Originally posted by wiw
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I agree that to play Haaland, City would need to change the way they play. I think Pep can do that - he had Lewandowski at Bayern so can play with a top #9 focal point striker. However, Haaland is also strong with early balls into the box. Is he strong at playing the tippy-tappy tiki-taka Pep-ball?? I am not sure. Just like Zlatan wasn't at Barcelona and was subsequently sold. On paper, City would be epic with Haaland as the focal point - and with 3 of Foden / Grealish / Bernardo / Sterling / Mahrez behind him. With KDB and Gundogan / Rodri in the middle. That is brilliant. However, it isn't the way they set up right now and you'd surely need to change to a 4-2-3-1 formation to get the best from Haaland.
I agree that Mbappe on the left hand side for them would be a better fit.
The kid scores a goal a game..he is ridiculous. City played with Aguero for years, it's not exactly alien to them. Reeeeally don't want them to get Haaland

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