Lyle Foster: Learning from 'crazy' Haaland, replicating Benni and Radebe's Premier League legacy

Bafana Bafana striker Lyle Foster is back on South African shores after a life-changing two-and-a-half months.

With six appearances in the second-tier Championship, four appearances in the FA Cup and a goal to his name, the former Orlando Pirates target man already got a good taste of what it would be like to play in the Premier League and the difficulties involved.

Last weekend, Burnley boss Vincent Kompany took his team to the Etihad Stadium to face his former side, Manchester City, in the FA Cup quarter-finals, a match ending 6-0 in favour of Pep Guardiola's charges.

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But Foster took the match as an important lesson in his development. He gained further knowledge in watching Erling Haaland up close as the Norwegian ended up leaving with the match ball after scoring a hat-trick.

"Score goals, that's all I see him do," Foster told reporters in Johannesburg ahead of Bafana’s crucial home and away Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Liberia.

"His movement, just the way he positions himself. It is crazy. Every rebound comes to him.

"Some people might think it’s luck, but if he does it so often, it has to be intentional.

"It all has to do with his movement so definitely his movement. Scoring goals is something I can learn."

In early January, there were murmurs that legendary City defender and current Burnley head coach Kompany was keeping tabs on the 22-year-old.

He was having one of his best seasons since turning professional from the time he first touched foot in France with Monaco, spent an injury-prone year in Portugal before ending up in Belgium, where things began to change.

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