With additional reporting by Mark Ogden, Sam Marsden, Moises Llorens, Rodrigo Faez and Alex Kirkland Haaland was on Man City's radar, along with all the elite clubs, since his days at Salzburg. But Man City had the best pitch and best offer. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Man City's priority: Haaland, Kane, then Haaland Erling Haaland is coming to the Premier League but how will this change Manchester City's approach? Pep Guardiola has relied on a rotating cast of characters to fill that centre-forward role at the club but the arrival of the Norwegian could change all that… At one time or another, every single one of Europe's biggest clubs have harboured hopes of signing Erling Haaland. Some have held face-to-face talks with his representatives. Others, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, laid on tours of their training ground and at one stage, Manchester United believed they were so close to sealing a transfer that they began looking at travel options to bring him to the city.

The 'beautiful and intelligent' girl from the fjords by Erling Haaland's side: H (10/2023): Isabel, 19, is often pitch side to cheer the star striker. But her glamorous life in Manchester is a far cry from just a year ago when she was sitting in a classroom. In 2020-21, Haaland was integral in Dortmund's DFB-Pokal win, he won the Bundesliga Player of the Season award and finished as the top scorer of the Champions League.Roy Keane dresses up as a clown, Jon Rahm pulls a golf club from his throat and (07/2023): The broadcaster's ' Greatest Show on Earth ' adverts features the top names in sport including Haaland, Grealish, Ella Toone, Lewis Hamilton, Ben Stokes, Emma Raducanu and more. Manchester City 'are in pole position to sign Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haal (02/2022): A host of major clubs are interested in signing the 21-year-old, including Real Madrid and Barcelona. However, Haaland's desire to play in the Premier League could lead to City signing him. In 2019 Haaland moved to Red Bull Salzberg, where he won two Austrian Bundesliga titles and the Austrian Cup. Here he became the first teenager to score in five consecutive Champions League games. Ballon D'or: Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaku finish just outside top ten ahead (11/2021): The world's best player for 2021 will be announced at around 9pm GMT at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris as the highly-coveted award makes its return after the 2020 edition was scrapped.

Haaland started his professional career at his hometown club Bryne in2016, before moving to Molde the following year where he spent two impressive seasons.

With the Norwegian continuing to impress at Borussia Dortmund, Europe’s soccer powerhouses are falling over each other in their pursuit of the prodigious 20-year-old.

As we mourn Pele and marvel over what Messi did in Qatar, Erling Haaland might b (12/2022): OLIVER HOLT: Haaland is not Pele or Messi but his talent for scoring goals is marking him out as a phenomenon. Since his arrival he has taken the Premier League by storm.