The Roy Keane-Haaland war continues in a new phase

Roy Keane and Erling Haaland It was clear that they were not going to be friends. The war between the two has only just begun and the former Manchester United man once again attacked the Norwegian in a big way after not appearing in the match against real Madrid.

A few weeks ago Keane that’s implied Haaland He’s playing like a League Two player and he doesn’t look like he’s out of it yet. “His overall game at forward level is not good enough,” said of the Manchester City striker, insisting that “I don’t know what the problem is. I praise Haaland every week, as well as City and I think he is an incredible striker. But his overall game is at the level of a League Two player. And I’m glad you disagree with me, I don’t expect people to.”.

KeaneUndeterred, he continued his speech. “His overall game, week in and week out, was not good enough. As a scorer and striker, the best. I said. His combination play, the way of leaving the ball, sometimes the options he gives to his teammates or the ones he doesn’t… as a player and scorer, the best in the world. But the other is a League Two player.”said the United legend, who said that “the game against Arsenal was difficult because they did a good job keeping him in the whole game, but I don’t think it was a big deal that I said. He is a young player and he will improve, I guarantee that Pep “Guardiola sat down with his staff on everything and said that he needs to do more, especially when he doesn’t get many chances.”

He wasn’t the only one who thought so. Ian Wright, Arsenal legend, also aims like Keane, but with an important nuance. “His criticism of Haaland is quite accurate. The only thing that bothers me is mentioning the League Two player because that’s what everyone remembers, because it’s about the clicks. If you look at him scoring, he does it at these levels relative to when the players around him have time, they can pass the ball to him and finish him. However, there were games like against Arsenal where they had problems because there wasn’t much time on the ball for either team,” Wright urged.

The difference is made when you have more powerful markers, where it costs you more. “At 4-1 last season he had Rob Holding, who he was able to deal with. But when you play against these types of high level defenders you have to do more to make sure you can keep the ball. “When you watch Haaland’s game against Arsenal, they were able to block De Bruyne, Foden and Bernardo Silva, so you need him to be smarter.”Wright explained, before urging that “you have to remember he’s only 23 years old, he’s still learning. But he needs to be smarter in how to make moves to get time on the ball, something that he doesn’t. get better.”

He also participated in the criticism Jamie Carragher, who spoke of Haaland as “a good scorer, but not a good player and sometimes there is a difference between the two. The thing about Haaland is that I don’t think he cares about other events in the game. “The city has so many players who can combine with each other, that he doesn’t care.”