In the latest sharing with the media, Erling Haaland has just made a shocking statement about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Erling Haaland is having an extremely explosive season in a Man City shirt. The Norwegian striker has 42 goals in just 37 appearances in all competitions. This number is higher than the superstar duo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The destructive form that the 22-year-old striker possesses helps fans believe that he will be a strong candidate for the Golden Ball title in the near future. Recently, Haaland has just made a shocking statement when talking about this award as well as two great monuments, El Pulga and CR7.
Specifically, in sharing with Norwegian media, the Man City striker said: “I want to win 5 Golden Balls like Cristiano Ronaldo”.
Reporters quickly asked Haaland: “Why not 7 times like what Lionel Messi has.” The striker responded with a relatively harsh message: “I said I wanted to win it, not steal it.”
The statement that Haaland shared will surprise fans by the frankness of the Norwegian striker. He thinks that in the 7 Golden Balls Messi has, the Argentine striker once “stealed” that title, but the name should have been honored by someone else.
In fact, this is what many fans always mention in the times when El Pulga is honored to own that noble award. Remember, in 2010, when Inter Milan won the historic treble and the Netherlands reached the World Cup final, Wesley Sneijder – a particularly important factor in both of those glorious feats was unable to win the Ballon d’Or.
In 2013, the same thing repeated when Franck Ribery helped Bayern Munich to have a treble, but could not get the noble title of world football. These are two times Messi has been honored with the highest position and that more or less brings really big controversy from the fans.
However, this year, nothing will stop El Pulga from winning his 8th Ballon d’Or as he captains Argentina to the 2022 World Cup.
