Why Erling Haaland looks destined to make history in his first season in the Premier League

To say Erling Haaland has made a quick start to life in the Premier League would be a grave understatement.

Most foreign players require some element of a bedding-in process when they arrive in England. But not Manchester City's latest high-profile signing.

When Pep Guardiola's side announced they had reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund for the Norwegian's signature earlier this year, it had their domestic and European rivals shuddering in fear. City were signing a player who has the lot: Strength, height, pace, power and a quite outstanding goal ratio to boot.

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He was seen as the final piece of the jigsaw for Guardiola's side. Haaland is certainly living up to his billing – and then some.

The forward has displayed all of the aforementioned assets in his first half-dozen games in a City shirt and a simply unheralded return of 10 goals in demonstrates that. Since its rebrand in 1992, the Premier League has seen just nine golden boot winners notch 30 goals or more in a single season.

The highest tally is held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer who both hit 34 goals in a single campaign. Cole reached that figure with Newcastle in the 1993-94 season while Shearer replicated it the following year with Blackburn when they famously won the title.

Now, after a super-quick start that has seen him notch an incredible 10 goals in six Premier League outings, Haaland looks destined to smash that 34-goal barrier. It would be entirely in keeping for him to do so, given his last three campaigns have seen him register tallies that are almost a goal per game.

In 2019-20 he scored 29 in 29 league games for both Salzburg and Dortmund. In 2020-21 he hit 27 in 28 and last term