Ex-Manchester City defender, Joleon Lescott has come out to say that Erling Haaland needs to match the consistency levels of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi before he can be considered as one of the greats. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Haaland is definitely going to be a successful player throughout his career, but to say he is going to be the greatest ever might be a stretch right about now.
Lescott added that Haaland himself will not want talks of being the greatest yet because he just started thriving at the highest level.
His words, “The toughest striker I came up against was Louis Saha and I played against Messi and Ronaldo. He’s [Haaland] in that category,”
“He’s going to be a successful player throughout his career, but to say he’s going to be the greatest ever, I think it’s a little bit early and I don’t think he would [want] that yet. I think if he continues to do what he’s doing, he will definitely be in that conversation.”
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