Erling Haaland stats show Man City transfer target will be a Premier League great

Manchester City will be pulling off the signing of the summer if Erling Haaland makes the move to the Etihad.

The Borussia Dortmund superstar looks set to be the talk of the transfer window during the off-season, with some of Europe’s biggest clubs vying for his signature. City, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have all been linked with the 21-year-old, who is likely to make the next big move of his career as his relatively low £64million release clause comes into effect.

City have, according to various reports, stolen a march on their European counterparts and now look set to land one of football’s hottest properties. Haaland is expected to become the Premier League’s highest-paid player should he move to England.

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There will, of course, be plenty of questions over how Haaland will fare in the English game. Given his age, there’s still plenty of room for development, but he has already shown signs he can take the Premier League by storm.

Based on Comparisonator’s platform analysis, Haaland is already ahead of some of the league’s top forwards when it comes to some vital stats. Comparisonator’s Virtual Transfer feature transfers a player’s entire data to another league to view him in a ranking table with all other players in the same position.

According to their data, Haaland ranks first in three areas among the Premier League’s top centre-forwards, including goals per 90 minutes. The Norway international averages 0.98 goals, which puts him far ahead of his nearest challenger, with Liverpool’s Diogo Jota averaging 0.61 while Jamie Vardy averages 0.6.

Haaland also comes out top on shots on target per 90 with an average of 1.79,