Tottenham striker Harry Kane “have to be sick” of seeing Erling Haaland frequently break objective information at Manchester Metropolis, in line with Rio Ferdinand.
Haaland, who joined from Borussia Dortmund in June, made it 20 targets in simply 13 appearances for Metropolis along with his strike towards Southampton on Saturday.
The Norway worldwide has scored 15 of these targets within the Premier League, which is seven greater than next-best Kane, who has himself made a quick begin to the season.
Nonetheless, it might have been Kane main the road for Metropolis had Pep Guardiola’s facet been capable of attain an settlement with Tottenham for his providers final 12 months.
Metropolis as an alternative held out for 12 months to signal Haaland from Dortmund, and Ferdinand says the 22-year-old’s type have to be galling for Kane.
“If I have been Metropolis earlier than Haaland got here, I might have taken Kane,” Ferdinand stated on the FIVE podcast on his YouTube channel.
“Kane’s a goalscorer, he’s a killer, as chilly as you get. In any period he scores targets. I feel he would have been sensible at Man Metropolis.
“If I’m him, I’m completely puking up in my very own mouth and making an attempt to not swallow it once I’m watching Haaland now. I’m considering that would have been me.”
Haaland’s 15 targets is 4 greater than another participant after 9 matches in Premier League’s historical past, adopted by Mick Quinn (11 with Coventry Metropolis within the 1992-93 season).
He’s scoring at a fee of 1 objective each 50 minutes – once more a contest report amongst these to have scored at the very least 10 instances.
Metropolis nice Sergio Aguero is subsequent on the checklist with a objective each 108 minutes, whereas Kane’s 191 targets in 291 appearances (127 minutes per objective) locations him a decent fifth.
Guardiola advised in February that Metropolis made 4 separate makes an attempt to signal Kane, however they have been unable to fulfill Tottenham’s reported £150million asking value.
“That was a second for Harry Kane to go and say ‘what I’ve performed at Tottenham can by no means be discredited, it’s my house, it’s my place of affection’,” Ferdinand stated.
“Nobody would have been disgruntled if he went to Metropolis. It was there for the taking. I don’t know the way it occurred from all events. He have to be sick.
“If I’m Kane I’m sitting there going wild. I do know he might find yourself with a trophy this 12 months.
“However sitting watching he’ll be like ‘have a look at what Metropolis are doing proper now and Haaland is simply consuming individuals. I might have been the man on the top of all these probabilities’.”
