Erling Haaland Names the 7 Strikers He Thinks Are Better Than Him

To many, Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland is the perfect striker - he's tall, quick, powerful and deadly in front of goal. However, the Norwegian reckons there are seven forwards better than him right now.

After tearing it up in Austria with Red Bull Salzburg, Haaland's transition to the Bundesliga has been faultless. He has bagged 19 goals in just 22 appearances for Lucien Favre's side since joining in January, and has spent the last ten months looking like one of Europe's top marksmen.

Speaking to VG, Haaland insisted that if he was choosing a team, he'd start himself in any important match, but he confessed that he's not yet in the upper echelon of strikers.

The seven he believes are ahead of him? Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Sergio Agüero, Roberto Firmino, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Harry Kane and Timo Werner.

Well, it's safe to say that Haaland is a good judge of talent!

There might be seven strikers better than Haaland on the pitch, but plenty of fans would argue that there are thousands better than him when it comes to post-match interviews.

The Dortmund man has built a reputation as an...uncomfortable interviewee, offering particularly short answers and rarely looking as though he wants to be there, but Haaland insists he's simply just answering the questions as they're asked instead of giving long-winded responses.

"No, I do not think they're always bad questions," he explained. "If you ask a yes or no question and get a yes or no answer, then it is the case that you get an answer to what you are asking about.

"You can say that [it's a challenge for journalists to ask open-ended questions]. If you had asked me a yes or no question now, I guess you would have gotten a yes or no answer. That's how it is with everyone."

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