Erling Haaland, a striker for Manchester City, has spoken candidly about the possibility of eventually breaking Alan Shearer’s Premier League goalscoring mark for Newcastle United.
Haaland signed a five-year contract to go from Borussia Dortmund to Man City last summer.
With 36 goals in 35 games, the Norwegian surpassed the record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season.
Halland surpassed the 34 goals scored by Shearer and Andy Cole.
Asked about potentially breaking Shearer’s Premier League all-time goalscoring record of 260 goals, Haaland replied (via The Telegraph):
“How long is my contract? Three years and 10 months [left]? So, there is still time to do it, no?”
When asked if he meant that he could break the record in a shorter time frame, Haaland replied: “I didn’t say that! That is something you can’t think of. You have to think of the next game, the season and then these things come after a while.
“But if I will still be 15 years longer in England then why not? We will see.”
Meanwhile, among current players in the Premier League, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is the closest to Shearer’s record with 142 goals.
Harry Kane, who was just 47 goals away, left Tottenham Hotspur to join Bayern Munich in the summer.
