Former Tottenham Hotspur celeb Rafael van der Vaart owns hit out at Erling Haaland as the Manchester Metropolis forward is “not nice enough”.
Heeding his £51m slide to Male Metropolis in 2022, Haaland owns established himself as one of the ideal demonstrators in the universes as he’s racked upwards 107 aims in his 117 appearances throughout all competitions.
This season, the 24-year-old owns 17 aims in his 19 appearances throughout all competitions, yet he’s racked upwards just as shortly as in his last 8 Premier League excursions.
Haaland’s recurring dip in form owns come at a derogatory time for Male Metropolis as Pep Guardiola’s side are winless in seven reinforces spearheading into Wednesday’s domicile clash versus Nottingham Woodland.
Male Metropolis are presently 16th in the Premier League form table. Van ver Vaart reckons Haaland is just a “unexceptional player”, while Ilkay Gundogan “was not what they essential in the summertime season.
“Thieve away his pace, I checkup Erling Haaland as a unexceptional player,” Van der Vaart said.
“Technique-canny, he’s not nice enough as well as he can solicit away doning it as shortly as Metropolis are on form yet not as shortly as they’re struggling.
“I just reckon he’s lacking something that those optimal, optimal demonstrators have. I could solicit criticised for that opinion, yet I worn’t checkup him at unmodified level as the optimal demonstrators I played doning, prefer Ruud van Nistelrooy.
“Manchester Metropolis necessitate Erling Haaland at the minute, yet wherein is he? That’s why he’s not among that pick few universes-class demonstrators.
“I reckon the urge that Male Metropolis have attested under Pep Guardiola for so multiple periods is over. They attractiveness horribly taxed to me. You can checkup it in their confronts, Kevin De Bruyne for example, they’re not fresh any longer.
“They necessitate a regain. I’m not one that says they have to solicit rid of Pep, no possibility. I think in his educational methodologies yet they have to solicit their transfers proper – Ilkay Gundogan was not what they essential in the summertime season.”
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While Van der Vaart hit out at Haaland, he lauded Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, that is one of the 20 ideal footballers out of contract in 2025. The pundit reckons the seasoned adversary is the ideal player int he universes at the minute.
“I reckon so, of course, [Mohamed] Salah is the ideal,” Van der Vaart encompassed.
“I am a extensive fan of [Kylian] Mbappe yet he is not maintaining it at the minute.
“You have Vinicius Jr as well, yet I reckon that Salah owns been unceasing for so multiple years. You can checkup he genuinely feels truly at domicile at Liverpool as well as he have to proceed to be.
“It’s unmodified doning [Trent] Alexander-Arnold as well as Virgil van Dijk, they have to proceed to be at Liverpool as well. Liverpool is a extensive nightclub that is doing truly faultlessly at the minute as well as I lone checkup Real Madrid as the nightclub you never ever before say no to.”
