In the table of scorers Haaland is third with 14 goals, behind the intractable Lewandowski, who has 24, and André Silva, who has 16.
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, currently in the discipline of Borussia Dortmund, has become one of the most watched players in Europe i he is constantly associated with great clubs among which are Barcelona and Real Madrid.
His numbers are incredible, but the question of whether a player is capable of making a leap from one team in which he is brilliant to another in which new challenges await him and probably an even greater demand is always open.
If the figures of Haaland, Not just his goals, there are so many facts that justify the commotion that causes his name as others who might recommend some caution.
His goal-scoring ability -who live on their physical strength, their speed and their shot on goal- he certainly speaks in his favor, in addition to his age, 20 years, which makes him a player with a future.
On the other side of the accounts is his low participation in the team’s game, compared to other strikers and especially to Robert Lewandowski.
The comparison with Lewandowski may be unfair, what many expect from the Norwegian necessarily forces him to draw parallels with the best and, in this case, with the best in the league in which he competes.
At the scorers table Haaland is third with 14 goals, behind the intractable Lewandowski, who has 24, and André Silva, who has 16.
For his goals Haaland needed 49 shots on goal, 24 of them deflected.
In the classification of ‘scorer’, which adds goals and passes for goal, Lewandowski’s lead is an even bigger one, 32 at 17 points, and Haaland is further surpassed not only by Silva but also by Thomas Muller, who totals 19 points with 10 points and 9 assists.
In the roster of best players of the Bundesliga, Preparing the magazine “Kicker“Based on the average of the grade that their analysts give to each player in each day, Haaland is even lower, in ninth place
The latter can be a product of participation relatively Haaland has little in the team’s game, still compensate for the latter with goals. In this season of the In the Bundesliga, Haaland has averaged 26.64 ball contacts per game, compared to Lewandowski’s 35.28.
Lewandowski plays for Bayern. Dortmund, on the other hand, are forced to play for Haaland, Hoping to be rewarded with their goals. That’s why the tactical approach has even varied, trying to take advantage of Haaland’s speed for what the team sometimes has to pull back trying to make the opponent leave free spaces behind their defenders.
Just this has caused him problems in Dortmund in the face of rivals who close in on his area and in the face of those who suffer to find ways to reach the finish line. That is, Dortmund suffers especially when they are favorites and all the teams that have Haaland on their shopping list tend to be favorites in most of their matches.
Of course for his age Haaland still has the potential to develop other resources, to learn how to move better in small spaces, and to increase their participation in the game.
It takes time for that. the Dortmund, Where he is the undisputed headline, is being given. It is not clear that another team had the same patience.
In this way, it makes sense for the recommendation publicly made to him by Dortmund managing director Hans-Jochim Watzke to take time to grow at his current club before making a leap towards one that is on a higher rung.
Haaland’s contract with Dortmund is until 2024. However, unofficial sources have always spoken of a € 75 million termination clause that would come into force in 2022.