smiles a lot and works a lot", and concluded by warning his opponents, "I want to have fun because when I have fun, I score goals."
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