Williams Gallas has branded Erling Haaland a ‘beast’ who will go on to break all Premier League records this season.
Haaland has plundered a record nine Premier League goals in his first four games this season, including two hat-tricks. The Norwegian goals machine has now taken his tally for Manchester City to 99 in just 103 games since joining them from Borussia Dortmund in 2022.
Former France, Arsenal and Chelsea defender Gallas reckons Haaland is in “beast mode” – and believes he will rewrite the Premier League record books this season.
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Gallas said: “I’m watching this player and thinking ‘this is a guy who is in beast mode’. Nine goals, two hat-tricks, four games. Wow!
“I don’t know if he has set himself any individual targets, but he looks like he is going to break every single goal-scoring record in the Premier League this season.
“It’s impossible to predict how many goals he will get this year, but you can say with confidence that it will be loads.
“Pep Guardiola has got his team firing early. I don’t know what he has said to his players, I would love to know, but every single one of them looks on it.
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“Whatever he has said to them has had the desired effect.”
Gallas, who won back-to-back Premier League titles with Chelsea under Jose Mourinho, said it was remarkable how City have managed to win four in a row and have their sights set on making it five this season.
Gallas told Prime Casino: “People need to understand how difficult it is to win one title, then it’s even harder to win the second.
“With every title you win, it gets harder to keep doing it. Four in a row. That’s an insane achievement for many, many reasons.
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“For the players to do that, mentally and physically, the sacrifices that they make. It’s unbelievable.
“Normally, when you’re a player that has won the Premier League, a champion, you ease your way into the first games because you know that the season is long.
“These guys have done the opposite. It looks like City don’t want a tight title race this season.”