Erling Haaland shares Ballon d'Or confidence as Wolves explain Matheus Nunes transfer delay

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines on Sunday, September 10.

Erling Haaland believes he has a good chance of winning the Ballon d'Or - even against odds-on favourite Lionel Messi.

Haaland scored 52 goals in his debut season at City, helping the Blues win the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup, before they added the Super Cup to their collection at the start of this season. Few players have had a better individual season than Haaland, who set multiple Premier League goalscoring records.

Usually a year like Haaland's would put him as firm favourite for the Ballon d'Or award, but the Norwegian is not favourite for the 2023 accolade due to Lionel Messi's World Cup-winning exploits with Argentina.

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Messi dragged Argentina through the World Cup in Qatar in December, scoring twice in the final and also in their victorious penalty shoot-out. While his form for PSG was good, it was not on the same level as Haaland's for his club, so the City man says he believes he has a good chance of upsetting the odds when the winner is announced at the end of October.

Read more from the Norwegian striker here.

Matheus Nunes' attempts to force through a transfer to City had no impact on Wolves' stance on selling the midfielder.

City made a £47m approach for Portugal midfielder Nunes with a week to go until the end of the transfer window, with Nunes then going on strike from training, missing two fixtures for Wolves.

When City returned with days left of the window, a deal was agreed for £53m and Nunes was confirmed at the Etihad on deadline day. City youngster Tommy Doyle joined Wolves on loan in the opposite direction, with a £5m option to make